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This is my fig tree. I watered it yesterday, cause it was time and it… | Pests, diseases and problems | Comunità di Planta

Robin

This is my fig tree. I watered it yesterday, cause it was time and it looked fine. Now it looks droopy? I gave it some more water (is that ok? The soil was super dry) a couple minutes ago. It’s gonna be a potted fig tree due to where we live being super cold. Is the droopyness from under watering or could it be something else? I’ve never seen this tree be this droopy before. Also- apparently fig trees smell mildly like cat pee when indoors, and a couple months ago my cats were using it as their second litter box. There’s tin foil around it now to stop them from accessing it and it never showed any signs of being sick, so I think it’s ok? But can that do any lasting damage I should be aware of? It’s a very important tree.

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  1. Madison

    You mentioned that the soil was dry even though you watered it yesterday; are you watering thoroughly when you do water it?

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    • Robin

      I thought so? I saw water coming into the drainage plate yesterday after watering it

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    • Madison

      Hm, that’s odd- if you watered it thoroughly yesterday, it shouldn’t be dry today. Sometimes bigger plants don’t get watered thoroughly by doing just enough until it drains out the bottom a little. I’d water it until water is freely running out the bottom and then let it soak up excess water from the drainage plate for about 30 minutes before dumping the rest out. That will give it a nice good drink. If it perks back up in a day or two, that’s a pretty good indicator that it was what was needed.

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    • Madison

      that would also flush out the soil nicely in case there’s anything lingering from the cats!

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