Indoors
Weeping fig
Ficus benjamina
- Cat: mildly toxic
- Dog: mildly toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
The weeping fig comes from South and South-East Asia and northern Australia. It has small leaves on drooping twigs and is known for dropping them when moved, in draughts or when the light changes, so it is best given a place and left there.
Weeping fig and pets
- Cat
- mildly toxic
- Dog
- mildly toxic
- Signs
- milky sap (ficin, psoralen): stomach and skin irritation
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
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Care
- Watering
- about every 6 days in summer (April to September), every 10 in winter
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 16–28 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
It drops leaves when moved or in a draught: give it one bright place.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.