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title: "A recently purchased fiddle leaf fig leaves are curling dry leaves is…"
description: "A recently purchased fiddle leaf fig leaves are curling dry leaves is dropping others. I do realize I just recently moved it. Could that be the only reason…"
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author: "RH"
published: "2024-02-11T16:52:11.158575Z"
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# A recently purchased fiddle leaf fig leaves are curling dry leaves is…

_Posted by RH on 2024-02-11_

A recently purchased fiddle leaf fig leaves are curling dry leaves is dropping others. I do realize I just recently moved it. Could that be the only reason it’s dropping leaves and how many leaves will it drop before I should be really really concerned. I had another fiddly fig that I had for several years that I repotted and it died on me. I’m trying to keep this one alive. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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## 3 comments

### Plant Muva Nic commented on 2024-02-19

Oh no poor baby. fiddles don’t like to be bothered too much so perhaps the movement and just being in a new space is shocking. This happened to me when i first got mine and I was so worried about what to do. After I repotted mine, cleaned her leaves, and placed her in a great spot for lighting, she bounced back after a few weeks (maybe even a month time because they take time to adjust sometimes). Maybe yours needs to be placed in a better area for lighting and just needs time to get acclimated if there are no other issues you’ve noticed. Also if you wish to remove the dead/injured leaves, that’s fine but be aware once you remove them, no other leaves will grow in that area (so I’ve heard, plus I’ve seen this with my own baby). I make sure to water and fertilize mine when necessary and I rotate her position ever so often so she’s not growing to one side. I also clean dust off her leaves when necessary but other than that I leave her be. Good luck!

#### RH replied on 2024-02-20

Thank you. I just started using the food sticks. Is there another fertilizer you would suggest?

#### Plant Muva Nic replied on 2024-02-20

i’m not too detailed with fertilizers but i use miracle grow all purpose plant food and my plants have been doing well with that. im trying to explore new plant food

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