Cleaning Fiddle Leaf Fig Leaves Coconut Oil
They are full sunlight plants in nature and can handle a full 6 8 hours of direct sun a day once they have been hardened off.
Cleaning fiddle leaf fig leaves coconut oil. So one sunday morning at 7am i started cleaning my plants. You can use a little bit of coconut oil on your rag which works great or this leaf shine. The common information about flfs needing bright indirect light isn t exactly true. Over time if your tree is covered in dust it will stop growing and eventually die.
I use a clean dry cloth to just simply wipe off the leaves whenever i water my fig. Just lukewarm or room temperature water other substances can accumulate on the leaves and suffocate them. Six myths about fiddle leaf fig care bright indirect light myth. Fiddle leaf fig trees consume light and carbon dioxide to live and when their leaves are covered in dust they can t get enough of either.
Usually i use milk on my plants to keep their leaves clean but i m gonna give coconut oil a try since i have some on hand. Any oil based leaf shine even commercial products tend to be a bit sticky and attract and retain dust. I ve read that some people apply various cooking oils to the leaves coconut seemed popular. Spray the white oil on to a cloth not the plant and wipe over.
I just bought a second fiddle leaf tree from ikea after killing my first. Do not overwater your fiddle leaf. Fiddle leaf figs will take all the light you can give them. Take a damp washcloth and gently wipe down each leaf.
And figs have pretty big leaves. The number one way to kill a fiddle leaf fig is to overwater it or not allow for proper drainage. Don t use oil or anything else on the leaves. Your fiddle leaf fig tree needs to be cared for the same way you would care for a pet.
Here s a fiddle leaf fig i polished up with coconut oil. If they re covered in dust they don t get enough oxygen. No need to use coconut oil as you may have heard this method can actually suffocate the leaves over time. I m determined this time around.
Then about once i month i give them all a more thorough cleaning. Gonna try some new strategies. Apparently there s advice out there to use coconut oil. Water it give it light give it a name talk to it in a high pitched sweet voice love it and leave it one spot.
Leaf shine pruning and encouraging growth back. If the leaves on. I said nope he s good he just needs a good clean up.