Just lukewarm or room temperature water other substances can accumulate on the leaves and suffocate them.
Cleaning fiddle leaf fig leaves coconut oil.
So one sunday morning at 7am i started cleaning my plants.
They are full sunlight plants in nature and can handle a full 6 8 hours of direct sun a day once they have been hardened off.
The number one way to kill a fiddle leaf fig is to overwater it or not allow for proper drainage.
Six myths about fiddle leaf fig care bright indirect light myth.
Leaf shine pruning and encouraging growth back.
Do not overwater your fiddle leaf.
I m determined this time around.
If the leaves on.
Gonna try some new strategies.
Fiddle leaf figs will take all the light you can give them.
Your fiddle leaf fig tree needs to be cared for the same way you would care for a pet.
No need to use coconut oil as you may have heard this method can actually suffocate the leaves over time.
The common information about flfs needing bright indirect light isn t exactly true.
I said nope he s good he just needs a good clean up.
Here s a fiddle leaf fig i polished up with coconut oil.
Don t use oil or anything else on the leaves.
Over time if your tree is covered in dust it will stop growing and eventually die.
And figs have pretty big leaves.
If they re covered in dust they don t get enough oxygen.
Take a damp washcloth and gently wipe down each leaf.
I just bought a second fiddle leaf tree from ikea after killing my first.
Usually i use milk on my plants to keep their leaves clean but i m gonna give coconut oil a try since i have some on hand.
Any oil based leaf shine even commercial products tend to be a bit sticky and attract and retain dust.
Fiddle leaf fig trees consume light and carbon dioxide to live and when their leaves are covered in dust they can t get enough of either.
Spray the white oil on to a cloth not the plant and wipe over.
My husband calls me a nutter haha seriously it s so satisfying.
I m tempted to put it in all caps but i don t want to yell at you.
Apparently there s advice out there to use coconut oil.
Then about once i month i give them all a more thorough cleaning.
Water it give it light give it a name talk to it in a high pitched sweet voice love it and leave it one spot.
I use a clean dry cloth to just simply wipe off the leaves whenever i water my fig.