Beginner Gardening: My Ficus is starting to die!, 1 by cooljjay

cooljjay wrote:
With ficus, with them being so temperamental. I always suggest new parents wick the ficus and allow it to drink its own amount of water. It is a very simple process. It is a practice very commonly done in the commercial interior business. I simply buy a sheet of felt, cut a strip, wet it in water, and poke it up into the root ball of the plant, then elevate the plant in a water dish with the felt in the water dish, and then water filled in the dish to the bottom of the grow pot. Here is a photo of what I am describing.