To pinch your Fiddle Leaf Fig, use your thumb and pointer finger to break off the top growing tip. If it's too hard to break off with fingers, you can also use a pair of cutters. Click to see full answer Keeping this in view, how do you branch a fiddle leaf fig? One way is to nip off the tip / top few leaves of the trunk to encourage new growth.
Ficus lyrata, commonly known as the fiddle-leaf fig, is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry and fig family Moraceae. It is native to western Africa, from Cameroon west to Sierra Leone, where it grows in lowland tropical rainforest.
Should I pinch my fiddle leaf fig?
If you just pinch out the new buds at the top of your fiddle leaf fig with your fingers, it won't be stimulated to produce as many lateral branches off of the main trunk. Pinching is more useful if you want to stimulate a bit of lateral growth to make your plant look fuller near the top.
How do you keep a fiddle leaf straight?
How to Stake a Fiddle Leaf Tree to Grow Straight. If you need a quick fix to save a floppy fiddle leaf fig, you can stake the trunk to keep it upright. This isn't a long-term solution by any means, because staking will give your tree no reason to grow stronger in order to support itself.
What do I do if my fiddle leaf is leaning?
So the simple steps to strengthen a weak or leaning Fiddle Leaf Fig trunk are: 1. Make sure it's getting enough light (checking the distance between new leaves may help you determine this), 2. Give it some outdoor time where it can get a breeze, 3. Wiggle the trunk if you can't get it outside, and 4.
Should I cut off damaged fiddle leaf fig leaves?
1. Trim off brown leaf tips or spots with clean shears. Cut off only the damaged tips or spots leaving a tiny margin of brown so not to damage the remaining healthy foliage on the plant.
How do you notch a fiddle leaf fig for branching?
To notch your fiddle leaf fig, you'll want to gather your tools and then locate a node on the trunk. Nodes are areas on the trunk that contain dormant leaf buds, and you can find them by looking for the slightly thicker areas on the trunk between leaves or branches.
Where do new leaves grow on fiddle leaf fig?
We love to see growth on our fiddle leaf fig trees, but we prefer fresh new growth at the top of the tree, not the very bottom of the trunk. Leaves at the base of the tree can give your fiddle a bushy or even unbalanced appearance, which isn't the best thing for an ornamental plant.
How can you tell if a fig tree is male or female?
Look for five stamens that stick out of the bottom of the fruit surrounded by petal-less, outward-facing bracts of tissue that's similar to that of the fruit skin to identify a male caprifig. Stamens do not protrude out of the synconium on female trees.
Why is my fiddle leaf not growing new leaves?
It's in a New Environment
Another completely normal reason why your Fiddle Leaf might not be growing is if you've just brought it home. Or if it has just experienced a change such as moving location or repotting.
When should I prune to encourage growth?
Pruning in the fall stimulates new growth just when the plants are trying to go dormant; this weakens plants. These plants form flower buds on new growth next season, not the old growth of last year. Pruning summer blooming shrubs in late winter can encourage lots of new growth and flowers for the coming season.