In our Gifted Room at my school, we have a ficcus (spelling?) tree named Stumpy. Stumpy’s not doing so well. He keeps loosing leaves. What can we do to make him better?
These leaves that are falling off - are they:
-yellowish and moist? - you’re overwatering it.
- brown and crispy? - you could be underwatering it or it could just be unhappy in its current position due to dry air, or too much direct sunlight.
- green and fresh - the plant may be suffering shock from fluctuating temperature or draughts.
What about the leaves that are still on the plant? - are they uniformly green and glossy or are they dull and/or veined with yellow or some other colour?
How big is the plant and how big is the pot?
Ficuses are also easily shocked by movement as well as changes in lighting and temperature. If kids are banging into it, or it’s been moved, then they’ll drop leaves like an apt metaphor.
Also, they generally like light rather than shade.
Peace.
Figs are picky about how you water them, and they respond to stress by dropping their leaves. Here’s a good description of a watering regime for the weeping fig :
If Stumpy is a Fiddleleaf, or some other type of fig, you can probably find exactly what you want within this search.
The falling leaves are green- that’s one of the things that worries us so much.