Most of the time when I post a photo of our home I usually get questions about our fiddle leaf fig trees.  Is it real?  yes.  

how do you keep them alive?  In short, I mostly ignore them.

But here’s the long version …

For the little one… that came from Ikea.  We were given this parrot flower over a year ago – it connects with an app on my phone that lets me know if it needs more sunlight, water, fertilizer.  My favorite feature is that a notification will pop up telling me my fiddle leaf is thirsty.  That little contraption definitely helped me with the smaller one we keep in our kitchen.  It’s grown quite a bit.  You can see a picture of it in December in this post.  It kept wanting more sunlight but I didn’t like to keep it there, as I moved Tucks table there.  But it’s grown just fine without a ton of light. 

For the bigger two… 

In January my dad gave me two fiddle leaf figs he found at a private nursery near here.  They were $70 for two.

{If you are local, I can get you the contact if you email me}  

They’ve both grown about a foot since we’ve gotten them.  We don’t have the parrot flower in either of these so I water them when the app tells us the little one needs water.   Which seems to be every 2 weeks or so.  Of course we live in Florida, and they are all on the side of the house that gets quite a bit of sunlight throughout the day, so as long as it’s near a window they thrive.  I’ve experimented with both of them, moving them around the room.  If it’s ever away from sunlight, forget it.  Leaves start browning within hours.  Once they find a spot they like I’ve discovered they really hate change.  

So from what I know – they love sunshine (but not direct), they don’t need a ton of water, and they are pretty low maintenance.  

Do y’all have house plants?  What kind?  I need to add more in!