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I keep seeing folks overwater their new fiddle leaf figs and it's killing them
They water it like a normal houseplant, but that soil needs to be bone dry down to at least 2 inches before you even think about more water. I learned this the hard way after my first one dropped all its leaves in a month. Anyone have a good trick for checking moisture besides just your finger?
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logan29920d agoTop Commenter
What about a moisture meter, or is @the_uma's chopstick trick better?
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the_hannah1mo ago
My friend killed his first one by watering it every week like his pothos. The thing just gave up, leaves went brown and crispy from the bottom up. He bought a cheap wooden chopstick and sticks it deep in the dirt now. Pulls it out to check for dampness, like testing a cake. If soil sticks to it, he waits. His new plant has actually put out two leaves.
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