http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview Ficustrees.info Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:37:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-60889 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:21:06 +0000 http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-60889 plant looks healthy i did move it to anouther room but thats not unusual for me to do but its loosing lots of green leaves its about 30 years old whats the problem? plant looks healthy i did move it to anouther room but thats not unusual for me to do but its loosing lots of green leaves its about 30 years old whats the problem?

]]> http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-60342 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:52:38 +0000 http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-60342 What are the bulbous growths on the trunk of my ficus. It is on my patio and has another ficus quite close to it. Is it cancer and shoud I remove it. There are 2 or 3 large brown wart looking growths on the lower trunk. Please help. What are the bulbous growths on the trunk of my ficus. It is on my patio and has another ficus quite close to it. Is it cancer and shoud I remove it. There are 2 or 3 large brown wart looking growths on the lower trunk. Please help.

]]> http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-44433 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:17:03 +0000 http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-44433 My ficus was moved outdoors for the nice weather. A sudden cold caught me off guard and all the leaves have browned. Can it be saved? My ficus was moved outdoors for the nice weather. A sudden cold caught me off guard and all the leaves have browned. Can it be saved?

]]> http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-40726 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:09:16 +0000 http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-40726 I have had my ficus b. for 5 years and it has flourished, but last year I moved to a new house and for the first time, my ficus has started to have brown tips on the leaves. The new house is colder than the old house and a little darker, but the ficus is still situated next to a southern-exposure window and under a small skylight, and it weathered last winter very well. I'm mystified as to why it's suddenly turning brown. Please help! I have had my ficus b. for 5 years and it has flourished, but last year I moved to a new house and for the first time, my ficus has started to have brown tips on the leaves. The new house is colder than the old house and a little darker, but the ficus is still situated next to a southern-exposure window and under a small skylight, and it weathered last winter very well. I’m mystified as to why it’s suddenly turning brown. Please help!

]]> http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-38489 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:06:16 +0000 http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-38489 My Ficus is 27 years old and has been repotted every 4-5 years and is now huge. I have pruned and trimmed it over the years, but now the top of the tree is so tall it bends on my living room ceiling. My husband wants to cut that top main stem off and I am afraid doing that will kill the entire tree? What do you advise? My Ficus is 27 years old and has been repotted every 4-5 years and is now huge. I have pruned and trimmed it over the years, but now the top of the tree is so tall it bends on my living room ceiling. My husband wants to cut that top main stem off and I am afraid doing that will kill the entire tree? What do you advise?

]]> http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-6519 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:59:32 +0000 http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/growing-ficus-trees-indoors-overview#comment-6519 @D>R>Miller. It sounds like your <em>F. benjamina</em> was temporarily infested with scale bugs! Scale insects are hard to identify because they don’t look like bugs and don’t appear to move. They are usually found along leaf stems or on the undersides of leaves, and are translucent and take on the color of the leaf or stem surface. Scale bugs also secrete honeydew on the leaf which resembles the stickiness of soda pop. Usually scale insects just feed by sucking plant sap and causing poor, stunted growth (this is where the yellowing of the leaves comes from). If you see the honeydew, look for the pest. Check out my post <a title="Ficus Plant Scale Insect" href="http://www.ficustrees.info/archives/common-ficus-plant-insects-scale-bugs">Common Ficus Plant Insects - Scale Bugs</a> for more information on scale bugs and how to control and be rid of them! I hope some of this information helps. Happy Growing! :)