- How long have you had your plant?
- 2-3 years
- Purchased from a grocery store and was about 2 feet high
- Now measures about 6 feet tall
- What is the problem?
- I’ve noticed the shape of the container beginning to look like an oval, rather than a round circle
- I’m curious whether I should repot or not, however am well aware that this is a stressful event for figs!
- How often do you water your plant?
- once per week
- How much do you water?
- about 4 cups
- What does your drainage look like?
- the pot is sitting in a plastic liner
- the pot has multiple drainage holes
- I never leave it sitting in standing water
- What soil are you using?
- Whatever soil it came in!
- It is in the original pot that I bought it in
- How often do you use fertilizer?
- Never
- How much sun does your plant get? Where is it in your home?
- It never gets direct sun
- It sits by a window in the front of our house, facing SW
- It probably gets 3-4 hours in summer of sunset sun filtered through a large tree that is directly outside the window
My questions are:
- Should I repot? If so, how big of a pot should I move it to? And what is the best process for doing this!
- Also, there are multiple damaged leaves on the lower half (from my young children poking holes…a tragedy!). Should I remove these? If so, what’s the best process? I’m afraid clipping them at all once would be a little shocking to the fig.
- Is there any advantage to trimming lower half + having it be more of a topiary style fig as opposed to leaving it as is, with leaves covering the whole “trunk?”
Thank you SO much for your time & consideration. Your website has been a great resource for me in caring for my first fig!
Hello Kate,
It looks like your plant is outgrowing your pot. I would suggest repotting it. Please read this post on how to repot your fiddle leaf fig.
This post will tell you when to remove your lower leaves and how exactly to do it.
Hope this helps!