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Pang Nam Fui

Pang Nam Fui is the founder of Plant Care Basics, a friendly online resource dedicated to helping beginners grow happy and healthy houseplants. With a passion for demystifying plant care, he shares simple, practical, and well-researched advice to empower new plant parents with the confidence they need to thrive. His goal is to prove that everyone can develop a green thumb.

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Why does my fiddle leaf fig have brown edges and patches? Read the soil first

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
Why does my fiddle leaf fig have brown edges and patches? One leaf shows a dried, shrunken edge.

A browning edge sends most people to the leaf, and I go to the pot instead. This guide runs the two-inch check that settles it, separates a salt crust and dry air from a dry root zone, and shows exactly how far along a dead edge I am willing to trim.

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What are the red dots and pale patches on new fiddle leaf fig leaves? A 60-second check

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
What are the red dots and pale patches on new fiddle leaf fig leaves? Rust-red spots on one underside.

A new leaf opens speckled and everybody assumes the worst, so I run one check that takes under a minute. This guide separates a burst-cell freckle from a hardened corky bump and from a film that wipes straight off, then says which of them fades as the leaf matures.

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Why is my fiddle leaf fig drooping after repotting? The two-week recovery read

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
Why is my fiddle leaf fig drooping after repotting? The stem tip bends down and the leaves hang.

A droop right after repotting is disturbed roots reporting in, not a death sentence, and I read it over two weeks. This guide runs the first check inside 48 hours, sets how much old mix should have come off the ball, and holds the feed back until a new leaf opens.

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How to fix fiddle leaf fig root rot without repotting: the in-pot rescue

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
How to fix fiddle leaf fig root rot without repotting: lower leaves droop over a wet surface.

A plant that wilts while its mix is wet does not need a new pot, it needs air, and I can give it that where it stands. This guide stops the water, opens the drainage, separates rot from a rootball that dried too far, and takes off only what is fully gone.

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How often to water a fiddle leaf fig indoors? Read the pot, not the calendar

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
How often to water a fiddle leaf fig indoors: a can pours a steady stream onto the mix.

A fixed watering day is the fastest way to drown a fiddle leaf fig, so I read the pot instead. This guide shows the depth and the spot I test, what a meter probe really adds, how much water goes in, and the light that moves the whole interval.

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How to prune a fiddle leaf fig to encourage branching: where to cut and when

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
How to prune a fiddle leaf fig to encourage branching: one cut on a bare trunk has skinned over.

Branching is decided by where the blade lands, not by how much comes off, so I plan one cut and take it once. This guide covers the tool wash that comes first, the node a stub has to keep, the difference between a pinch and a stem cut, and what follows the cut.

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How to clear fungus gnats and soil mold from a fiddle leaf fig pot: the surface-layer fix

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
How to clear fungus gnats and soil mold from a fiddle leaf fig pot: gnats rise off the surface.

Fungus gnats and soil mold live in the same place, the top inch of a fiddle leaf fig pot, so I clear both in one pass. This guide names the larva by its head, drenches the pot until it drains, and says when the felt stops being cosmetic.

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Why is my fiddle leaf fig not growing new leaves? The flush pattern behind the pause

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
Why is my fiddle leaf fig not growing new leaves? The growing point sits closed at the top.

New leaves arrive in flushes, so a quiet growing point is usually a light supply question rather than a fault, and I read it that way. This guide sets how long a pause stays normal, reads the light at the leaf itself, and shows what feeding ahead of growth leaves behind.

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How to move a fiddle leaf fig outside without losing leaves: read two temperatures first

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
How to move a fiddle leaf fig outside without losing leaves: shed leaves lie on the floor.

A date on the calendar does not decide this, two thermometer readings do, and I take both before the pot moves an inch. This guide sets where each reading is taken, steps the light up in stages, and reads the bleaching or creasing that turns up later.

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Fiddle leaf fig vs Ficus Audrey vs rubber plant: tell them apart in three looks

September 11, 2026 by Pang Nam Fui
Fiddle leaf fig vs Ficus Audrey vs rubber plant: three whole trees stand side by side.

Three indoor Ficus trees get mixed up constantly, and I separate them in three looks taken in a fixed order. This guide runs the blade check first, puts a tape on the leaf second, and finishes by asking whether the three of them really want the same care.

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