--- title: "I give up! this is the second of this type of plant and I think I’m…" description: "I give up! this is the second of this type of plant and I think I’m just not vibing with this plant. Now one of the leaves has brown spots and is going to make…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/C2Ia4kfrRJ6uzP9NNEeo0A?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "gise" published: "2024-05-03T02:49:13.774111Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/pestsDiseasesAndProblems.jpg" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # I give up! this is the second of this type of plant and I think I’m… _gise님이 2024-05-03에 게시함_ I give up! this is the second of this type of plant and I think I’m just not vibing with this plant. Now one of the leaves has brown spots and is going to make the leaf drop. I even tried changing the windowsill ! What are your thoughts? ## 13개의 댓글 ### letsfindjoy님이 2024-05-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. I do think it’s in too large of a pot. You want to go only 1-2 inches larger than the root ball. #### V🌱님이 2024-05-03에 답변했습니다. How can you tell the difference between root ball and root bound? #### letsfindjoy님이 2024-05-03에 답변했습니다. If it’s root bound, the roots will be swirled around the bottom of the pot and up the sides and there will be more roots than soil. Root ball means the total of roots which if you scrunch them up into a ball in your hands then that’s the size you go off of to know to go 1-2 inches more than that circumference of the ball of roots. #### Sunny님이 2024-05-03에 답변했습니다. Root bound is a condition of the roots that includes an overgrowth of roots possibly blocking drain holes. The root ball is the volume the roots occupy. It includes both the soil and roots within that volume. My larger spider plant shows roots that are ‘almost’ root bound with thick finger like roots. That cylindrical volume is the root ‘ball.’ I would repot in a pot size at most 1 inch to 2 inches wider than this root ball. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/lNVDwrInR5OC47SdzhOUxA.webp?size=large) ### letsfindjoy님이 2024-05-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. Are you physically checking the soil moisture before watering and snoozing the planta reminder if necessary? ### nosugartonight님이 2024-05-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. Does this plant suffer from the lack of chlorophyll issue like many other very white plants? ### gise님이 2024-05-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. So I put him in front of a different window because we got a sun warning here for excessive heat. I thought that would be better since planta says it needs part sun. Since then , we got a new little leaf. I can try a smaller pot for sure. And yes. I do check the soil moisture before watering. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0kMZrrUIFyYfGe_su13S1wjuTaNyt3K3wOP-BDYuM0s/YW0aFWtkTqmeqv1DHdEjew.webp?size=large) ### Krista님이 2024-05-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. I know most (but not all) ficus varieties are also very sensitive to any change whatsoever, even changing their location, repotting, watering changes, etc. I’m not sure about this particular species, but some leaf drop is pretty common after a change, so sometimes you just need to give it time. I have a triangularis that lost almost all of its leaves when I brought it home last fall and I basically gave up on it. This spring though I started following Planta’s advice and it has regrown almost all that it lost, plus some. Make the changes suggested in these comments and then leave it alone for a while. Don’t be discouraged if it drops more leaves after downsizing the pot and all. Just give it time :) #### Sunny님이 2024-05-03에 답변했습니다. I stopped buying all ficus plants years ago because they don’t vibe with my lifestyle. They are sensitive to everything. They do well if left alone in one place. They practically shoot leaves when moved. ### Urban Jungle 🦩님이 2024-05-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. I’ve had bad luck with this plant too. I got a new one recently. I decided to keep it outside and it gets morning sun. It seems happy 😊 ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rY0RgFfVZMOaFgPNQ0KymslJfSwVP1ixFsy-DY7NhYo/Qvq7YozYQHy8I6TbJ55ypw.webp?size=large) ### Matilda님이 2024-05-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. I have mine in a window that gets morning sun and it’s been loving it! Three new leaves this spring. I moved it from bright indirect light where it was doing nothing ### gise님이 2024-05-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. Thank you everyone! I though it was just me ### gise님이 2024-05-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. Update no one asked for but I’m invested in this thread. Robbins has been repotted. 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