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Does anyone have one of these and if so, care tips?
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Does anyone have one of these and if so, care tips?


Forgive me for calling it a "her", I don't usually call houseplants "him" or "her", but gawd I love her! When I saw her I didn't don't hesitate even though I already have enough houseplants (I say that so much it has almost become meaningless. 😆

From what I've read she will like to be on a pebble tray because she'll like high humidity. I've been spraying her every day to encourage leaf growth around the top because I hate that blunt chop at the top. đŸ€ź It seems to be working! New leaf growth and no more leaf drop seems to suggest so.

She's in filtered sunlight near an east window.

Should I plant in a deeper pot? Should I let viney roots grow wherever they want?

Any and all hints/help would be appreciated! 🌿

by GoEatACookie

41 Comments

  1. hindol21

    100% mandrake. It’s a “man”drake

  2. Ursalooser

    Great, opened this at work and now I’m fired. Thanks OP next time tag it NSFW.

  3. Temporary_Parsley109

    It’s giving body đŸ€Ł

  4. Peace_ofmind2021

    I also have one but she’s only in water right now
no soil and doing pretty well! I had fruit flys in my soil when I got her so I took it all out, but I add fertilizer and water and she’s doing well but I know that’s not beneficial long term. Hopefully someone can give more feedback 😅

  5. prettybananahammock

    I understand why you call her a ‘her’ 😁 she curvy AF, and I’m jelly now đŸ€Ł

  6. CedarWho77

    I have one! Mine is a boy, though. Due to his shape. đŸ€Ł I love him so much. I live in the desert by San Diego and he lives on my patio. I pinch the new stuff off around fhe bottom and just let him go.

  8. Acheloma

    No care tips, just gotta say her body is tea 💅

  9. Succulents-r-Superb

    She’s beautiful! I have 3 that I fell in love with. They haven’t had much if any growth since I bought them the first of the year. I’ve been thinking of putting them in a deeper pot too. They are getting bright indirect light.

  10. ktskeeper

    I have one and she doesn’t like to go dry- likes her soil to stay moist. Mine gets indirect light and is doing well.

  12. Comfortable_Jump2670

    Damn that’s a hot ass lil tree!

  14. le_gingersnap

    I have one! They’re basically like a mini tree. Well draining soil, lots of bright indirect light and fertilize once a month
 it’s a mini ficus microcarpa 💚

  15. Same_Type_3660

    Why is this plant so thicc lmaoo

  16. OhSoFaded7

    r/Bonsai

    I believe they would be able to give you some detailed responses. Love the shape, great specimen to shape over the years to come!

  17. LunaBoo13

    I don’t know anything about her other than she is lovely and I want to look like her.

  21. Feeling_Bet_2211

    I’ve had one for 6 years and she just bloomed for the first time with the most beautiful flowers đŸ„°

  23. RedSparrow1971

    Ginseng ficus. Mine is in bonsai soil in an “aerated” (I used a soldering iron to put holes in it) nursery pot that sits inside a cement plant pot without drainage holes and I add some water to that reservoir whenever it gets below a cm or so. It sits under a Sansi grow light inside for 3 seasons and outside (slowly transitioning to sunlight) during summer. Lovely little tree.

  25. mildOrWILD65

    https://preview.redd.it/oz1d8m1ub7pf1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=805025d1c2a3c05c404b0f135983ca99024670dc

    I have one that got “lost” behind some of my other houseplants (yes, it’s an addiction, lol!). When I rediscovered it, there weren’t any leaves left, just the trunk and a few twigs sticking out from. I figured I’d just put it outside and see what happens, figuring I’d accidentally killed it. This is it, now:

    I fertilized it once, this summer, after it came back.

    So, not a lot of care is really necessary, IMHO!

  26. sidebag

    Put it in a huge pot.
    It will become a big tree

  28. godlyvan

    ok you need to put this one on a shrine and give it monthly offerings i dont make the rules

  29. Outrageous_Chain8512

    I know that “Mandrake”. Is harvested in the South, and they make pretty good money for selling it..
    But to me you plant looks like an “Indian Banyan, or ficus micro arepa/ Chinese banyan

    It’s those enormous trees that you see in Hawaii in parks. With a lot of areal roots very invasive

  30. EnvironmentalEye5402

    I’ve had one for five years and it’s the hardest plant for me! So few leaves not a lot of growth, gets loads of sun etc just can’t make it happy. I pray mine one day looks like this!

  31. BishopGodDamnYou

    That plant is shaped like Cardi B goddamn

  32. Spotslave2015

    The comments make me proud to be apart of this community

  36. wildeside69

    I want one so bad but I have not been able to come across one yet đŸ˜„

  39. jengrunwald

    Just make sure you’re wearing ear protection when you pull it out of its pot. 🙂

  40. breakonthru_

    I had one that died and I think it would’ve liked me better on the patio

  41. nothingtoseemom

    Only repot if rootbound. Let the roots wander it’s natural. Keep misting and give her that humidity boost. She’s thriving!

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