The first fiddle leaf fig I owned didn’t grow as I’d hoped. In fact it looked like a broomstick. It had a straight trunk, a group of leaves right at the very top and then just lot of bare stem beneath it. It was still healthy but just looked like a plant that wasn’t trying …
Fiddle leaf figs are stunning plants when they’re happy but they also sulk when you change something even slightly. And repotting is one of the biggest changes you can put one through. So if you’re nervous about how to repot a fiddle leaf fig without killing it you’re right to be a little careful. It …
If your fiddle leaf fig leaves keep turning yellow at the edges and you’re not sure what’s going wrong then you’re not alone. Fiddle leaf figs can be a bit dramatic and yellowing leaves are some of the most common ways to show you they’re not happy. The first time my fiddle leaf fig started …
If you’ve bought a fiddle leaf fig I can guarantee you that it will, at some point, just stop growing. It will stop growing any new leaves without any obvious problem you can point to. It’ll just sit there, looking perfectly happy but doing nothing. I was sure I was doing something wrong for weeks …