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title: "When watering a Ruby ficus plant…do I water the soil or can I wet the…"
description: "When watering a Ruby ficus plant…do I water the soil or can I wet the leaves as well? She’s recovering…she’s been through a lot since the LA fires. She was…"
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author: "Stephanie"
published: "2025-02-06T00:15:51.005727Z"
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# When watering a Ruby ficus plant…do I water the soil or can I wet the…

_Stephanie님이 2025-02-06에 게시함_

When watering a Ruby ficus plant…do I water the soil or can I wet the leaves as well? She’s recovering…she’s been through a lot since the LA fires. She was more vibrant and wasn’t droopy before but she’s gonna recover and be better!

Also do you recommend coconut oil once a week for shine or neem oil??

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/bJH8_nqOxHUINlXY79-UWuFBQfLbFbGJALRFrHa5M1k/Uk4WQa4RSt-34HVaes8ctA.webp?size=large)

## 3개의 댓글

### Sunny님이 2025-02-06에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I don’t shine my leaves. I’ve used the commercial leaf shine products many years ago. I stopped and just keep them clean with dusting or a vinegar water solution to remove hard water deposits and fertilizer salts. I use coconut oil often. I would be concerned about it solidifying at cooler temperatures and blocking the leaf pores. It’s 70 degrees F in my house now. The coconut oil is semisolid.

#### Stephanie님이 2025-02-06에 답변했습니다.

Thanks for the advice!! This is my first time caring for a ficus ruby plant. From the picture, would you say she looks okay?

#### Sunny님이 2025-02-06에 답변했습니다.

She looks fine. My experience with ficus is they don’t like to be moved. They drop leaves in protest to changes in their environment. Find its happy ok and leave it in that spot and it should be okay.

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