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title: "This guy was literally brought back from the dead. My original…"
description: "This guy was literally brought back from the dead. My original “Charlie Brown” ficus tree was an established older plant but eventually grew spindly and had a…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/XKxMAJF0SWBWmzkOdK6LiT"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Jess"
published: "2026-08-18T12:12:16.796095Z"
language: "en"
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# This guy was literally brought back from the dead. My original…

_Posted by Jess on 2026-08-18_

This guy was literally brought back from the dead. My original “Charlie Brown” ficus tree was an established older plant but eventually grew spindly and had a lot of lost leaves. I sadly trimmed him way back, propagated a few stems (still rooting!) and put the base of this plant in my garage (with zero light) to throw away, but I didn’t get around to it, so the stalk sat for weeks. About a month passes, and I noticed small yellow leaves growing. Charlie 2 is now back inside and flourishing with new growth like a brand new plant 😊 I still am amazed

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## 2 comments

### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 commented on 2026-08-18

This is awesome!!

### Rhus commented on 2026-08-18

Ficus just like to play with our hearts 😂 but congrats on Charlie 2! Looking so happy and healthy!

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