I used to think my fiddle leaf fig was a lost cause

For almost a year, it just had three sad leaves and looked awful. Then I moved it about four feet closer to my south-facing window in the living room. In just two months, it pushed out five new, huge leaves and looks totally different. The light was the only thing I changed... it made all the difference. Has anyone else saved a plant just by moving it?

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the_jenny10d ago

Honestly, that part about moving it closer to the window is so real. My friend had this snake plant she called her "zombie plant" because it just would not die but also never grew. Tbh it sat in a dark hallway corner for ages. She finally got annoyed and stuck it on her bathroom windowsill, which gets way more light. Ngl, it was like a totally different plant in a month, it put out so much new growth. She didn't change a single other thing, not even how she watered it. It's crazy how something that simple can fix everything.

betty_perry2410d ago

Wait, she put it in the bathroom? @the_jenny, that's wild. Honestly, I'd be scared the humidity would kill it, not make it grow.

torres.blair10d ago

Yeah, the "zombie plant" thing is so real. I mean, @betty_perry24, I get being scared about the bathroom, but sometimes they just need that one thing to click, like light or a bit of steam. It's wild how a plant can just be stuck like that for years.