Aralia Fabian is one of those few office and household plants that are very useful to purify the air, reduce gaseous toxicity in the room, and maintain humidity.
Even have these major advantages, Aralia Fabian plants need some caring from time to time to face such things.
In winter and summer both, Aralia Fabian plants need distinct care and maintenance because of being a perennial plant. Although, you can follow almost the same steps to maintain it in similar seasons.
Now, let's understand how to care for and maintain Aralia Fabian plants indoors.
Aralia Fabian indoor care
It is very sensitive to grow outdoors. Although it can purify air and toxicity in outdoor pollution, these plants' survival is very difficult.
But before following the maintenance steps indoors, you should well know of Aralia Fabian plants prime features as follows-
Aralia Fabian plant features
- Height- 3 feet max
- Stem- Wooden
- Type- Shrub
- Human consumption- Poisonous
- Leaves- Round shape
- Color- Dark green on front and purple from flip side
- Use- In the office, workspace, and houseplant that Purifies the air and maintains humidity
Summer care for Aralia Fabian Plant
From late spring to late summer, you can follow the same steps to maintain and care Aralia Fabian plant.
- Soil pH and nutrients
Aralia plants need well-drained soil that is mixed with a proper organic fertilizer. You can use 1:2:1 of organic compost, garden soil, and sand.
Soil pH should be between 6.1 to 7.3.
- Sunlight and shade
Keep your plants near a window where Aralia fabian plant can get medium-intensity sunlight for 3 4 hours daily. For the rest of the time in a day, it can live in partial light. At night, you can keep the lights off in summer. But with the temperature fall, you can keep on at least low-intensity light.
To shade is not good for fabian plants at any time.
- Fertilization
the use of nitrogen-based organic compost is very good to fertilize the Aralia Fabian plants. During this period, you can fertilize your plants more often every month at a young age. If the plant is near to its full growth then fertilize it every 1.5 months.
- Irrigation and soil moisture
Even with the slow growth rate, the Aralia fabian plant needs irrigation on regular basis in summer. In low humidity, the soil gets dry faster. So you need to irrigate faster in summer on daily basis. In office plants usually, we don't choose a drainage pot otherwise it will leak water around.
So better to check the soil condition, if it has enough moisture then increase it a day to irrigate.
If the temperature is too hot outside and then plants may feel stressed inside so in that case you can irrigate your Aralia fabian plants in the morning and evening.
Remember, overirrigation is not good for plants and too less irrigation is as well. In both cases, plant leaves show signs of lack or over-irrigation.
- Humidity
During summer, 10% humidity at least is required for The Aralia fabian plant. If it is not, then try to spray water two times a day to maintain humidity.
Just 200 ml water spray is enough at a time to keep humidity maintained.
- Temperature
The ideal temperature to grow Aralia Fabian is 60F to 80F. During summer, if the temperature increases more than that, you can increase humidity by spraying and increasing soil moisture.
- Trimming and pruning
Trimming and pruning are only required when plant leaves are getting too much dry and leaves get to die in case.
In case if Aralia plant leaves are overgrown or difficult to manage or inclined, then you can trim and prune those leaves.
Winter care for Aralia Fabian plant
From Late fall to Early spring, you can follow the same steps to maintain and care Aralia Fabian plant.
- Irrigation and soil moisture
During the cool period, irrigation is not required on daily basis. Soil gets dry too late but it gets compacted during this period too.
Once in 3 or 4 days is enough for irrigation. If the temperature falls too much then you can adjust irrigation further.
Soil moisture should be near 30% throughout the winter.
- Humidity
Above 50% humidity can start making difficulties for Aralia plants. Although during winter, the Aralia plant goes into dormancy. So it is not necessary to irrigate or manage humidity in winter. But in early spring, you need to do some adjustments.
- Aeration
To release the compacted soil tension, we need aeration in early spring and early fall. For this, you can use a sharp tool to make aeration holes in the soil. Make these holes 4 to 5 inches deep in the soil to release soil stress.
- Sunlight and shade
To save a plant from dying in winter, you need at least 4 to 5 hours of bright sunlight in winter. If weather conditions are overcast then better to provide them with light indoors. If possible then open the window for fresh air to plants.
Don't keep plants in too dark for a long time during this period. During winter, these plants can handle partial shade but more than that Aralia plants will die soon.
- Temperature
From fall to spring, the temperature fall shouldn't be less than 40F, otherwise, the plant will not survive. For that, a natural possible solution is sunlight in the daytime and keeping it in an electric light area at the night. If possible, then try to keep the temperature maintain above 40F in winter.
- Trimming and pruning
No trimming is required during cool conditions. You can directly prune your entire plant in the fall. Therefore, new leaves will appear on the plant next spring to early summer.
Why Aralia Fabian leave dropping, wilting, or turning yellow?
Aralia Fabian leaves are sensitive to drought, overwater for a long time, and have the least fertility in the soil. Mostly, drought becomes a reason for Aralia Fabian leaves dropping, wilting, or turning yellow. Sometimes, leaves also start to turn yellow because of unnecessary overmoisture with no drainage for a long time.
There is a simple solution to avoid leaves dropping, wilting, and turning yellow. Keep the moisture regular and plenty for the plant in summer. Keep the soil fertilized and provide moderate sunlight on daily basis. If the temperature is too hot then provide exhaust and water spray to maintain the temperature.
Apart from that, if still, leaves are dropping and not turning green, you should better remove them permanently. Don't hesitate to remove dead leaves they don't recover.