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The tree has been moved indoors:
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After a few days indoors no leaves have dropped or shown signs of discoloration, so fingers crossed it keeps pushing out new growth :fc:
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Roots have sprouted from the cut site of that old root:
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Now that was very fast!
suppose it help when you have indoor setup like yours

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kcpoole wrote:Now that was very fast!
suppose it help when you have indoor setup like yours

Ken
It was very fast indeed! So far it seems to like where it's at.
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Its amazing how some trees respond so fast :aussie:
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Very true Olive.


The amount of roots that have sprouted is incredible!
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:o :o
that is amazing response :yes:

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Nice one Ryan, those roots have grown quickly in the last four days! :o
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This guy is now dropping some interesting colored leaves. I took some of the leaves into my local nursery where they looked at them under a microscope. They told me they noticed fungal spores and recommended an anti fungal to me, which I bought. Guess I'll have to spray this one down now....
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Thankfully the tree is still pushing growth....
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Leaf drop has appeared to stop :tu:
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The roots are looking good, but I'm not sure how exactly to separate them from the moss....? :lost:
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The moss will eventully decompose and fall out itself.
Or else you can remove each piece with tweezers if you are keen :lol:

Good to hear re the leaf drop too. this will be a nice tree in a few years too :yes:

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Re: My biggest Ficus

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Thanks Ken!


It's actually started dropping leaves yet again :palm:. This time, however, I know why. It's due to spider mites, which I'm having a whale of a time controlling. I've heard of people using straight, undiluted, rubbing alcohol on their plants for control of the mites, so I may give that a try.
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