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Nina brings in a dying fiddle leaf fig that has been dropping a leaf every day and developing brown spots. Omar and Nina pull the plant out and find soggy soil and root rot, then trim every soft brown root and repot it in fresh, fast-draining soil. Three weeks later a new leaf appears, and the episode's lesson is that most sick plants are drowning rather than thirsty.
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0:00Nina:Welcome to Plant Rescue, the show where we bring dying houseplants back to life. I'm Nina.
0:05Omar:And I'm Omar. Nina, you brought a very sad fiddle leaf fig this week.
0:10Nina:It was dropping a leaf every single day, brown spots everywhere. I was ready to give up on it.
0:16Omar:So we pulled it out of the pot, and the roots told the whole story.
0:20Nina:The soil was soaking wet. Half the roots were brown and mushy, root rot.
0:24Omar:We cut off every soft root with clean scissors and repotted it in fresh, fast-draining soil.
0:31Nina:And now I only water it when the top two inches of soil are dry.
0:35Omar:Three weeks later, there's a brand new leaf at the top.
0:38Nina:The lesson this week: most sad plants are drowning, not thirsty.
0:42Omar:That's Plant Rescue. Send us your saddest plants. See you next week.