Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree Outdoors
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Fiddle leaf fig tree outdoors. This makes them somewhat challenging for the home grower who is likely to have trouble duplicating these steamy conditions. The fiddle leaf fig is best grown in partial shade outdoors in most tropical and warm temperate climates but it will take full sun when established. Care for an outdoor fiddle leaf fig tree. If leaves start to look brown.
Yes i love plants. Moving the fiddle leaf fig outdoors. If you start growing fiddle leaf figs in containers you ll need to repot them every year. The only thing worse than an unhappy fiddle leaf fig tree that s turning yellow or losing its leaves is a fiddle leaf fig tree that s too happy and outgrows your home.
An antique cane back chair modern white side table and fiddle leaf fig tree create an inviting eclectic corner sitting area. The fiddle leaf fig ficus lyrata is a popular indoor specimen plant featuring very large heavily veined violin shaped leaves that grow upright these plants are native to tropical parts of africa where they thrive in very warm and wet conditions. Fiddle fig or fiddle leaf fig ficus lyrata can grow outdoors in u s. I decided to try something i ve been wanting to try for a few years now.
Of course you ll want to make sure your climate is suitable for growing a fiddle leaf fig outdoors. Don t add water until the top inch 2 5 cm of soil is dry to the touch. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 12 though it may grow better in usda zones 10b through 11. Temperatures should be no cooler than 50 degrees at night and generally no hotter than 95 or so during the day.
The drive home and relocation process may put your plant into shock but you likely won t notice it for a month or two. Although it will never reach its mature outdoor height of 50 feet thank god a potted fiddle leaf fig tree can grow as tall as 10 feet indoors. Fiddle leaf fig care includes adequate water but the worst thing you can do to fiddle leaf fig trees is to overwater them. Indoors the fiddle leaf fig will grow in most temperate and tropical climates but requires a bright light or morning sun position such as eastern facing windows only to avoid scorching of the.