Beginner Gardening: Ficus lyrata is growing new leaves- should I fertilize?, 1 by NicholeLA

NicholeLA wrote:
Hi everyone! I live in Portland, OR and I've had my fiddle leaf for maybe 4 years now. I took horrible care of it the first few years (bad at watering, never fertilized, it lived in a milk jug full of water for six months... ), and it hung in there like a champ. I'm happy to report it's doing better than I've ever seen it now that I'm better about giving it the right light and watering schedule, and has sprouted 3 new leaves that have grown rapidly the last month, and two more I can see on the way. I re-potted it from a larger pot into an appropriately sized one with non-fertilized soil in November (another oops, although it survived... It's a hardy one!) and my question is, even though it's winter here, should I fertilize to support this new growth? Thank you in advance for any information. I haven't been able to find anything about this subject anywhere.