Rubber Leaf Plant Care

If you re tired of coddling the notoriously fickle fiddle leaf fig or weary of picking up dropped leaves from your weeping fig every day try a rubber plant.

Rubber leaf plant care.

Rubber plants can grow up to 100 feet in their native homeland of southeast asia. Ficus elastica more commonly known as a rubber plant rubber tree or rubber tree plant is a popular houseplant because of its waxy leaves and larger than life appearance. Average room temperatures of 60 75 f 15 24 c are fine. Avoid lower than 55 f 12 c sudden temperature drops and cold drafts.

Outside of the tropics it rarely blooms or forms fruit. Rubber plants water needs vary according to season. But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall. Propagation of a rubber tree plant.

Read my rubber plant care guide to learn more. Once you know how to care for a rubber tree plant and it is growing well you can begin the propagation of indoor rubber tree plants. As a domesticated houseplant rubber plants grow anywhere between six to ten feet tall you can grow outdoor rubber plants if you live in zone. In the growing season summer the plant should be kept moist.

Over watering another way that rubber tree owners can over care for their plant is by over watering the plant. They re fast growers with the right light conditions and can last 15 years or more with proper care. They grow fastest in the warm season and add about two feet of growth a year. But others like other leaf color variations and there is a nice choice.

It s hardy in u s. These rubber plant care and growing tips will keep yours looking great. Want an easy care indoor tree with large glossy leaves. They need very little feeding.

Rubber tree plants only need to be fertilized once in awhile. One way this happens is that a rubber tree owner will fertilize the plant too often and this causes a rubber plant to lose leaves. Rubber trees require minimal care when grown in proper conditions. A number of cultivars with different leaf colors are available.

Watch for droopy leaves which indicate a need for more water. This includes wiping the leaves with a damp cloth or even misting them. This will allow a new leaf to grow quicker. During the dormant season your plant may only need water once or twice a month.

It s been slightly pushed aside and i think now s the. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 12 where rubber tree usually grows between 25 and 30 feet high and wide outdoors. In order to promote new leaves on a current rubber tree houseplant cut a slit in the node where a leaf fell off. However they drop leaves when unhappy and there are many reasons why.