❀ Goomy tree care (rubber tree,ficus elastica) ❀ Care basic..
Added 2022-04-04 09:36:34 +0000 UTC❀ Goomy tree care (rubber tree,ficus elastica) ❀
Care basics:
❀ Watering only when the soil is almost completely dry (less in winter)
❀ Remove dust from the leaves and mist them every few days
❀ It needs a lot of indirect sunlight (direct sunlight will burn the leaves)
❀ Repotting as less as possible (after the roots show up from the bottom)
❀ Fertilizing in spring with small amounts of water fertilizer once a month
❀ Preferred temperature between 15-25 degrees C
The way I water my goomy trees is by showering them in the shower with room temperature water when the soil dries out almost till the very bottom, which usually is once in a week and a half in winter and once a week in summer. But that highly depends on your environment so I recommend just checking the soil and act to accordingly to that.
They tend to collect quite large amount of dust, so wiping them off and misting happens way more regularly than watering itself.
Over-watering results in browning of leaves especially on variegated (white with green) plants.
Another way to tell that the goomy tree needs some water is the position of leaves as some of them let their leaves down and look more sad when they need some water.
A bit more about the goomy tree:
It is in fact a tree as the name suggests and in natural environment it grows quite big,between 20 to more rare 60 meters tall.(see the pictures for a fully grown one)
There is a few varieties of them and it is one of very common house plants due to it's easy care and lovely appearance .
