My gf placed this plant in my office which has no windows while I was on vacation. l've placed it back in the living room but it seems like the damage has been done.
New growth is coming which is a good sign, but I can't help to see all the damaged leaves. It’s been 2 months since being back in the living room but progress is slow.
It’s east facing gets that beautiful morning sun and gets watered around 100ml every week.
What can I do to bring it back to life?
by Dinomal720
4 Comments
Water it less often. Rubber plants like to dry out completely and sit for a little while dry. That’s what’s caused the crispy edges on your older leaves.
Over or under watering is almost always cause by the frequency with which you water, not the amount of water given each time.
I water my rubber plants once a fortnight in the winter and once a week in summer, and I live in a moderate, humid climate.
Just wait until the soil is bone dry, then wait another day or two, then give it like 300ml water at least. Or just bottom water it.
If you do that, and keep it in the sun, it’ll go berserk.
Ps. Explain to your gf that plants are living things. They’re not animals, sure, but they still don’t like being just randomly moved around the place.
This is the second rubber plant question that I’m answering today.
It’s overwatering. The soil that a lot of rubber plants come in retain waaaaaay too much water. Gently uproot the plant, clean off the rotten roots, and repot in cactus soil.
Once you repot, the leaves suffer a bit from repotting shock, but the large rot circles should stop.
Seems like too much water and the low light didn’t help. Edges like that can be from wet roots. I’d let it get a full dry period in there between watering and these can take about as much indor sun as you’d give them. The partial shade recommendation is for outdoor so most modern, double pane, UV glazed windows filter so much from sun it’s about the same.
These plants really don’t like being moved.