I forgot mention to make sure you rotate your Ficus Elastica at least once every other week so can he grow straight and even. : ) If you have any other care tips for the Ficus Elastica, please comment and share with the plant community.

"one of the easiest plants to care for" as I stare at my dead rubber tree

You and Planterina are my go to plant advice videos. 🤗

I think mine should have been dead. He's in a south facing window sill, with close to feezing draft every night. Never lost a leaf, and he's shooting new growth like crazy. Had him for 2 years now. So happy, and so beautiful! I think they get used to different things. Hard to be careful up here in Norway 😁

Finally someone gives temperature in degrees Celsius!

This has to be my absolute favorite plant🥰. I love it’s deep rich foliage and sturdiness. I keep my burgundy by a North window with bright to medium light, water it only when it feels dry and keep it by a humidifier during the cold dry winter months and it does fine🤩

the burgundy one is so gorgeous

Thank you .You have made my day . I’m down under in Oz and I’m really enjoying your company . You have inspired me to get back into my plants after a 6 months of chemo. Plants are good for the mind and body 👍🏻😍

"Give this video a thumbs up or thumbs down, doesn't matter to me." - love this!

I bought one from ikea today because I just couldn’t resist how shiny the leaves were, although I bought this not knowing how to take care of them so this is really helpful, thank you!

There’s a rubber plant TREE near my friend’s house and one of the branches is hanging temptingly low.... ✂️✂️✂️

Thank you, Christian! Your instruction videos are very helpful. I recently took over caring for the houseplants from my husband and I’m repotting all of them, as they are very root bound! When I searched the net for “how to” videos, I liked yours the best!!! Again, thank you!!!

Thank you for talking about the signs of over watering!! So helpful

I have a burgundy rubber plant that I cherish and love. I put mine out-doors for the entire summer until early autumn and he/she thrives. The fresh air helps give fresh oxygen to the earth and the outdoor temperature helps naturalise the plant. In fact it's 20th December and mine is still outside. He seems to be doing okay so far but I'll bring him in before the frosts start in January. He seems to love the outside especially the rain as its natural water.

Your string of hearts are so beautiful. I am very jealous.

Care tips start at 2:40

I recently got a burgundy and a variegated during a day of plant shopping with my mom paid $14.00 for both really good sized but still in 4" containers. Still giving them time before I transplant since we had big temperature changes last week... They are so lovely! Happy to add them to my collection :)

I love them they're SO EASY to water propagate.

"They're so easy", y'all be saying, but I'm watching this because the ficus that I got four-five months ago dropped *three* of its four leaves in like *one* day, and now it looks really sad with a single leaf and a very slow-going new growth. Sounds like I've over-watered, and that the soil might be too dense. I'll make adjustments based on your video, and hope that I can salvage it 😭😰

Just got my rubber fig and I love her so much 😭♥️ thank you for this.

Thank you for your videos, you explain things very well. Just picked up a rubber tree today from a local nursery and I’m loving it!

My burgundy rubber plant was my first (and only, for now) as well! ☺️

LOVE IT!! Rubbers are my fave too!! I JUST got a ruby and she's beautiful!!! Thank you for the vid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I found a huge burgundy dumped on the side of the road. She has been my best plant for years now. I love it.

My rubber plant now has 1 leaf left. :( I hope I can bring it back to full life after this video. Thanks

Just got my first one a burgundy and I love it! Thanks for the tips bro keep the videos coming I love your channel

Thank you for making this video since I got my first ficus elastica! My rubber plant is a Thai Tineke and it is still a baby rubber plant 🙂

I am obsessed with my tineke "tinequa" so I'm thrilled to learn everything possible to help her be her best self

that string of hearts though.... 💕 ❤💞💖

I have a burgundy. These plants are so stunning! Sadly, my house gets very little sunlight but I'll try to make it work.

i got one and it quickly became my favorite plant, it's so beautiful !!! it's been sad the last few days but hopefully i'll get it back to health😭 i really want it to get big !!

I moved my ficus from direct sunlight to medium sunlight area. Her lovely leaves fell in one day 😭😭😭😭😭. Thank you for explaining everything and I hope my ficus will thrive once again.

We are in search for Ficus Tineke but haven't had a lot of luck finding it. The variegation is beautiful. Keep up the great work sir!

I had a Crazy Plant Guy Marathon yesterday!! What a great time I had. I learned so much. Thank you so much!! Your the bomb!!

Just got my hands on a burgundy!! Thanks for the care tips!! Lotsa love from the philippines 🇵🇭 💙💛

I made a huge mistake and almost killed my rubber plant, thank you so much for this video, it saved me! I reppoted my plant 2 days after buying it because some roots were sticking out (mistake n. 1) I used a terracota clay vase (mistake n.2) and my plant hated it. The leaves were drooping and getting brown spots, so I thought maybe I was overwatering it, but I wasn't. The roots were super dry because the vase sucked all the water. Now I reppoted it and used the soil you indicated and it's amazing, 2 days later it looks super healthy and pretty. Thank thank thank you!

I love the variegated one so much, gorgeous plant 😍🌿

Omgosh so happy I found you!! Thank you for helping us be good plant parents

I've had one for ~3 months with only a north facing window and she is doing alright! She has new growth, and I re-potted her ~1 month after I brought her home. I used a 10" ceramic pot with an attached drainage tray. I put ~2 inches of expanded shale in the bottom, organic potting soil, and topped it off with an inch of orchid bark for aesthetics, AND to keep my cats from digging in the soil.

Where i live, we have these as trees, all over my town! I killed my first rubber plant, it's leafs fell off, now I know I over watered it! Thank you!!! I just bought a second one, put it by the window, fingers crossed! Thank you for your wise advices!!!

I think this is the plant my great grandparents grew to make rubber✌💓

You always make my day for watching your Videos. You're my inspiration mentor. God bless you Boss.

They are easy - one of my favorite plants.

I haven't watered my one since late March! Just watered them last week, along with my snake plant and zz plant! My top 3 house plant, hands down! That was some great tips bro! Drooling on the tineke!

If I had thought to look up your video four years ago, my first rubber plant would have survived. Better late than never, I guess. Wish me luck on my second try.

Hi Christian. I love these detailed instructional videos, as opposed to the standard video that simply rhymes off what we can all find online.

Yes!!! Found this...😀 Wow you have my 3 favorite varieties of rubber plants...So beautiful! Ruby, Burgundy and Tineke...absolutely gorgeous...😍😍😍

I've had mine since 2015, and it is super easy and chill... and I haven't even been following all of the tips in the video! Mine is the dark green one, it was just a little thing from the grocery store, and now it's taller than me! Many of the tips in this video were one I didn't even know about! Like the nursery pot inside the decorative pot?? And watering to allow thw water to pass through??

I got a baby ruby n tineke today...so excited..thnx for the great tips as always❤️

I just got my little hands on a ficus elastica burgundy and I'm soooooo excited 😊

Just ordered the tineke and the burgundy!! So excited and looking forward to see them in my collection! Will be rewatching this video once I get them ❤️

I dont have this plant yet but its my favorite. Its so rich and the color is gorgeous! .

I agree that they’re easy to care for! I’ve had the tineke for a while but I got a burgundy recently 🌿🌱

Thank you. I was just gifted one so hopefully with your tips, I won't kill it. :)

Just had my very own rubber plant. Thank you for this one👊

Thank you so much for the valuable information! I was recently drawn to these beautiful plants and iam sure your video will be very helpful.

So glad I watched this 🙏 Many things I would have done wrong, I really want mine to survive 😖

Thanks so much for this. My burgandy babe was delivered this morning. The Tineke is on my wishlist! 🤞🏾✨

I just ordered a burgundy ficus elastica (my first ficus ever!). I really hope she stays alive 😬💕 wish me luck!

Thank you for making this video 😊 the rubber plant is my absolute favourite houseplant, it is nostalgic for me, reminding me of my childhood. I have the the dark green, lighter green and variagated rubber plants but never seen a ruby one 😍 i must find one! Ha ha thanks again take care

Thanks for making this video! I don't know a thing about plants. I've had a rubber plant for just about 3 years (looks closest to your burgundy one, except most of the stems are green instead of red) but recently the top leaves started curling, which led me to this video. Sounds like its been getting waaaay too much water, someone gave me me one of those plastic orb things that you fill with water and stick upside down into the pot, so I'm pretty sure the soil has been over-saturated since day 1. It's a wonder he's lasted this long! I've removed it now, but I think I'm going to have to get a new pot for it. The one I have now only has one small hole on a rim near the bottom, and I've never seen water come out of it before.

Really appreciate you’re videos on all of the plants and so in depth.....appreciate you😉

Hey, I know I'm a bit delayed with my comment, but... I live in Portugal and ficus elástica is super common here. It gets pretty chilly at night here in winter and super hot in summer, and those plants just thrive in here. So I'm pretty sure 12 degrees is not the minimum tolerance temp for those gorgeous plants :-)

All of my plants are males too. I have no idea while I call all of them "him" LOL

This is so helpful! I’m not great with plants but this will definitely make a difference. Thank you!

Just got my 1st rubber plant today, thank you for all the good tips!

This is the next plant on my list! Now that I got the green light for easy care it's time to start looking

Love your knowledge of the plants..and your energy,I live in Canada,keep the videos coming,thanks so much,have learned alot

Thanks so much for this video it is well understood...this is one of my favourite plants after the mother in laws tongue 👍i was very shocked when the leaves started falling... TO God be The Glory there's a solution to it now i am so grateful thanks a million. God bless you in Jesus Name Amen 🙏

I was gifted a variegated and it has started dropping leaves. Could be overwatering I think. Glad I found your video because it was afraid it was getting too much sun!! Very helpful video!

I actually had to move my Tineke right in front of my south facing window - I forgot to open my curtains one day and in just 12 hours the white on his leaves went lime green! In some ways I think it looks cooler now, much more of a camo look, but something to be aware of if you like the white :)

We have rubber plant tree. Many people kept on picking the leaves others ask permission, others just get them. Now we realized how valuable this tree is so now we gotta preserve it... the tree is slowly dying and getting old.. leaves are withering.. its really sad to see that cuz ive seen that tree since I was a kid. Its leaves are very hard and green.. now its turning brown. Hope I could save it. Thank you for this vid..

I need to get me a rubber plant! Thanks for the great video. Big 👍🏻 from Moody Blooms💚

Bought a burgundy from Costco of all places for $14.99 in 14" pot. They also had the tineke.

Just purchased one this morning from home depot(Burgundy) I have been looking for a rubber plant for just over a yr probably should have purchased 2 I have 2-3 ft from the window I believe I will wait about a week before I water think you for the video.

I tried vetsin and worked well for my rubber plant

They have huge variegated rubbers at my local lowes!! Huge pots with two stems each and for olny $15!!

Best video by far on these plants.. thank you so much

Hahaha they won’t cry or get over dramatic like my other guys 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m cracking up!

Thankyou so much you have saved my plant from dieing. The cold chill from the window area almost killed it. I've duping leaves from the bottom, why some leaves have fell off. From England uk

Lol talking and looking 👀 around the room , I liked that

영상 너무너무 잘봤습니다. 고무나무 종류중에 특히 핑크색 고무나무가 너무 예쁘네요. 좋아요 구독 누르고 갑니다. From KOREA.

Thank you I just brought one.

I love how you explain care tips for your plants. Currently binge watch your vlogs. New subbie here from Philippines 😉😉

The ruby one is so beautiful

Thanks for the video. I just bought a burgundy and know how to care for it. Also looking forward to propagating when he’s big enough.

I have had a Ficus Elastica for 13 Yrs and its still well. I strongly recommend a liquid fertilizer NPK 1-4-5 and even raw phosphate, I use Epsoma Organic phosphate. For Liquid I use Botanic Care 1-4-5. As long as the fertilizer is non liquid or a compost my Ficus does well, however When I use a moderate or high nitrogen liquid fertilizer the nitrogen burns the leaves.

Thanks for sharing information I got mine recently

Thanks for a great video! I have one of these that I have had great luck with. Has been growing wonderfully until about threes ago. It has virtually stopped growing. It has one spike about 1/2 formed but it has turned a dark red color and stopped. And just the top few leaves have curled. I really have done anything different as far as care. I am just stumped! 🤷🏻‍♂️

For me, I don't have enough sunlight for my Rubber Plant but he's been doing excellent with a grow light for a few months now. He even does better with that then actual sunlight for some reason. I put him in the sun for a few hours and the leaves do not look as healthy and shiny. The grow light works better for my fern and spider plant as well.

Thank you my my mom forgot to care about the plant that she bought and i feel bad it looks beautiful IM GONNA do this tips thx

Love your rubber plants!! Beautiful and healthy!!

They all look so beautiful. Today we got 3 tadas. Tfs

Thank you for the tips, I found them really useful!

Hi! I brought my first rubber plant yesterday!!! SO excited! I do live in Thailand and we have the aircon on for a few hours a day. How could this affect him? also, he stands in a ceramic pot with one drainage hole. The roots are coming out below. Should I re-pot it to a larger pot? He has a yellow leaf at the bottom and one drooping leaf as well, with black spots. I read online it means the place where I brought it was watering it too frequently. Do you think this is the cause? it is so beautiful and I want to give it the best chance possible...any advice would be helpful...

Thank you so much. I asked you about this plant on IG and you have a video. So helpful.

Thank you, Plant Guy for a simple, concise "how to video!" Can you address when to repot this plant? I've had one (in a North window) for about 2 years and it seems to me, to be growing so slowly. I'm wondering if the soil is "old," so maybe I'll freshen 1/2 the soil with Cactus soil, as you mentioned. THANKS!

just bought a bunch of plants impulsibly, thank u

What a beautifil tree. Will look great beside my lemon tree

Mine is thriving outside for three years on a covered patio. Luckily where I live it stays above freezing in the winter.