Rubber Plant Black
The rubber plant black is a popular ornamental foliage plant to enhance the beauty of your indoor and outdoor spaces. With its dark glossy leaves, the rubber plant is a crowd favourite of both designers and home gardeners alike. An excellent choice for an air purifying as well as an ornamental plant. According to NASA clean air study, it removes pollutants from the air. It reduced formaldehyde from the surrounding air and also removes carbon-di-oxide and carbon monoxide from the surroundings.
Plant care tips:
Sunlight: At least 3-6 hours of preferably morning sunlight a day is ideal for plant to grow well and natural indirect bright light for the rest of the day.
- Watering: Before water poke your finger/plain small stick into the soil to check the moisture. Water when top soil (1-2 inches) feels dry to touch. Water thoroughly in the summer and reduce watering in winter and rainy season.
- Soil: Use nutrient rich, well drained, well aerated, and porous potting mix.
- Maintenance: low maintenance
- Special feature: Air purifier
- Repotting: Repot your Rubber Plant annually. Use a pot one size bigger than the previous pot.
- Propagation: You can propagate a Rubber Plant using two methods: air layering or stem cuttings. When propagating Rubber Plant via cuttings, get a good cutting which is about 6 inches long to ensure successful propagation.
Plant problems & protection:
- Remove dead, infected or damaged plant parts.
- Yellowing of leaves is a sign of overwatering. Change your watering schedule. Let the top one inch of the soil dry up before watering.
- Most common reason for loss of leaves is over – watering. Make sure you are watering your plant only when the topsoil has dried up. Other reasons like low light or cold drafts also cause leaf loss.
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