Image 1 — Where to branch and how?
Image 2 — Where to branch and how?
Image 3 — Where to branch and how?
Image 4 — Where to branch and how?
Image 5 — Where to branch and how?
Image 6 — Where to branch and how?
Image 7 — Where to branch and how?
Image 8 — Where to branch and how?

Where to branch and how?

Hi, this is my fiddle leaf fig that I got almost 3 months ago, its 1 tall thingy and I want it to have a branch come out one side. Is this too early to do that? It doesn't seem like its growing anything new right now.

Where do I start with it so that it eventually hopefully looks like the last example photo?

First photo from the top, then going down, then a full one , and the size of one of the leaves is till my elbow(i love her🥰). Total noob to this, any information is much appreciated 😊

u/xainy33 — 4 days ago

What is my Saros 20 trying to do here by the fireplace? 🤣

Hi, I just got the Saros 20, 3 days ago and its been doing good so far (apart from getting confused by rubber mats, any advice on that is much appreciated).

This is the 2nd go 'only vaccum' and it seems to maybe think the fireplace is a glass door to another room or maybe a big threshold?? I don't mind but its new and bonking its head a couple times here was a bit sad. I have since put 'threshold' in the Map which I thought was not that high of a threshold so i didn't put it in when it first mapped the house. What's this behavior though?

u/xainy33 — 5 days ago

Please tell me this is not thrips!🫠

Hi, does this look like thrips?? Its looks like tiny hardened mud specs on one leave, and the bottom is in the last photo( white spots). Nothing looks like it's moving though. Its only on one. If its what I dread it is...can I just cut off this one stem and be okay with it??

u/xainy33 — 8 days ago

Is this too much light for my FLF?

When I got my flf it dropped 2 very crispy brown leaves due to transport stress and I thought it would not recover well but it seems to be thriving here in this east-facing window where it recieves direct MORNING sun till noon, and then good light the rest of the day. But can FLF take direct sun like this even though its a early morning sun? Should I move it away from the window?

All other leaves look okay but this spot just started a little yellow circle, is that sun burn? My other one is sitting near a similar window(east facing) but direct sun is filtered by 2 huge trees right infront of the morning sun. I swapped these 2 after 1 got the direct sun for a month.

Should they be swapped like this?

u/xainy33 — 14 days ago

Help with my 'Easyplant' Monstera with burning edges?

Hi, I bought this Monstera from the company Easyplant like a month ago, I also bought 2 fiddle leaf figs(i bought one and it came in a bad bad state so they sent me another one with a bit better state but still bad...that's a story for some other time)... This Monstera actually came in this shape I would say, had like 4 leaves that were soft and still opening(one already was half burnt while curled). I love this plant and I'm not sure if the watering or light instructions the company gave is even good for this. I've read a bit about monsteras on here and know people hate these self watering pots, but is there anything I can do to help this lovely? I am a complete newbie to plants but my toddler was finally grown enough to have plants in my house for the first time...

Sorry about the long post, just any word of advice with this specific pot, it might be difficult for me to get it repoted so if I can do something to help this in this pot. The last slide is where its kept in an entryway and I turn on this little lamp all night so it gets light(am I burning it?) I'm not sure how to create humidity for it. Should it be near a window?

u/xainy33 — 20 days ago