Comments on: How to Get Your Rubber Plant, Fiddle Leaf Fig, (and Other Ficus Trees!) to Branch https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/ Fearless DIY Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Claire https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1594688 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:09:20 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1594688 So you don’t want to branch until your FLF is pretty tall? Or do you start doing it when it’s small and then it grows taller like that? Do you trim off the lower leaves as it grows?? – Mine has leaves all down to the soil, so I think I understand the branching idea, but how does the tall leaf-less trunk happen?

]]> By: Mandi https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1593879 Wed, 08 May 2019 16:15:18 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1593879 In reply to Jenna.

Just one at a time!

]]> By: Jenna https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1593866 Tue, 07 May 2019 23:55:43 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1593866 So notching will create branches? Can I make more than one notch at the same time? I was thinking of two notches so I can get two more branches

]]> By: Aspen https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1593831 Fri, 03 May 2019 19:27:53 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1593831 ]]> Hi! I have a FLF that I got last summer. It is 4’ tall with three individual stems and two small but tall baby plants growing with it. No branches on any of the stems. Should I try to get each to branch? And which is the best way for a younger plant like this? Also should I repot and separate the babies? It’s healthy but can’t seem to hold moisture as I keep getting dry crispy brown patches on leaves no matter how much it’s watered. HELP! 😊

]]> By: B Lord https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1593825 Fri, 03 May 2019 03:32:02 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1593825 Did I miss your week 5 One Room Challenge Update? I’ve been enjoying watching the nursery unfold and keep checking back for the update. Isn’t Wednesday the day the updates are posted? Thanks!

]]> By: vicki https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1593823 Thu, 02 May 2019 22:53:09 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1593823 Mandi, thank you, thank you, thank you. It is really hard to find any information on Fiddleleaf Ficus or Rubber trees. I have one that lost all of it’s leaves over the winter and now it only has 2 puny leaves coming out of the top like Alfalfa’s hair. LOL I’m going to try the notching to develop new branches. It can’t hurt. I will also try the pinching on the new one I just bought to replace it.

Appreciate your help.

]]> By: Mandi https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1593821 Thu, 02 May 2019 20:50:43 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1593821 In reply to Paige.

I would wait until it’s acclimated. You dont want to send it into too much shock.

]]> By: Mandi https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1593820 Thu, 02 May 2019 20:50:07 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1593820 In reply to Lisa.

For sure notch it!!

]]> By: Mandi https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1593819 Thu, 02 May 2019 20:49:45 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1593819 In reply to Lindy.

Hi Lindy!! I would say the notching method!

]]> By: Lindy https://vintagerevivals.com/how-to-get-your-rubber-plant-fiddle-leaf-fig-and-other-ficus-trees-to-branch/#comment-1593818 Thu, 02 May 2019 20:28:10 +0000 https://vintagerevivals.com/?p=6509665#comment-1593818 I have a fiddle leaf fig that’s about 7 ft tall, all of the lower leaves have fallen off over time and now I have this tall tree with a bunch of leaves at the top but it just shoots straight up. I’ve had it for 9 years and it was just a small plant then. Its not pretty and tree like the ones you see in magazines but this makes total since. Which method would you suggest using for it to branch out?

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