Ficus Plant Collection and Care Tips!

[@ThatFoliageLife]

What's YOUR favourite ficus? 💚

[@rhodealexandre6583]

My favourites: 1- Tineke 2- Burgundy 3- Lyrata (is #3 because I only have three types for now) I am interested in the “Yellow Gem” and the variegated Benjamina

[@alam5808]

Ficus shivereana. (Kivko - Minahasa, Indonesia)

[@ThatFoliageLife]

@@rhodealexandre6583 I love those three so much, my top 3 oldest ficuses in my collection 💚 last two were harder to find 😭

[@ThatFoliageLife]

@@alam5808 beautiful!

[@rhodealexandre6583]

@@alam5808 OMG this a STUNNING ficus. I have never heard of it or seen one. My wish list just got longer. Thank you

[@carmenwhitehead]

It is a matter of patience for many plants. Eventually, they come down in price and are more available. I love the Shivereana! I haven't seen that one here in the states and I think I need to add it to my wish list now! You have an amazing collection .

[@ThatFoliageLife]

You are absolutely correct. Thanks so much for watching!

[@weizi7840]

Wonderful collection and good learning from you💖

[@shompreetyfairuz5159]

You are so adorable !!

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Thank you so much!! You're so kind x

[@adventureswithsucculents9411]

I’m slowly adding to my ficus collection so thank you for making this video! I recently got the Ficus Ruby and she is a beauty!

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Absolutely my pleasure! I didn't realise just how many I had till I was gathering them all together for this video! 😂😲

[@adventureswithsucculents9411]

@@ThatFoliageLife it’s the plant life 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

[@Ch33Ch22]

I only have a fiddle leaf bit after seeing all your beautiful ficus and hearing about their care I think I may buy another. I have the light requirements you detailed...I'm going to keep my eyes open for a ficus plant in the near future.

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Yes! I was a bit cautious myself with my ficuses at first, but when I saw my fiddle take off, I went and got the rest hahaha and they have grown so much! Let me know what you get next! :D

[@Angel_with_an_a_89]

Such a beautiful ficus collection and I love how you designed your plants around your home. My favourite ficus for appearance is shivereana, tineke and trying to get my hands on the Triangularis. Sentimental my green robusta and Alli as they both put up with house decorating but looking big and beautiful hehe

[@tt00284]

Your plants all So healthy😍

[@NhanNguyen-jw8cm]

Hello Appreciate your video. I purchased a single stem slanky ficus audrey recently. Any tips for making their leaves bigger.

[@ThatFoliageLife]

More light and regular fertilising! :)

[@toniarussell5266]

Great video & very beautiful healthy shiny plants. Thanks for the information. I will start using Nemo oil

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Thank you for watching! Glad it was helpful.

[@kuelectric]

good collection

[@andymujal6103]

Very nice looking rubber tree plant

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@danieluy1877]

What brand of neem oil do you use, I saw it is on green container.

[@ThatFoliageLife]

I actually use eco oil from the brand Multicrop. You can use either one. In my experience they do the same thing, but eco is cheaper and doesn't smell as bad as neem. :)

[@jeanettehoehn8452]

😊you are sooo lovely, thank you for the good tips 🌱i have only a tineke ,best wishes from germany 🤗💚

[@ThatFoliageLife]

You are so welcome! thank you for watching

[@jackiepeavy5505]

Beautiful collection

[@marthamiriam8983]

Beautiful collection. All the Ficus look very healthy and happy. I just got a 6” pot of Ficus Benjamina Variegated THANKS FOR THE TIPS! This video was right on time for me. 💚🪴

[@ThatFoliageLife]

So glad!! Thank you so much for watching 💚

[@srshufelt]

I purchase an Aubrey on clearance for 50 cents. It was small but in pretty good condition. It's one of my favorites also and it's doing great. I keep it out side so it gets rain water most of the time. I live in Melbourne, FL so I can.

[@paigeschultz6951]

Beautiful collection! I have a very large, tall single trunked ficus longefolia and I named her Truffila after the Lorax trees because she has a Pom Pom of leaves atop her one trunk and she is adorable! She’s been beautiful and happy for about 8 yrs. In the large pot she came in. Lately, the very tips of the leaves are just a bit yellow. I’ve not changed watering. Does this variety get root bound and would it be good to change pot? Some plants like being root bound… thanks for your help.

[@hennesseyme9112]

What do you feed it to make the leaves so large?

[@aspirativemusicproduction2135]

I have few Ficus Elastica Burgundy and one Variegated one. I put them on the deck in full sun and forget about them until winter. Basically they care of themselves. In the winter I water them maybe once a month. Easy plant.

[@thegiftlady1]

What zone are you in? Mine nearly died from the sun.

[@ThatFoliageLife]

I am in Australia where we get extreme weather on both ends.

[@chandrabalimajumder4683]

Hello, do Fiddle Leaf Figs do well in air conditioned rooms?

[@ThatFoliageLife]

My fiddle is in an air conditioned room, but it also is in a space that gets a lot of light. It's doing very well, but I believe it's a combination of a lot of aspects that keep it happy. Every situation is specific to an individual space, so I can't truly give you a definitive response on this.

[@paulyoung2456]

Actually the figs you have also produce edible fruits in they're native environments. Especially the benjamina❤. The ficus we all eat, ficus carica can fruit without a wasp and are more temperant or cold tolerant than the others.

[@inahhanson8805]

What is the name of the spray that you were spraying on the leaves and what are the benefits?

[@AfzalKhan-ec1sg]

Hi there from Cape Town, If you have overwatered your Ficus and the leaves start to turn yellow....do I just not water for a bit and hope it will come right on its own or is there some other rehabilitation I should initiate ?

[@rhodealexandre6583]

Great video. Ficuses are one of my favourite plants What about watering for the lyrata? Does it like completely dried out soil? What kind of soil do you use for your ficuses?

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Yes, water when the soil is dry! Then give a thorough drench, and repeat. 🥰

[@rhodealexandre6583]

@@ThatFoliageLife thank you🙂

[@ThatFoliageLife]

@@rhodealexandre6583 you're so welcome. As fas as soil goes, I use the Osmocote indoor plants soil mix for all my plants. They seem to love it. 💚 Thanks so much for watching.

[@sunshinecarnivores1919]

Many Ficus trees in cultivation are also strangler figs. An example of this is Ficus benjamina which happens to be my first Ficus tree.

[@southofthesticks]

Where did you get your Shiv from ? I've never seen them, not even once here out in the country. And what's crazy is I'm only a hour and a half away from you to the east. There's a big bunnings here too. Thanks for another great video ! 👍💚

[@ThatFoliageLife]

I have several suppliers that grow them, and they're slowly becoming more readily available! Not quote common yet, but not rare now either. Hope you find one soon! 🥰

[@888Manjula]

Please share any good fertiliser you use for these ficus.. my ficus are really a slow growing .. I’m in Sydney

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Hello! I have been using the We the Wild Grow and my plants just LOVE it! :)

[@andymujal6103]

Very nice looking rubber

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Thank you for watching

[@Regina_RockBudgets]

I am not a ficus fan🙊because I CANNOT figure out there needs! However, I do have an elastica and benjamina right now. Both gifted. They are doing okay but it’s high summer here at the moment so let’s see when winter comes to visit! 😂 Yours is absolutely gorgeous!!♥️

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Thank you for sharing! I think the main thing for ficus is bright indirect light!

[@thegiftlady1]

And humidity!!! What a difference with a humidifier or a humidifier environment.

[@thegiftlady1]

Really enjoyed you snd your ficus'. Moving to Florida with lots of light in the house so I'm looking to add to my already large plant collection. Alreaf got a fig. She's doing well. Initially didn't have enough humidity so the new growth put out spotted leaves (edema), but a 24 hr on humidifier help with that. Where can I get those tote bag-like plant containers. They are fab!!!

[@ThatFoliageLife]

I'm not really sure what containers you're talking about but I have used the zip bags that doona blankets come in! 😂 Thank you for watching!

[@thegiftlady1]

They look like canvas tote bags. UPDATE ON MY FICUS: While packing she was out on the stairs. It was an unusually hot, sunny day in NY. She got SO SUNBURNED, I was so sad 😭. When we got here to Florida she got a haircut (removed dead leaves and the dead on a few leaves was trimmed off). When we settled in I put her out in the Linai in the shade. I had poked a 1/4" poly cotton wick up in to the pot and put it in a ziplock with a little water so she didn't dry out during the very hot moving days in the car. I decided to leave the wick in when we got here. Now, the pot is in another, larger pot that's sitting on an upside down bowl with cord long enough to sit in the overflow, bottom water so she can have a little drink of water all the time without drowning (it's very hot here). She's growing like mad! She loves the humidity and heat, NO DIRECT SUN. About 6 new gorgeous, shinny, large leaves came in in 2 months. She loves it here!

[@happinessinleaf]

Beautiful.happiness in leaf

[@NamHoang-ig2uj]

I keep my Fiddle Leaf Fig outdoor. Any tip or secret to keep the leaf big, green and shiny as yours?

[@thegiftlady1]

Shade and lots of humidity. Mine are thriving with indirect light. Mine has a 1/4" poly cotton wick in the pot and that pot is in a larger pot with an upside down bowl so the long wick gets wet but the roots are not constantly just-watered wet. The wick is to avoid total dry out here in v. hot Fl., zone 9A.

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Thanks for sharing @thegiftlady1 . Yes, lots of light and fertilisation with each watering. And regular cleaning of the leaves. :)

[@dianaduncan8877]

Your plants are beautiful. Do you rinse the neem oil off?

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Thank you! 💚 No, I don't rinse it off. I shake the leaves to remove any excess, but let it dry on the leaves. :)

[@maxp6807]

When you said “Google” it triggered my Google home mini to search for cannabis stores near me 😭🤣

[@ThatFoliageLife]

😂😂😂😂 whoops...!

[@drnaseer3460]

Nice job

[@gardeningwithgeetkumar]

Amazing video

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Glad you think so! Thank you for watching x

[@Warudakumi]

I'm trying to find out what kind of unicorn I obtained. I found what I thought was a regular green Bejamina at Lowes however some of its branches have variegated leaves that are neon splashes on dark green. I thought it was just a white/green bejamina with immature leaves or just simply reverting..... but I own both of those plants as well and this variegation is flipped inside out? I found another person on Facebook that has the same variegation but he wasn't able to find a name for this variant either. Have you seen or heard of this type before?

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Hi Tommy! Thank you for your comment. I am so intrigued now! Seeing as you got it from Lowes, I am guessing I wouldn't have seen it yet, as we don't have Lowes here in Australia. If you ever post about it on Instagram, please tag me, I would love to see what it looks like! :) My IG is @thatfoliagelife

[@thenapalmgiraffe]

Is it a benjamina el dorado?

[@Growingwithselena]

Yes manifest growth. I love it.

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Yes! I put out into the universe what I would like to receive back, and in this case it's healthy growth! :D hehe

[@Alphadan]

I have had a ficus for literally 4 years and it hasn't grown a bit lol.

[@toniarussell5266]

My ficus larata tree is bare in the back . So now I know I have to rotate it. 😊

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Definitely helps! :)

[@thegreatestofalltime777]

Soil mix?

[@julenewilson8686]

I can’t wait to purchase a ficus shivereana. They’re pricey in the States.

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Hopefully as supply meets demand the prices will mellow out! 🤞💚🌿

[@happinessinleaf]

rubber plant video in happiness in leaf vlog.

[@dontdomeboo81]

35 is alot for a small fiddle fig

[@dontdomeboo81]

i put mine on a lazy suzan

[@ruthdennisKnits]

I got an Audrey this year she has really grown fast‼️ I typically cannot keep burgundy and other ficus alive. I’m am over watering type of gal. I appreciate the info in this video, thanks for sharing.

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Thank you for watching!

[@sfhsfh8080]

My all ficuses have no new growth after repotting them one year ago 😭

[@ThatFoliageLife]

There is a chance you might have gone up too big of a pot size? The roots might still be finding their way through the pot and have no energy to push out new leaves. Hope they show you some action soon! 💚

[@Ottochan772]

If I may suggest perhaps u can top them up with vermicompost or worm castings to gv them a little boost

[@deepakmohapatra30]

She buys with patients...

[@hemali5711]

You are beautiful

[@ThatFoliageLife]

Aw thank you! :)