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My dad's 30 year old fiddle leaf fig died in one dry winter, and I blame the radiator
Three years ago my dad moved his fiddle leaf fig next to the baseboard heater in his Denver apartment because he thought it looked better in that corner. It lost nine leaves in two weeks and never came back. People treat these plants like furniture and then act shocked when they drop. Light and draft matter way more than whatever fancy fertilizer you saw online. Has anyone here saved a plant that got scorched by a heater, and what actually worked?
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parker_patel849d ago
Funny thing is my own track record with ficus plants is basically a crime scene, so take this with a grain of salt lol. What worked for me once was cutting back the dead stuff, moving it a good five feet from any heat source, and then doing almost nothing except watering when the top couple inches went dry. Mine dropped a few more leaves before it stopped sulking, and new growth showed up around week six. Your dad's corner spot was probably doomed from day one, baseboard heat is brutal on those leaves.
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