My aunt told me to stop watering my fiddle leaf fig so much, and she was totally right

For a whole year, I was giving it a big drink every single Saturday, convinced it needed that much. She visited and said, 'Stick your finger in the dirt first, you're drowning it.' I started checking the soil and now only water it maybe every 12 days. It pushed out three new leaves in a month! Has anyone else had a plant totally turn around from one simple change like that?

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charles_hayes23d ago

Plants are tougher than people give them credit for. It probably would have been fine even if you kept watering it weekly. They bounce back from a lot.

verar2123d ago

Really? I always thought they were more delicate, but you might be right.

vera_campbell14d ago

My aloe vera went a full month without water last summer. The leaves got thin and wrinkled, but it perked right up after a good soak. Some plants just have a serious will to live.