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Ficus benjamina is a beautiful, green indoor plant that deserves the utmost care.
In summary, what you need to know:
Last name : Ficus Benjamina
Family : Moraceae
Type : Houseplant
Height: 3 m indoors
Ground : Potting soil
Exposure : Light
Foliage : Persistent
Here are our tips for having a beautiful ficus and avoiding diseases throughout the seasons.
Planting the ficus
Planting or repotting the ficus are essential steps to ensure good recovery and good growth.
Indoor potted ficus:
The ficus claims a good soil for green plants or houseplants.
In order to facilitate drainage, place a bed of gravel, small pebbles or clay balls at the bottom of the pot. This will prevent the roots of the ficus from bathing in water.
- Install your ficus therefore in a pot of good size
- Use potting soil for houseplants or green plants.
- Repot the ficus in spring every 2 to 3 years, and performa surfacing regular.
Caring for ficus benjamina
Once in place and if not touched too much, the ficus is a relatively easy to maintain.
The Ficus requires special attention as to its exposure and his watering and should avoid sudden changes in temperature.
He needs a room luminous, but should not be exposed to direct sunlight. He dreads being behind a sunny window, for example.
Here are our tips:
- Water when the soil is dry, but without excess and ideally with water at room temperature and not hard.
- Add green plant food several times a year.
- Finally, avoid moving it too often, because it will take time to adapt to its new environment.
Size of the ficus
Contrary to popular belief, the ficus is a plant thatsupports pruning very well.
If it gets too high and / or too intrusive for your living room or interior room, you can prune your ficus.
Take a secateurs and follow our pruning advice:
- You can prune once a year, at any time of the year.
- There is no need to prune too severely, a lightweight size is enough.
- This makes it possible to have a more beautiful and dense foliage.
Watering the ficus benjamina
It is best to wait until the soil is dry between 2 waterings.
- Water on average 1 time per week.
- If theair is dry indoors or in summer, you can water a little more often, but always waiting for the soil to be dry on the surface.
- On the contrary, in winter or in case of high ambient humidity, the watering can be space a little further apart.
Feel free to spray water regularly on the foliage, this will improve the quality of the foliage and prevent the leaves from drying out.
- Applying green plant fertilizer several times a year is recommended.
Sick ficus
The ficus is sensitive to certain cultivation errors or attacks from insects and parasites.
Ficus losing its leaves:
This is normal when it comes to regular leaf loss, in limited quantities.
> He can also running out of light, in this case give it more light.
> Finally, the ficus hates drafts and that can be enough to cause it to lose its leaves.
Leaves that turn yellow:
It is often because of an attack ofred spiders. It is sufficient to treat with a biological acaricide sold in garden centers.
White cluster on the leaves:
Those are mealybugs . The leaves of the ficus are covered with a sticky, sticky white mass.
Smart tip
With a pot or container of the right size and regular surfacing, you will obtain a magnificent Ficus benjamina 2 to 3 m high!
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Photo credit: Nataliia Pyzhova
