HOW TO CARE FOR FICUS ELASTICA TINEKE | Rubber Plant Care And Propagation
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- HOW TO CARE FOR FICUS ELASTICA TINEKE | Rubber Plant Care And Propagation. I hope you enjoy this video and subscribe for more houseplant content.
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I keep mine in a west facing window. I water when she is dry and wipe the leaves at least every 2 weeks (or put it in the shower). I just started getting new growth after months of owning (2 new leaves in winter too). I started fertilizing when I noticed new growth. Never lost any leaves yet (knock on wood). It's a gorgeous plant. Definitely a favourite atm.
Nice work Meeka!
I'm so envious of all your winter sun! Here near Seattle, we're lucky to get one sunny day a week. I'm supplementing with lots of grow lights, but they're nothing compared to direct sunlight. My ficus are doing OK, but not nearly as much growth as yours. Love your little Tineke forest in a pot.
We have cold winters and hot summers....I am definitely appreciative of the sunlight and figure it is a trade off for the winter cold. We are one of the sunniest places in all of Canada.
Beautiful Tineke. I have never seen one so lush, then realized that there are several plants in there. Just beautiful and so happy. I have a ficus elastica Ruby, one plant and she just opened a new leaf and another is coming quickly. I just love the patterned leaves and colors.🥰
They are so gorgeous. Thanks for watching Kimberly!
Your Ficus Fam Is Really Showing Out!!!
I love it!
Loved it. You are personable and soothing. Oh, and informative.
Thanks so much Troy. I really appreciate it.
Great info. Love seeing your dogs in the video. My two are always by my side around the house as well. My Tineke I’ve named “Tiny” since he’s only a few inches tall - but he’s putting out a new leaf!!
Hey Kris. I hope Tiny grow a ton this year for you!
Just got this today!! After seeing one of your videos!
They are gorgeous plants. Good luck with yours!
Omgoodness, I love both your doggies!!! Pickles ❤
Hahaha....she is my sweetheart
Nice sharing very well explained
Thanks so much. I hope you stick around for more videos!
Thanks for the video currently I have 2 in each planter I have had them since the growing season and they are doing very very well however they have slowed down because of the season change however I am purchasing a grow light and I been on line looking at the Variegated versions of Rubber Plants again thanks for the tip and happy indoor gardening to you.
Thanks for watching and good luck with your plant!
Very helpful!
Thanks! I hope you stick around for more.
YAAAYYYY!!!! I loved this so much! I TOTALLY understood what you mean about the fertilising. That's what my thinking is too when I water mine. Mine is also by a door that is always being opened and I haven't had any problems. I think they are super hardy!! What a beaut Jeff!!
I agree about them being hardy...until they get low light hahaha
Loved the video! My rubber tree lost all its lower leaves. I plan on taking cuttings in the Spring. Hopefully, force new growth and start new plants. Love your puppies. I live in western Pennsylvania in the states. Not near as cold as you. Near 50°F today.
That is a fantastic idea taking some cuttings in the spring. I want to cut a smaller one up as well.
Great video, the dog is so sweet
Thank you very much!
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Thanks for great information
Oh wow! Welcome Elizabeth and hello from Canada!
Beautiful plant…I may try it in the spring! Thanks for another great video. I’ve been looking for PM tropical potting mix in my area no luck yet. 💚🪴🐶
Are you in the US or Canada?
I loveeee your dog!!!!
Thanks!
Beautiful.happiness in leaf vlog
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Another wonderfully informative video ! I honestly think that's the best ficus tenke video I have seen and yours is Gorgeous as well!! Hope you and your Family have a very Merry Christmas 😁💚🎄❤🌱🌿
Oh wow. Thank you so much....I'm honored! I am glad you liked the video and hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas as well.
I have a small one that I hope to make bushy and grow it large one day.
My ficus Benjamina is right by my back door too and it does fine. I’ve had it for over 13 years. It’s my favourite common plant and it’s around 6 feet tall ( I trim to contain it lol)
Please don’t stop adding the dog cameo’s ❤️
There will always be more pups lol
Beautiful Tineke. I’d like to get one if I come across one that’s a nice size like yours.
I hate wasting fertilizer too. I started recycling the water by catching it in a container and using it on the next plant in a different container. Back and forth for all the plants I’m watering.
Thanks Jeff!
I also have a water catch tray and I have only used it for watering my outdoor plants in the summer. Thanks!
This is a wishlist plant, but I don't have the light for it so for now I'll just admire yours.
Thanks. You could always get a grow light!
I had to repot all three of my ficus elastica one week into November because they really needed it. This made me nervous being this time of year, but they were still growing and have since grown even more. The roots look like I didn’t just repot them 6 weeks ago!! They’ll definitely need it again by spring but that’s a good problem to have!! Cheers!
That's awesome. All my ficus plants are growing as well!
Yappy Howlidays Jeff!
Thanks and same to you!
BELLISSIMO....❤❤❤
È bella. Grazie!
It is beautiful. Thank you!
Your tineke is huge! I just got a tiny one, so hopefully one day mine will look like yours.
I also have a smaller one too. They seem to take a bit to start pushing out growth.....I'm still waiting for mine to have a growth spurt.
Cute dog
I’ve got six rescue cats and an adopted Chihuahua
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Doesn’t get much better than that
Wow! That is a lot of pets...nice work!
Very nice ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks 😊
I lucked out and found a huge one at Walmart for $20.00. Never had a rubber tree, need info so I don't kill her. Great info, thank you
That is a deal for sure!!!
Hi Pickles! 👍🏼
Mine is actually in a north facing window and is perfectly happy. Granted, it's only about 18" from the window. I'm growing mine like a single stem tree. I don't fertilize yet, but I potted it about 6 months ago, and I had worm castings in the mix. It's spits out new leaves one right after the other. It's one of my favorites and actually won a blue ribbon at the county fair. 🙂
That is super interesting. You must have pretty strong north sunlight lol
@@EverythingPlants Either that, or it's just like acclimating to stronger light. My tineke is just used to it. All of my plants are used to it in fact. Most of my windows are on the north side.
@@howmygardengrows3080 Thanks for sharing!
Hello. Beautiful specimen you have there and great video. I have three variety of ficus but the Tineke is my favourite (Got myself 2 specimen 🤨). They are between 3 to 4 feet tall from the bottom of the pot to the top.
Mines grow very well and are kept a couple of feet from a South-East facing Window and are planted in a well draining soil with a lot of wood chips in the mix. I let them dry completely before watering. I’ve had some spider mites infestations in the past the most recent one was this summer. However, I was lucky enough to catch them early.
Have you heard of the ficus shivereana? Stunning one. I Have not seen it yet in person and cannot wait to get my hands on one.
Sounds like our care is pretty similar. And yes I have heard of the shivereana!!! Wishlist plant of mine as well, but it looks like Australia is the only place you can get them from currently. 😪
@@EverythingPlants Yes, Australia plant lovers are the lucky ones 🙂
When will we meet your wife? Your dogs are absolutely amazing. Retired vet tech--- always loving the pets!
Thanks Vicki! Maybe someday I'll sneek her in a video haha
The OG pencil 🤣 You are the pencil plant guy to me! 😊
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Super helpful video! How often would you water this type of plant? How can you tell if not getting enough water. Thanks so much!
Hey Madison! The watering amount and frequency depends on a lot of factors like pot size, amount of light, soil and etc. This large one I let get bone dry for about a week then I soak it under it comes out the drain hole and don't water again until its dry for a week. Some people might water more often then this, but for me it usually works out to be maybe 2 weeks between watering....approx. Don't let it get too dry to where the leaves feel thin or fragile....avoid that LOL Does this help? And again if you have it in a small pot or in a really heat location you may be watering every week or even a few days.
When I have taken my jade plants outside in the summer, with the heat and light, they may need water every couple days. When I have them inside they get watered approx every 2 weeks in the summer and like once a month in the winter....
"That's so confusing, sorry," LOL. dead.
Sometimes I just keep talking and repeating....which leads to nonsense lol
Great video! I noticed mine was starting to produce all white leaves so I moved it back from the window. Hopefully this should encourage more green in the leaves?
I've never had this issue....I know the all or most white leaves need lots of light or they will brown over time. At some point you may need to prune it to get rid of them 🤷♂️
I didn’t see the link for the humidity and temperature gadget. Thank you
May I have the link to your humidity and temperature meter? Ty
I really love your Ficus Tineke this one definitely my favourite the variegations. Mine i only had it a year and so far doing well and half the size of your one not that tall yet. My first winter with this plant i did lose some bottom leaves i was told it can be normal and bottom leaves for some reason not as firm and sturdy there more delicate and not much variegations. I think maybe is normal too. I notice rubber plants they can have that crystalline bead looking on the leaves does that got to do with the water you give them?
I'm not honestly sure what it is from but definitely something the plant excretes. How is your tineke doing?
What the name of the thing up got on your tap to purify your water. I love your illustrations on the rubber plants. I have the one of (green leaves ) now I would try the others. Thanks
It is a culligan faucet filter
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It would be looking pretty cool besides a ficus Benjamini :)
Ya, that would look awesome
What do you use to prevent bugs infestation please tell
Great video!! I have a small Tineke that is maybe about 1 foot tall. It is growing new leaves pretty regularly but now it is starting to have a big lean to one side. Do you recommend re-potting and trying to get it straighter? Or do you generally just use a stick to try to keep it straight? Thanks!
Do you rotate the plant?
I’m amazed at how full your Tineke is, did you plant more than one or did it get that full?
I bought it like this...obviously was a bit smaller. I think it has 5 separate stems in one pot.
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Thanks Michelle
Just bought one. I keep my rubber trees in full sun all day from April to November. Zone 6b. In the winter I take them in because I don't know if they can survive the freeze we get sometimes. It can get really cold 🥶
Nice! This is such an amazing houseplant. How long have you had yours for?
Great looking plant! My Tineke has one long stem and all the leaves are on top. I’m proud to say I have four new leaves forming and keep her in a south facing window w/direct sun. Any suggestions on how to get leaves to grow on the bottom? Appreciate your response.
It is no guarantee, but sometimes pruning the top (apical bud) can promote or encourage branching and leaf grow lower in the plant....it activates below. If you were to prune for this reason (again no guarantee) then I would only attempt this in spring or summer months when the plant is actively growing. I have only done this to my fiddle leaf fig.....
@@EverythingPlants will try when it warms up thank you
Your Tineki is so beautiful and full. Mine is doing great but it’s kinda leggy. How do you get your so full? Great video. Thanks and stay safe.
I bought it as a full plant, but obviously smaller. It has been in that same spot since I bought it....water when dry, fertilize occasionally and let the sun do the rest.
Pruning can help your ficus push out more new leaves and branches to make your plant fuller :)
Hi. Hope all is well.
Question
During Winter, do we have to move our plants (especially Hoyas) away from windows at night? I have mines hanging in front of a southeast window but I am afraid the spot might get too cold at night. My windows are not drafty and no door in the area either.
Thank you in advance and Happy new Year. May 2022 be less dramatic 😀
I haven't moved mine and it's like -25C out right now, but I probably wouldn't hurt to pull them back a bit.
I have the same plant but Ruby Red. I have a couple leaves with small brown patches. What should i do?
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Sorry if these are dumb questions but I’m very new to ficus parenthood! Do you have multiple planted in the pot? Any tips other than just planting them together? Also, can spider mite damage be a bit bronze colored? Like a smattering of bronze dots like the white/translucent ones you showed on yours? Thank you for this great video!!
These are great questions! Yes, my tineke came with multiple stems in one pot for that bushy look. What tips are you wanting to know?
Spider mites damage can look like that for sure. Just look on the backside of the leaves and check for small webs.
@@EverythingPlants thank you, this is so helpful! I guess I’m looking for tips on how to pot stems together: should I double the size of my pot if I buy another similarly sized tineke to pot with the one I have? When my guys get more established and I attempt to chop + prop, can I just plant the propagations in the pot with the mother tree or will that restrict the roots too much?
Can anyone help me out with a question please?
I’ve had a bud /new leaf right at the top of my plant but it’s not unfurling. Is there something I’ve done wrong or what could I do to make it good?
I have my plant in east facing windows and the leaves curl up what should I do. Thanks
My leaves had dark spots on it . I sprayed it and now I have one leaf left. My burgundy is doing great.
Is it in a well draining soil?
@@EverythingPlants yes . That's what I don't get.
Remember the zz cutting my friend was giving me? It turned out to be a very young stalk, not fully grown, as I thought. It is about 12 inches long, but very young and tender with leaves only on the top half, but quite healthy. Do you think I can propagate it? I have it in water for now. I had wanted to do stem or leave cuttings but am hesitant because it is not fully developed. Any advice?
Hello. I'm sure it would be fine to propagate the stem. With it being immature I'm not too sure how it would do for single leaf cuttings. Good luck with that propagation and keep me posted!
My plant has brown edges .?
I love ficus elastica and a few days ago i got some cuttings from my neighbor's huge tree and i am propagating them in water. All my windows i can use them for plants are north facing without sun, literally. Can i use led lights so my elastica would thrive after the roots develop?
Absolutely! Although I do not have any experience with this particular plant and grow lights, I do have one of my sun loving Jade plants under a grow light and it is doing great!
Hola desde Mexico ojalá puedan ayudarme adquirí esta variedad y sus hojas se están poniendo oscuras con manchas marrones no se que hacer auxilio !!!
Esta planta es un poco quisquillosa cuando el suelo permanece húmedo o retiene la humedad por mucho tiempo. Lo más probable es que esas manchas se deban a un problema de riego. Asegúrate de que tenga un buen suelo que drene bien. Uso una mezcla de suelo de plantas tropicales y agrego un montón de perlita extra para ayudar con el drenaje. Riego esta planta hasta que sale por el fondo del orificio de drenaje y dejo que se seque por completo. A menudo uso una brocheta de bambú para clavarla en la tierra y asegurarme de que el fondo de la maceta/tierra esté seco antes de volver a regarla. Espero que esto ayude.
This plant is a bit fussy when the soil stays wet or retains moisture for too long. Most likely those spots are due to a watering issue. Make sure it has a good well draining soil. I use a tropical plant soil mix and add in a bunch of extra perlite to help with drainage. I water this plant until it comes out the bottom of the drain hole and let it dry out completely. I often use a bamboo skewer to stick into the soil to make sure the bottom of pot/soil is dry before I water it again. I hope this helps.
Where did you get that pro mix tropical soil from? I'm in Ontario and I can't find it anywhere. I do use the miracle grow cactus mix for most of my house plants but find that every bag I buy has fungus gnats which I have finally gotten under control.
It is at a few of my local plant shops. I also have it listed in my Amazon storefront. And that's why I stopped using miracle gro too.
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How do I propagate a climbing aloe?
I've never propagated an aloe before.....
Can you propagate and replant in the same pot as the existing plant without putting in water i.e. cut off a stem and plant it straight back into the same pot?
I've never soil propagated a ficus elastica directly into soil, but it is possible. If you do then I would recommend potting it in a separate pot to start with. You will probably need to keep the prop cutting well watered to entice those roots and if it was in the same pot as the mother plant most likely it wouldn't tolerate being in wet soil before it gets root rot. One needs to stay most while the mother plant likes to dry out completely. I think you chance of success would be very low
I’ve had mine for 2 years and it hasn’t put out a new leaf in all this time😢. Still very healthy n beautiful. But any tips to help her grow.
I often think that when a plant isn't doing anything above the soil, stuff is happening below the soil.....ie root growth to sustain growth it is about to produce. If it's still healthy then I wouldn't worry too much.
One thing that slows plant growth is less then adequate....so maybe it needs more light. Ficus plants need a lot of bright light and even can take some direct sunlight when acclimated. So maybe try a bit more light to help it photosynthesis
Did you buy the swirskii mites from Amazon ?
I bought mine directly from a company in Canada. Here is the link if you want to check them out. There are a couple different companies, but those one had free shipping.
www.growliv.com/
Your plants are so healthy looking. Do you water your plants every week or every 2 weeks.
It ends up being around two weeks or so for the large ones. My smaller pots tend to need water more often than the larger pots. Let the soil get bone dry and water again. Make sure to give it a bright light spot.
Yes, I made sure that they all get the proper lighting. I just wanted to know how often do you watered them. Thanks bro.
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Can it be in a patio area, I am in Southern California?
Absolutely....just place it in a shady spot and slowly give it more light over time, so it doesn't burn the leaves
My ficus tineke was doing well, three branches, very full, beautiful. All of a sudden it just stopped growing - new leaves appeared on each branch but they wouldn't unfurl. I moved it a bit closer to the window, south facing, but still not indirect sun. It started dropping in tact, great looking leaves, a few at a time & always at night. Tried to propagate, it failed. Now all the leaves are gone, except one but it's hanging & shriveled. even though I increased the light again. & made sure it wasn't getting too much or too little water. I thought I was doing everything right & for awhile it was thriving. Can it still be saved? If so, how? Even if not, what do you think happened? I have not given up on this variety but don't want this to happen again
I'd check the roots....perhaps it is severely root bound
one of my tineke has a burned edge sadly, should I cut the leaf off?
I have one like that too....I just leave it, but if you really don't like the way it looks, then snip it off.
I don't overwater my tineke and it's by my south window but not too close. The state of my plant is that the stem is leaning over, dried brown spots on the edges of the leaves, drooping and dried leaves. Please help I don't know what's wrong with it. Thanks! 🙏🙌💜
I had to tie mine together as the tineke was leaning as well. You can add a temporary support stake to help prop it up.
As for the leaves....I currently have a leaf the has brown spots on it. It is one of the lower leaves on the stem. I'm not concerned about those ones dropping.
do u let the sap dry out before sticking it into water? how many months during spring/summer until it's ready to transplant into soil (approx)?
Normally I don't let it dry out. I just stick it right in water. Make sure it's in a bright area and I would think and probably 3-4 weeks you should have some roots
@@EverythingPlants thank you
My Tineke leaves are drooping. What should I do.
Is it in a well draining soil?
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I had a cutting of my tineke in water for months and nothing ever happened, then I tried adding a pothos cutting to the water and within days, the tineke started to root!
See, it works! I'm assuming you watched my pothos experiment video hahaha
@@EverythingPlants I actually didn't see that video, I just heard about it from a friend lol
Oh no its the ghost of Tineke past!
It's back
Is the black doggie a cockapoo!?
I have this plant, but for some reason the leaves are all droopy and won't come back up.
Is the soil wet or dry. These don't like soggy soil for very long otherwise they drop leaves.
@@EverythingPlants I don't have it in soil. I have it in Lecca.
@@EverythingPlants I don't have it in soil I have it in Lecca.
Mine is dead just after a few days since i bought it .I tried everything but nothing i could do to revive it.So sad
Root rot?
@@EverythingPlants i don't know.i think it's just a week it lasted.it same as your plant.it started with brown leaves till everything dropped.
@@raquelcorbito7885 it may have been retaining too much moisture in the soil causing root rot....these guys need a well draining soil and need to dry out.
@@EverythingPlants thanks for this video.I learned a lot.and i will buy again and follow your steps.My ficus robusta is doing well.Do i need to fertilize it during winter times?
Yah it was.i used up 50% of pottingmix and 50% of cactus soil and a handful of perlite.and they don't like it.So im planning to buy a new one and follow yours.
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this is TERRIBLE timing as my tineke which was struggling was just yesterday decapitated by my wrestling dogs 😭
(I kept it, can it be propped?)
Yes, stick it in water and see what happens. It's tough to tell because I can't see the plant, but give it a try. If you have Instagram, feel free to send me a picture of the plant.
My tineki is losing its leaves
How is the light situation???
@@EverythingPlants grow light. It hates me. I want to send you some thing to replace your pencil. Lol