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title: "Hey guys. My banyan fig tree had plenty of beautiful leaves drop…"
description: "Hey guys. My banyan fig tree had plenty of beautiful leaves drop recently because I didn't realise he was overly thirsty. Now he's super bare. Is it possible…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/POevxJByQ9mbH3mylFPr3g"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Agma the Destroyer"
published: "2024-09-15T01:48:47.677567Z"
language: "en"
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# Hey guys. My banyan fig tree had plenty of beautiful leaves drop…

_Posted by Agma the Destroyer on 2024-09-15_

Hey guys. My banyan fig tree had plenty of beautiful leaves drop recently because I didn't realise he was overly thirsty. Now he's super bare. Is it possible to somehow get him to start growing leaves from the empty nodes? Or do I need to chop and repropigate him...? I am not entirely sure if that will just kill him...I've never propagated an actually tree branch before. Would it work if I used the air layering method, to grow roots on the branch? Would that work to make him start sprouting leaves there again? I just wanna keep this boy.

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