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nelson20vt
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Ok Yesterday I was given a couple suckers from my uncle's boss, some had some roots the others had very minimal if any. Today I noticed the leaves on all of them are drooping, Humidity in my office is currently set to 70% is that enough or should I put the clear bags over them to increase the humidity even more? |
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pitangadiego
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They will probably shed some or all of the leaves from transplant shock. In a couple weeks, they will stabilize and resume growth. |
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nelson20vt
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Thanks Jon, here is a photo showing the drooping on the sucker that has less roots thats the bigger one the pot in front has good roots and no drooping leaves its also half the size. The bigger one is about 3ft. |
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OttawanZ5
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Suckers almost always do it unless they are under moisture spray. In a few days the roots will start adjusting and the leaves will either gradually start getting erect or the roots will manage to keep the right amount of leaves and discard the rest. |
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nelson20vt
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Thanks Akram I noticed they cut off some leaves and trimmed the middle lobe on another leave but its still drooping im glad to hear this is normal was getting a little worried Hopefulyl they pull through ok. |
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Dieseler
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Hi Nelson, |
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nelson20vt
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Hey Martin both of those are this years growth the smaller one is just over a ft tall from soil line the Y shaped one is about 3ft tall. If they grow like this everyseason it will definately have to be pruned regularly. The mother plant is 10ft tall and has been growing indoors for 10 years now since it was brought from Portugal. |
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satellitehead
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this is normal. as with most plants, when you break the bond between the root and the soil, you hamper or destroy the water uptake pathway, as i understand. this effect is amplified if you keep the plant in direct sun where it expires more moisture. |
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nelson20vt
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Thanks Jason the suckers are in my office the humidity level has been around 70% most of the time sometimes 75 sometimes 65 I will give them a couple weeks see what happens. |
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botanicalbill
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Is it more or less humid outside? I would go with full shade and the higher humidity of the two, if possible. When it starts to put out a few nodes of leafs, go to part or full sun. |
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nelson20vt
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Hi Bill, its been cloudy and raining here for the past week the good news is 2 of the shoots I noticed the tips are starting to swell again and one has actually pushed out a new leaf already so it seems as of now they are doing ok. |
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nelson20vt
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Update pics |
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satellitehead
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Great progress! In the last photo, the fig on the right looks like it may have spider mites or have been previously attacked by them. It may be the way the light is hitting it, so I could be wrong. It is the topmost two leaves that look this way to me. Spider mites seem to start chomping and create spots where there is no shine to the leaf, then those spots turn brown. |
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nelson20vt
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Jason you are absolutely right, these shoots came heavily infected with spyder mites I noticed by the discoloration of the leaves right away something was up and called the person who gave them to me and told them to start spraying their plant before its too late. Even though I sprayed them the day I got it those darn things were hiding inside the bud tips and already damaging the new leaves, I have finaly got them in check from the shoots but noticed the spyder mites on a different plant today, will be spraying all my plants again today and will be doing this every 5 days for 3 weeks its the only way you get rid of them for good. |
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satellitehead
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Oh, you're preaching to the choir my friend ;) |
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nelson20vt
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hahaha your absolutely right. Having plants indoors for long periods is a nighmare they just bounce around from plant to plant you really do have to spray everything or else the saga continues. The only plant that I have never noticed any spyder mites yet is my seedling, not sure why that is. |
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