My gma gave me 2 rubber plants last summer and both were doing fine til a few months ago.
Rubber tree leaves drooping.
My rubber tree plant leaves are turning brown droopy.
Like other ficus rubber plants grow banyan type aerial roots to age into a multiple trunk tree with roots along the surface of the ground.
With some general rubber tree plant know how and a few common garden materials you can help prevent further leaf loss and reclaim the health of your plant.
On one of them a couple leaves turned yellow and dropped off and now all the leaves are drooping downward but haven t fallen off.
There are many reasons for dropping and falling leaves.
Over and under watering are the.
First you have to know why the leaves are drooping on the rubber plant.
Rubber tree plants ficus elastica also known as india rubber figs or india rubber trees grow outdoors in u s.
The other plant sits only a couple feet away from it and is doing just fine.
A few rubber tree leaves may fall off the plant with the change from summer to fall when light levels change.
If your rubber tree plant seems to be losing lots of leaves for no apparent reason you need to investigate and address potential issues with light temperature moisture pests and fertilizer.
Here are some possible reasons loss the turgor pressure water pressure between the plasma membrane and cell wall of rubber plants.
The possible reasons for dropping rubber leaves.