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Drooping and browning Fatsia Japonica

TornrosTornros Posts: 5
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Hi guys!

I'm new to this forum so I apologise in case I have missed a rule about posting. 

I am having some issues with my favourite plant, a Fatsia Japonica. I have had the plant since around a year ago and it's been going strong since. However, the plant has now started to droop a lot more than usual and both stems and leaves have started to turn brown. The leaves and stems feel soft to the touch, not "crispy". The stems also seem to have thinned and almost wilted. Usually when it droops, I would water it and it would perk right back up, this did not work right now though. 

I have read that the Fatsia Japonica is the happiest outdoors, however, I don't think the weather would be optimal for it, seeing as it is winter in Sweden and the outside temperature has been way under 0 Celsius degrees for the last few weeks. 

Anyone have any tips or ideas on what to do? I'm a bit of a newbie to the plant world! 


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  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    Possibly over watering and also being too hot inside a house. They are tough and will survive quite tough weather but and with a bit protection even quite serious cold. Have you got an unheated space you could put it 
  • TornrosTornros Posts: 5
    Wilderbeast said:
    Possibly over watering and also being too hot inside a house. They are tough and will survive quite tough weather but and with a bit protection even quite serious cold. Have you got an unheated space you could put it 
    Thanks a lot for the response. The entire apartment is around 21°C, but the coldest space I could put it in would either be an outdoors storage room (with no heating or insulation, so the temperature in there would be pretty much as cold as it is outdoors, it also doesn't have any windows so no sunlight), or just straight outside on the balcony. I could also try lowering the indoor temperature, sadly I don't have a lot of power over it, as it is the landlord that controls the entire buildings general temperature. 

    Is it a lost cause or do you think it is salvageable at all? 
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    I don't think it will recover,the base of the stem looks rotten.
    If you are reluctant to throw it away just pop it on the balcony, put the pot inside a cardboard box and fill with bubble wrap or new paper. Leave until spring then throw away if it shows no sign of new growth.
  • TornrosTornros Posts: 5
    Alright, that's a bummer, but not unexpected. I will see what I can do. Thanks a lot guys! 
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