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title: "Hello, has anyone used essential oils on plants and has any advice?…"
description: "Hello, has anyone used essential oils on plants and has any advice? Photo just to grab attention but propitiation tips welcome!"
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community: "Plant Pro Tips"
author: "Kayface"
published: "2024-05-25T19:46:26.205007Z"
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# Hello, has anyone used essential oils on plants and has any advice?…

_Posted by Kayface on 2024-05-25_

Hello, has anyone used essential oils on plants and has any advice?

Photo just to grab attention but propitiation tips welcome!

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## 3 comments

### PorkChop 🐽 commented on 2024-05-26

What a wonderful Ficus!!! Great trunk movement, dense canopy, and some aerial roots forming! To answer your question, I don’t really recommend giving oils to a ficus plant… just keep the humidity high by misting it daily. Also make sure to water it as soon as the top layer of soil gets slightly dry. Use a liquid bonsai fertilizer every 2 weeks during the growing season, or use a solid fertilizer once a month during the growing season. Hope this helps!

\- PorkChop🐽

### Leah commented on 2024-05-26

I use plant therapy organic essential oils. I’ve used like clove, peppermint, rosemary on the soil for fungus gnats. And I mist all leaves w organic lemon essential oil and water. 16 drops to 16 ounces.

### Kayface commented on 2024-05-26

Thank you for the advice. It’s greatly appreciated as I recently repotted him and have the fear he won’t do as well. I took some cuttings from him so impatiently waiting to see if they root….

Essential oils seem like a mine field in general so don’t want to hurt any of my plants with them. 👌

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