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title: "My fiddle leaf figs top few leaves (all fairly new) have just wept…"
description: "My fiddle leaf figs top few leaves (all fairly new) have just wept and became extremely soft and tender. There is also new brown spotting- I’ve never had this…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Gab"
published: "2024-01-17T19:28:53.566Z"
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# My fiddle leaf figs top few leaves (all fairly new) have just wept…

_Posted by Gab on 2024-01-17_

My fiddle leaf figs top few leaves (all fairly new) have just wept and became extremely soft and tender. There is also new brown spotting- I’ve never had this happen before. Any ideas? Hoping I can get her healthy again 🥲🥲

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## 2 comments

### Bananananana commented on 2024-01-17

“Weeping” or “sweating” is your plants way of getting rid of excess water (science word = transpiration). Softness and mushiness is a sign of overwatering (plant cells become extremely turgid and burst). All that to say I’d ease up on watering especially since it’s winter (in the northern hemisphere)

#### Gab replied on 2024-01-17

Ok, thank u sm!! This is rly helpful :)

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