How To Care For Ficus elastica “Tineke” & “Ruby” (Variegated Rubber Tree) | Plant Of The Week Ep. 12
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- This week’s plant(s) of the week are Ficus elastica “Tineke” and “Ruby”, commonly referred to as Variegated Rubber Trees. If you grow this plant in your collection, share your own care tips in the comments. Thanks for watching!
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Another tip I've learned, pot them in Terracotta/Clay Pots. Helps with root rot, and absorbing moisture. Neem oil and Castile peppermint soap will help with Spider mites.
pro tip with all rubber tree plants - put them outside in a shaded area during the summer and they’ll grow like CRAZY. they looooove the extra light!
How do you prevent pest when bringing them back indoors during the fall/winter months
I’m also curious about pest prevention when bringing them back indoors. I’m scared of starting an infestation
doing this currently in AZ during summer. right up touching the wall on a shaded northern side. hes going bonkers its growing very fast w biweekly soakings
When I bring mine back inside for fall/winter, I hose down the entire plant, upside down lolz.
I Tie a trash bag around the pot and the base of the tree to keep the dirt In, flip it upside down and spray the heck out of it. Usually works really well! I do the same for my hibiscus tree, and plumeria trees and it’s worked well for me! Sometimes I use a water and dishsoap mixture to clean the leaves off and make sure there is nothing icky coming in from outside if I am being extra cautious.
Agreed . All of mine are outside under my verandah or carport . They were sad AF when I had them inside , put them outside and stick them in the rain whenever it rains and BAM - they are now huge to the point I’m thinking of putting them in a shaded garden bed .
Fun fact for anyone who's interested in plant names and/or pronunciation: 'Tineke' is a Dutch name, pronounced as TEE-nuh-kuh. I must say I like the other pronunctiation too, it makes the name sound somewhat extra tropical and maybe Hawaiian?
This always makes me smile when I hear it. I lived in NL for a.few years, and my husband is Dutch. It's like I have a secret world in my head with a radar for all things Dutch, and I lock in on the ways my fellow Americans get them wrong. Stroopwafels have become popular. You can imagine how that goes. 😁
Love this kind of trivia ... "Tineke" is also very close to the Romanian word "tinichea" ... which means cheap metal. 😅
I very much agree about watering them less. Ficus elasticas really prefer their soil on the drier side of things. I water mine only when completely dry from top to bottom and even then I let it stay dry for a day or two.
Once again I see completely contradicting information about plant care online. Other sites say to keep it moist at all times. So hard for a new plant owner.
@@t.pisani8239 people have very different experiences because they have different conditions: different location and light, and especially different pot sizes and soil/drainage. Some people err on the side of fast-draining soil to evade root rot, but then have to water much more frequently.
@@t.pisani8239 to add to what the other commenter said, the plant tells you a few things about what you are doing right or wrong in your specific conditions. If there are brown spots on the leaves, it is probably being overwatered. If its leaves are hanging at a lower angle, that can be a sign of underwatering or depending on the severity, just a sign that now or soon would be a good time to water it again. Then again, if the plant is used to less watering or being left dry for relatively long times, the leaves might get a bit more used to the drooping state and might not move up anymore when watered without that being bad for the plant. Especially the older leaves, the younger ones should still be able to tell you a few things. When you have a plant for a while, you get used to some of these signs and get a better understanding for how to care for it in your home in your specific conditions. While a lot of advuce on watering schedules and such might be very contradictory because it depends a lot on specific conditions, the advice on how a specific plant tells you what it needs is usually not as widely varied, so if you look for that, that might be more practically helpful.
@t.pisani8239 I started using a 20 dollar water meter from home depot and it completely took the guessing game away. It's hard to know when to water otherwise for beginners especially. It could be every day. It could be every other month.. etc so many variables. But the meter will tell you if there's water in there or not.. and around how much. Even if it looks dry on top. Telling you, life changer for me haha.
I have 2 ruby, 1 tinike, 1 green and 1 burgundy and they get the brightest best spot in my whole home. Even more than the succulants. I love them so much
I love my elasticas and can say that from my experience I have watered them daily and left them out in full sun( I also live right outside of Philly) and it shot up giving me new leaves almost daily and it excited me so much.
Mine was about 18” or just a little bit taller and is now almost to my ceiling. It is already 7’ tall. I planted it in a mix of potting mix with some earthworm compost and perlite and I fertilize maybe every other week with a weak mix of water with with rich emulsion. All my plants seem to love that and are now g-I-a-n-t.
I have another beer pot of elastica with six little trunks in the pot and it is also growing the same way. My previous one was purchased in a 10” pot almost busting with roots. I have had to repot it since twice within the year and a half I’ve had it. It is now inside the house and too large to go back out.
I'm going to try your technique on my ficus teneke. Thanks for your advice.
So glad to have come across your comment. I have had similar experience. I water mine every 3 days or so it is outside so get heaps of light and is growing really quickly!!
I water mine daily as well and changed the pot to a large one and it started growing within the next month....was about a foot tall and now it's over 4 feet tall in about a year and a half span.
where did you buy 18" from??? I find it hard to find already bigger ones and I'm in Philly!
just stole one of these from home depot ❤️❤️❤️ so beautiful 🌿
Stole?
LOL I’m curious
Same ☺️
As you should!!!
Where did you by them?very very nice
ماشاالله....
I bought my ruby elastica for a Valentine present for myself. Shes so ruby red and loves sunlight and dry soil. One of my 5 favourite plants. No pests so far, cross fingers. Love Tineke too.
This video could not have come at a better time, I ordered 3 new plants yesterday and one was the Tineke. I just got a Lyrata earlier this week so this is my start into Ficus and I'm really excited about my Tineke, just such a beautiful display. I did order a very small, young plant in a 2" pot so this will be quite the long journey but I'm excited for the challenge and I have all southeast, south and southwest facing windows in my home so this plant is perfect for my home. Thank you for all of the watering tips!
I've lost 2 to spider mites 😭 I recently bought my 3rd now and have preventatively treated it with neem on a weekly basis for the past month. No sign of pests 🙌🏽
Thanks so much for sharing the care tips Nick and have a wonderful plant powered day today XXXX
I have 60+ houseplants, but my Ficus Ruby is my all time favorite plant. If my house was on fire and you told me I could only save one... that's the one I would take! I've had it for about 2.5 years and it's gone from a little 6 inch plant to over two feet tall now! love love love it
Rubber trees are some of my favorite plants, simply cause they thrive in my house. I let them dry out between waterings and keep them all close to the windows. I don't keep high maintenance plants and these have been super easy going for me, just how I like them.
I just got a ruby. What's the growth rate?
Love these rubber plants and thanks for showing these both plant at the same time to
Clearing the difference between these two plants. Variegated rubber tree vs ruby rubber tree
I have one of these and I just love it and yes light makes the difference mine is a few feet from the window this winter it's gotten so big🌻
I feel like we're getting spoiled with these daily uploads😊
I spoke too soon😂
Literally just scored a huge Tineke for $20 this weekend and was looking for tips! Thank you!
Good deal! Wish I could see. Just scored one for $10! Not too big though.
Here in California- were getting ripped off ! Nothing for $10. Cheapest is $15 and only 4 inches
Nah! Just went to our local nursery yesterday and saw a nice tineke like 8 inches tall for $ 34.99
I love it, just bought it a week ago. I can't stop staring at it!😍
Same here. I got mine today (a present from my mom. She new I was looking for one) I cannot stop staring at it. I cleaned each leaf and took several photos. Hehe.
I recently got the ruby and burgundy. I keep them in my bedroom by the window. They are my babies! I adore these plants! So easy to care for and so beautiful to look at. Now I'm looking for the tineke and my collection will be complete. Maybe. 😎
Excellent, you are very knowledgeable. Thank you Nick!
Really pretty plants 😍 I haven’t a rubber tree for years, maybe time to get one 😀
Can you please do a video to talk about prices ? As a newbie to the plant world I get frustrated because I’ll pay double the price sometimes because I don’t know any better lol I’d love to see a video that’s shows the expensive and low end plant and typical ranges. Thank you !
Do your research when you find a plant you like. I recently bought a Ficus Elastica, or rubber tree burgundy, for 24.99 at Home Depot, which I thought was kinda pricey, but I later saw the same one for sale online, same pot, same height, for 75.00. I get many of mine on clearance from Lowe's or nurseries. Look up the plants you like online and hit the shopping tab, that will enable you to see the various plants and prices for each. I recently went to a nursery and found 2 Rubber trees for 20 each. I got both of them. 1 of them had 2 different rubber trees in the pot! so excited about that! Pretty much, don't get plants from the grocery store, unless they are on clearance because I've noticed they mark them way up. I am willing, however to spend a bit more buying plants from a reputable nursery because they only purchase healthy plants. It is a lot of trial and error! Don't get frustrated, you are still learning! It takes time! there is so much to learn! If a plant makes you happy then it's money well spent!
Oh my gosh, I've done that so many times. Even a year into plants now and having around 300, I research the heck out of plants, buy, then find the same plant a week later for half the price. So frustrating!
I get the smaller plants if I can . I paid 5 dollars each for the ruby and a burgundy rubber tree . With no tax because they were mislabeled as food in a supermarket . I’m not stupid I bought them. I don’t know how much I paid for the Tineke. But I’m sure it wasn’t more than 8 dollars.
@@dancingnature That is AMAZING!!!
Rhonda Fannin it was probably so expensive because recently many are on Etsy where plants are reselled for insane prices. Grocery stores are ok in my area/ opinion, got my ruby rubber tree for 13$ 2 stems ft tall at one. If you want to get a price range, do this. When you are researching care before you buy whatever your interested in, simultaneously look up price ranges online, store, call nurseries. Good luck :) don’t get discouraged if you paid a little more.that’s part of it, as long as your not ripped off we can’t get every plant we own when it’s happens to be selling the cheapest.
Couldn't agree more, I water mine when they are pretty dry and they are in a good amount of light and both do well! I also have a green one that is in a bit less light and happy.
Thank you for sharing brilliant tips 🥰😍those gorgeous plants really gives positive vibes!😃🤩happy gardening😊🌿watching from Japan!😊💕🌿
Love that plant! my partner has some small ones and I can't wait for them to get bigger lol
Both of mine are in my South East window and I may water them once every three weeks or so (maybe even less in the winter!) and they LOVE me! My Tineke in particular quadrupled in size since she was in the SE window before the ruby, trying to get the ruby to watch up in size to her big sister! ❤️🤍❤️🤍
its so much fun listening to you. thanks for the info
Thank you for the video. Looking forward to next one.
Perfect timing!!! I just got a tineke last week 😍
Thank God for your update on ficus elastica not being used for rubber production anymore. Now I won't be driving around (not that we do that much anymore!)
thinking a tree died for that tire. Thanks, Nick.
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I have one growing outside in Florida, in full sun, with no supplemental watering. I find that ficus in pots can be root pruned and placed back into the same pot, if they are needed to be kept at a certain size.
Do you know if you can also trunk chop it to keep it short?
@@Kyle-ch2nk yes.
I finally subscribed, but have been watching and enjoying your "shows" for a long time. Consider myself a gardener (outdoor with some indoor) with a black thumb, but am an optimist still after all these years. Isn't that a characteristic of all gardeners? Keep up the good work!
Ficus in general love full sun exposition. Forget the "low light tolerant", it's a lie. They don't resist and need lots of light to push new and healthy growth. I have Ficus Elástica Tineke and Robusta in my backyard. Amazing trees they become! In the house environment they have a similar cactus care. Lots of light and moderate watering. You´re right!
I agree! I have fairly good but not great light in my room, the ficus is placed in front of my window and its just not doing anything. its alive and well but hasnt grown at all since i got it almost a year ago :( so i guess the light is just not enough...
Yes! I nearly killed mine because it wasn’t getting enough light! The leaves we’re starting to wrinkle and brown. Have since moved it into a much brighter spot and it has been growing so quickly!
Just bought a Tineke and a Robusta - love them!
I bought a 4in Ruby yesterday figuring I’d give a ficus a go. If you could have seen my face when you started talking about your pest experiences with them lol
Same. 😳😨😱
Same, as I sit here in my car with the $60 Tineke I just purchased. 😭
@@joyackerman-boyd6703 get some Bonide Houseplant Insect Control Granules. Great insect control.
I love this plant. I own it and it is doing well for me
My Ruby is outside on the North side of the building, they get direct morning light & a little bit of after noon sun. I haven't watered it other then getting rained on! She is throwing out new leaves like shes throwing hands
I watched this before for fun. J watched again today because I just bought both a tineke and ruby!
Hey me too!
Where did you get them?
@@claireyumena3953 I got mine from Etsy!
Hi Nick! Those are really pretty plants. I don't have any because they get too big and I wouldn't have room for them. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you! This is exactly the info I needed!
gorgeous plants!
Lovely houseplants.all types of ficus specially ficus laryta..
Thanks alot for your nice show.
Great Program as always. Love the information. Thank you.
Ooo ive always wanted one of these!!
Just in time ! 👍🏼 Just found spider mites on my ficus. Trying to nurse it back to health .
Mine has done great. I have it in a window sill with my philodendron birken and they both do great.
Thank you so much for this video. My Dad had a beautiful Burgandy Rubber Plant & I have been looking for this plant for years & I finally found one in the clearance section. I never knew that this Ficus is a rubber plant & I already have this Ficus Plant for years and I never knew it is a rubber plant. I just loved it for its beautiful leaves. I love varigated plants & I just thought it was a varigated plant. Now I have 2 rubber plants & didn't even know it :)
Nice 👍. I have burgundy, ruby and green one. Looking for the variegated rubber tree.
I have the solid green variety. It's currently in my basement and only receiving light from a LED ceiling fixture. It's doing great, putting on new leaves all winter, and no sign of bugs eveb though a alocasia 4 feet away has been a mite and gnat magnet all winter.
I have all mine at a south facing window and water once a week, they just keep putting out new leaves! Totally my favorite houseplant!
I got a ficus tineke a handoff months ago (new plant parent here, hello) and I made the mistake of leaving it in a dark corner of my room for a few days too long and some of the leaves started wrinkling and getting brown edges. That plant gave me so much anxiety at first I was certain it was gonna die within the week (lol gotta stop spiralling so much) anyways, I moved it to a South West facing window and it has been loving it! It has since put out three beautiful leaves out and I am so proud :D it’s probably my favourite plant now (shhh don’t tell the others)
I had to repot my burgundy after only a year. It started putting out roots above the soil line 😅 and I thought the pot was pretty big! But when your 1' tall plant grows three feet in a year it's definitely time to pot up.
My Tineke was struggling already when I purchased her for 1/2 off. She’s doing ok now, putting out new growth as soon as I placed her closer to a bright window. Fingers crossed.
How is your Tineke doing after all?!
@@eileenwright1742 she’s doing fabulous. Loves the bright light
Subbed! Love your videos dude!
I so needed this vid! Thank you! Also, would you consider talking about your thoughts popular products like clay pebbles or Noot?
Can you grow them on a bolcany? I use to have the red one, but over watered it at the time and didn't have much light. Ficus and Caleatheas are my fav.
Hi Nick, thank you for the Video. Could you please let me know if the light needed is more or around what's needed for a Monstera?
Hi Nick, I like very much your videos. I have a ficus “ ruby” 2 years ago but isn’t growing up. Im living in Canary Islands and we have good weather all year with sun but the ficus is always small.
My ruby is doing pretty good in front of my east facing window but there’s two other windows around it (N and NE) so I guess that helps. It got spider mites but I got rid of them. I let it dry all the way out too.
I just got the Tineke today!!!
I love love love my Tineke! It struggled in my bathroom which I thought had enough light but it started dropping leaves at an alarming rate. Once I gave it more light (works in both in East and southeast facing window) it’s been a breeze and putting out new leaves left and right! Once you find a good spot, don’t move it. Ficus hate to be disturbed and will drop leaves on a whim if you move it.
This gives me hope. I can’t really figure out why my ficus is dropping leaves! seems to be same problem, i thought it had enough light where i kept it, i know moved closer to my east facing window, i hope it‘s has enough light now! bc it‘s the ficus is so pretty!
Hi Nick, could you make a video recommending plants for west facing windows? 🌱💚
Question...seeing that both ficus have fairly similar growing needs and habits....would you consider transplanting them together in a suitably sized clay pot?....thank you.
Hi, Nick! Do you think care for the decora would be different than that for the tineke and the ruby?
QUESTION: i have a ficus ruby, it’s about half the size of the plants in the video, however it has three trunks(I think they’re three separate in one pot). Should I attempt to separate them or keep them together ? The leaves are pushing the trunks outward and new growth is almost being hampered due to the tallest trunks leaves being above the smaller trunks growth points.
Hi this exact same thing happened to my Ruby ficus, I would love to know what you did to yours. I have been trying to research if they are suckers but I can’t find any info online. I decided to repot mine and looked at the 2 “suckers” if that’s what they are and they had some of their own roots. I’m attempting to propagate them so we will see how they go
Ive had my Ruby in the shade smh - going to try your tips!
I had one with green leaves in a bag window that got some bright light in the spring and summer. I barely watered it and it grew to be five feet tall in three years.
Hi nick , all your videos are super helpful, please please tell me how to care for burgundy rubber , I’m sure it might be same as these 2 , but my burgundy rubber was doing so good and now all of a sudden it’s leaves are changing color and then drop , do I need to prune it or something ?
we have that kind of plant so much bigger right now lovely
Help! I just got little seedling of 'Tineke' and it came watered. I planted it in dry soil (it came without pot) and
I sprayed the leaves quite often with destilled water. I only have it for 4 days but it already lost its smallest bottom leaf (it wasn't damaged or dried up) and the rest has a little black dot
at the tips of the leaves. It has light and soil is just damp (I watered it already, soil has dried faster because it's quite warm in my house) as it should I guess. I don't know what can be wrong!
Hello! I want to ask if there is a chance for my rubber plant to be revived? Its leaves fell one by one with black spots on them and now the stem and the new sprout turns to black...I hope u can give me some advice...
I have a younger Ruby in a 4" pot, and that little dude drinks four time as much as any other ficus in my house, including my similarly sized Ficus Elastica Mini Burgundy and Ficus Altissima. I have to water every three days, even doing the "finger test" to check if the soil is dry first.
It also grows more than twice as fast, which probably explains why it drinks so much. I decided to add some slow-release spikes to the pot after bringing it home, and it puts out a new top leaf about once a week, each leaf bigger than the last, so clearly they like to be fed.
I just got a baby Tineke and a baby full-size Burgundy, so we will see if the new kids are as thirsty as their brother since they're pretty much the same aside from the leaf color.
I learned a lesson on moving focus outdoor for the summer. I keep my Burgundy directly in a south facing window. I bought a green rubber tree “Chloe” and put it outside on my west facing deck. Two of the leaves burned! I was so sad, and felt really bad. I have it moved to my north facing portion of the deck in the shade. Doing fine there. So even if a plant can take direct INDOOR light, does not mean it can withstand direct outdoor light. At least not without acclimation.
I love mine. What do you use for pests ? Different sprays for different pests or same ?
wish to have that rubby rubber plant and tineke..so beautiful in eyes❤️🥰☘️🌿🙏
I am an accidental over waterer and my first ruby rubber was losing leaves like crazy so I changed the soil and now I only bottom water him and he’s been doing great ever since! I just bought the tineke today and vow to only bottom water this one too! Lol
I got a 20 dollar water meter from home depot or lowes for the same reason haha.. total game changer for me. It takes the guessing game away and I never get it wrong anymore.
How often does your Ficus Tineke push out new leaves? Mine’s stalled even after I changed lighting. Still trying to figure out a watering schedule though.
Same here. Were you able to get any more tips?
I just bought a ruby ❤️
I bought my ficus elastica burgundy as tubestock about six months ago... now it’s almost doubled in size!
I have three, the "Ruby", the "Tineke", and the plain green one "Robusta" ? I agree that they do need bright light and let them dry out and don't over water them. I thought that I had killed my Tineke, but I put it in better light and it started giving me some new leaves and it's in a 5 inch pot and has two stems and I'm just leaving it alone and it's doing great. Thanks for this video, I was wondering what the care of this plant was and then you posted this video and now I know. Have a great day and stay safe, sending love and hugs, bye for now.
I have four smaller tineke plants in one 8in pot, would it be better to leave them all together or separate them?
Hey Nick, I have a ruby I thought it was a Teneycke but anyway it’s dirty getting large black spots on the leaves it didn’t turn yellow it didn’t drop off but I thought it was a fungus or a virus so I took those leaves off my tree was about 6 1/2 7 feet tall so I cut it in half now how do I propagate it and I also sprayed it with neem oil and that seem to stop whatever it was going on so the bottom half in the pot is doing wonderful in the top half. I just stuck in water. Do I need to take the leaves off and propagate them or watt, thanks
Love your vlog im a new subscriber from Philippines ❤️❤️❤️ & you have a stunning ficus elastica 👌❤️
My green elastica grows like a weed.
This teneke is so random and it’s in a sw window. It’s gonna summer outdoors when the weather breaks.
I have the Tineke and Ruby as well. Both are challenged. I keep the Ruby two feet away from a south facing window...with a balcony...and the Tineke 6ft away from an exposed sheer covered south facing window. Had them both just over 1yr. I haven't lost any leaves but both give me really strange, tiny leaves. I'm still trying to figure them out.
I have both, growing on the same window sill, ruby is producing new leaves like crazy, tineke... is doing absolutely nothing 😭😹 just hanging there like a sculpture 🤷🏻♀️
same like mine, ruby is growing fast while tineke just stay the same.. not dead but not growing..
My son gave me a tineke for Christmas. It had a small shoot coming out from the center but its exactly the same as it was in December. The rest of the plant leaves look ok but I dont think its actually grown. Any suggestions?
Hi Nick! I'm a new subscriber and really enjoy your plant advice. I purchased a ruby tineke yesterday. Thank you for sharing the preventive advice for this beautiful plant. I think I will go and but a second one -- the variation is just so beautiful! Also, are you saying the only difference between the Tineke and the Ficus Ruby is that one stays red longer???
Hi thank for the info I just got one today ficus tineke how tall do they grow,I have it now in a pot that is 20 inch deep and 10 inch wide on the top of the pot
I wonder if have enough room to grow to 4 feet, or should be repotted later to have more room
Ok Nic I just got a Tineke it just a baby about a foot. Should I put it in another pot like a clay one and what do I do with the small side leaves.
If you end up repotting one of your rubber trees, would you please do a repotting video? 🌱🌱🌱🌱
Thanks.happiness in leaf
I will grow their cuttings in the coming spring and will upload a video on that.
Your ruby looks just like a tineke apart from the top leaves. My Ruby’s leaves are pink and green all the way and it’s really quite large. I’m curious as to why yours has lost its pigment. Both mine are on the floor directly in front of a window with morning sun and they thrive there. I water once a fortnight and, not heavily.
how did you take care of these pests? if you cut off the very top, would it grow back?
I have a burgundy and just got a ruby. For me these are the easiest plant. I have them in bright light and I make sure the soil is moist not wet. Also temperature drops in my home they kind of love it as long as they have bright light. Also I ignore them.
Hi. Please do a video on problems with tineke. I've done well with rubber plants outdoors on porch but I am struggling with tineke indoors ! Received a gift of tineke, very expensive-- $50 (8 inch ?). It was in a plastic container and seemed overwatered (though healthy). I transferred it to a clay pot with no disruption to roots. I know the rubber plant likes to be on the dry side, as I water my other rubber plants on porch about once a week-- more during summer heat. No problems ! I grew them from 2-4 inch pots, now 5 feet tall ! But the new indoor tineke is driving me nuts ! Burnt edges-- never got that outdoor. Help ! Thanks in advance
Perfect timing, Nick! My Ruby started dropping some of her lower leaves. I'm like "WHYY!!?" Gnna attempt less watering, although, I let her topsoil dry out for the most-part in between.
I have the same problem!! Has watering it less helped you?
i'd guess it's light. I had my dark rubber plant in the living room about 5 ft in from the south facing window (with venetian blinds partly closed). He was not happy and happily dropped leaves for two weeks. I gave up and moved him to my home office but with a couple of large east facing window (with cellular blinds). He's so much happier that he pushed out a new leaf within a week. I just bought a Teneke today and put him in the same spot as my first. Here's to him just as well though I hear the variegated ones are slower (less chlorophyll).
So awesome!! Congrats on your new Teneke addition & thx for the advice! @@ftgfop1
My plant lost its leaves but one . The top part of the cane is black and soft. Can it be cut off? Where the leaf is new growth is coming out.
I just got one with the red on top. It’s in a self watering pot, I hope that’s okay, it’s seems good so far, but I do want it to grow tall, should I put it in a terracotta pot ?
I definitely let mine dry out between watering! I recently put my tineke in the same pot as my regular green variety to make it look more full (it looks great!)
Nice 👍
My ficus elastica tineke has started branching on its own after I repotted. It’s a very low branch, and I want it to continue to get taller and not branch. Should I just cut the branching bit off? I’m worried it’s a sign that it’s going to stop growing from the top central stalk.