My step-daughter gave me one for my wedding present. I really do not want to kill it!
2007-03-15 17:24:00 · 4 answers · asked by queensassey 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
MY MOM HAD A RUBBER TREE PLANT WHEN I WAS A KID. SHE USED TO WATER ONCE A WEEK W/SIX OUNCE GLASS {1 GLASS A WEEK OR CHECK DIRT FOR DRYNESS} THEN SHE WOULD USE MILK ON A SOFT WASH CLOTH AND WIPE EACH INDIVIDUAL LEAF; THEN SHE'D TALK WHILE VACCUMING AND DUSTING SHE GAVE IT TO MY COUSIN AFTER IT HAD GROWN THREE AND A HALF FEET TALLER. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY COUSIN DID WITH IT. I KNOW SHE TRANSPLANTED IT.
2007-03-15 17:35:56 · answer #1 · answered by cunsept 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep the plant in an area where it can get plenty of light, but NOT direct sunlight. Keep the soil moist, but don't let it get wet, or sit in water for more than an hour; very few plants like to have "wet feet." Likewise, don't let it dry out. Feed it with a good plant food that has a high first number (nitrogen) to promote new growth; I like to use fertilizer spikes because they give a steady release of fertilizer. Once in a while, take a damp cloth or paper towel and clean off the top surface of the leaves so that dust doesn't keep the plant from getting sufficient light. When winter rolls around again, you may need to augment the short days with a plant light; I lost a couple of rubber plants before I figured THAT out.
Enjoy!
2007-03-16 01:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will indeed kill it in a heated home where the Relative Humidity is low. That is a tropical wet moisture, high humidity loving plant. So unless you can provide a high humidity room, it will keep for a while and die down eventually.
Nothing short of that will keep it looking in top shape.
Have you noticed those thing shipped into stores up North during summer from the tropics. Then they sell those in front of grocery stores. They look so healthy and beautiful, but a month or so passes and deteroriation sets in the the fall and a move inside where RH is low, puts and end to those beautiful plants.
2007-03-16 01:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by James M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scott's Botanical Links
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/bot-linx/subject/
2007-03-16 01:01:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋