ice caps
About ice caps
Did you know that all plants in the Ficus genus produce figs? In fact, the word Ficus quite literally means figs! Even cooler, all figs are pollinated by tiny wasps that use the fruits as a safe place to raise their young. 🐝 Ficus plants also contain latex which emerges as a milky sap when twigs are broken. This latex makes them toxic, so be sure to keep a close eye out if you have children or pets!
Taxonomy
Ficus pumila 'Ice Caps'
Ficus
Moraceae
Rosales
How to care for ice caps
How often to water your ice caps
every 9
ice caps needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for ice caps in your home
a window
ice caps love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
ice caps does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of ice caps in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize ice caps
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your ice caps after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Decided to take care of this lovely one. But it has this bad looking root. Can you tell if it's rotting or a disease? #Ficus I have 0 experience with bonsais. Would love to hear from the experts !!!
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Have you ever Have you seen anything like this before? Sunburn? From touching the wall/window? Leafs look clean besides some random lines of leaking color. #FicusGang #FicusFam #Ficus #GregGang #gregteam
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Anyone knows if this is a type of ficus? That’s what the plant shop employee told me but I can’t find it anywhere I search. #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #Ficus #RubberPlant #identify #PropagationStation
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The leaves of my Ficus are curling inwards. Don't know why!! Pls help. #Ficus
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Check out my new addition! I received my Ficus Tineke from #GregPlantShop yesterday, and I’m in love 😍 Name suggestions welcome!! You’re needed, @Artistic_Stoner & @TwistedxSinner !! Love this community! #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #HappyPlants #ficus #plantfriendsarethebestfriends
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so not ALL my #Ficus plants are shooting out new growth, but to be fair, the ones that aren’t are dying 😂😂 #ivebeensmokingplantstoo so i’ve decided to take a buncha pics of my growing ficuses and explain who they are in my garden. photos are: #FicusShivereana (named Micus in my garden 😂😂 i let my brother-in-law name it) whose new leaf i was not personally responsible for bc it was coming in when i bought it, but the next one will be all me! second and third pics are a #FicusReligiosa named “bus stop gutter near jamun” bc i found it in a bus stop gutter near a giant #MalabarPlum that i’ve harvested from before😂😂 all those new leaves are me! when i first brought it home, it had a little leaf that quickly shriveled and died. i assume it wanted to focus more energy on establishing roots in its new home. and i’m glad it did! now she’s pushing out three new leaves at once and has grown about three inches since i adopted it 17 days ago! fourth is a #FloridaStranglerFig or #FicusAurea named “found on a carrotwood tree near the bus stop” i don’t think i have to explain the reasoning for that 😂😂 fifth pic is a doozy! all three are #FicusAurea plants as well. biggest one at the top of the photo is called “found on my break at work” the white-container one is called “found otw to whole foods after work” and the smallest one actually grew from the roots stuck in the sidewalk after taking “otw to WF” so has been aptly named 😂😂 i’ve added the #BohdiTree as the plant for this post bc it’s my favorite at the moment hehe #FicusGang #FicusFam #NewGrowth #Ficus
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Need your help asap! Hello! Something wrong with my variegated rubber plant. It downs its leaves and looks sad. The leaves become soft. There are some brown spots on leaves. I know that the ficus was overwatered in the shop, but I tried my best and watered it once a week as the soil became almost dry (about a month). So a week ago it started down the leaves. I thought it was fungi, so I treated it with organic fungicide four days ago, it makes him look worse. What should I do to save this guy? Please, help. #variegatedrubbertree #leavesdropping #leavesfading #help #ficus
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How can I save this guy? #Ficus #FicusGinseng #FicusGang mind you it is getting quite grey and cold here in Cincinnati but it was doing great and then all of the sudden started dropping leaves, little branches are dying, etc. do I need to put him in a smaller pot ? Should the trunk be planted deeper under more soil?
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The sun lovers. #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #RubberPlant #Ficus
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So guys I have a bad news, my variegated rubber tree become almost dead, so I cut it and propagate. This is my first fail. I hope the cuttings will grow roots. If somebody needs a good video about ficus propagation just ask #rubberplant #variegatedplants #variegatedrubbertree #ficus
Care Summary for ice caps
ice caps
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
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