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title: "Why did the leaves fall off at the bottom of this ficus elastica"
description: "Why did the leaves fall off at the bottom of this ficus elastica"
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# Why did the leaves fall off at the bottom of this ficus elastica

_Posted by Plant guy on 2025-11-07_

Why did the leaves fall off at the bottom of this ficus elastica

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## 5 comments

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-11-07

Over-watering, underwatering, light? Typically

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-11-07

I have one that's about a year old and a lot bigger and it only shed it's lower leaves when it had mealy bugs but yours is so tiny I'm sure it doesn't

### Plant guy commented on 2025-11-07

Ok, thank you

### Crazy plant lady commented on 2025-11-08

I believe it’s actually a lack of humidity. I have one that did something similar and I put it in a room that has 50% humidity compared to the 30% humidity it was in and it just took off like it’s grown probably a good 4 inches in the last two months.

### Lina commented on 2025-11-08

Would check for spider mites - see if you can find tiny white dots and very fine webbing where the branches meet the stem

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