Greetings, Please, I need help with an indoor Ficus Tree that had been used to a warm environment. It had belonged to my uncle. He had it for 8-9 years. I transported it from South Jersey to my apartment here in Schenectady, NY on Feb 19th. I do believe it has gone into shock because during the 4 hour drive, the limbs got cold and the wet soil possibly was too cold or frozen and leaves have begun curling. It looks like it desperately needs repotting. But it is about 6 Ft Tall now with 3 limbs. So would need help transferring to a larger pot and getting correct or more compatible soil mix. I am hoping that with time and special care that it would be able to get to a healthier state and survive. I would like to know if I can get help with repotting and care information at Hewitts or whether you know of someplace else that would help with this situation. Or maybe there is a service fee to have it repotted. My mom would plan to come to help me repot it if there is no service offered like that. But we could still use some assistance with instruction on the best way to care for it. If no help available, will just have to do the best I can or dump if it doesn’t last.Please help me with some answers.Thank You, Rebecca.
This doesn’t sound good. If this was transported in an open or even unheated truck at that time it may have very well frozen which will kill it. Even if it didn’t freeze, the shock of going from a heated environment to a near frozen environment for a few hours and then back into a heated environment may be terminal. Repotting it isn’t going to help it and will add even more shock to the already bad situation. Be patient and expect it to lose all the leaves. Don’t feed it and just keep it lightly moist and warm and wait. If it has somehow managed to survive, it will start growing some new leaves in a month or two. If it does give it a light feeding (1/4 strength) wait until summer to repot it to a slightly larger pot. We do offer repotting at the garden center when you buy a pot from us but wait until summer for that. What it needs now is time, warmth and a bright location.