Help caring for fiddle leaf fig plant
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Leaves dropping or edges turning black. Have only watered it twice in month of ownership. Plant is 14 inch pot purchased from Costco. Plant is 60 plus inches tall
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You have to knock it out of the pot and examine the roots & soil. Is soil saturated, root tips turning black? Probably too much watering. What you want to see is healthy, white root tips and slightly moist to dry-ish soil with no bugs crawling around. If root mass is tight and circling the pot then you need to bump it up a size. Once you're satisfied with the roots, examine the leaves & bark for insect infestation. You also have to take into account the location of the plant. Is it in a draft? Direct sun? A little sleuthing will give you the answer.