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title: "Please pray for my ficus, Mr. Miyagi. I accidentally overheated him.…"
description: "Please pray for my ficus, Mr. Miyagi. I accidentally overheated him. His roots are well established, so he might still sprout new leaves, but I'm worried about…"
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community: "Bonsai Matters"
author: "Waspinator"
published: "2025-06-27T21:15:10.275441Z"
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# Please pray for my ficus, Mr. Miyagi. I accidentally overheated him.…

_Posted by Waspinator on 2025-06-27_

Please pray for my ficus, Mr. Miyagi. I accidentally overheated him. His roots are well established, so he might still sprout new leaves, but I'm worried about him (the top section died off last year and i kept it to make deadwood)

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## 5 comments

### PrettyLittleThings commented on 2025-06-27

😢

### Tony commented on 2025-06-28

🙏

### Waspinator commented on 2025-06-29

Update: he has barely been holding onto two leaves with green petioles. In hopes of enocouraging a new leaf/making it easier for it to push off dead material, i have given two stems the gentlest pruning i could possibly do. One seems to have mostly removed dead material, and the other was... green inside!!! He's still alive!!! I have also been occasionally talking to him, exhaling on his surviving petioles, and gently rubbing the stems to help encourage him. If he can just fight a little longer he can make it

#### PrettyLittleThings replied on 2025-06-29

Heyah! He'll make it!

#### Tony replied on 2025-07-02

You can do it, Mr. Miyagi!

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