Through a series of unfortunate events my once happy rubber plant is in bad shape. It had become root bound, and I transplanted it several months ago into a good-sized sealed pot with pebbles at the bottom for drainage. For a while it seemed very happy, with quite a bit of new growth. A bit tall and straggly as I haven't pruned it yet, but otherwise it looked good and had even developed a new branch near the bottom with a few leaves. FYI it lives in a room with partial sun, a few feet from the windows. However I'm afraid I didn't create enough drainage in the pot, recently the soil remained pretty damp for quite a while and several leaves got brown around the edges and started dropping. I put it outside under a porch roof to dry. That night we had an unexpected storm and it got even wetter. So the next day I left it out to dry. It was supposed to be a cloudy day... but naturally the sun came out in full force, and I was away from the house. The poor thing got pretty scorched. Several leaves turned a kind of silvery-brown, and many more have dropped. I tried a dose of plant food but that didn't seem to help. I know I'll need to repot it to deal with the drainage issue, but I'm afraid if I try that now the stress will be too much for it. I'd appreciate any suggestions for saving the poor thing.
Get it into a pot with good drainage. Now. Do not fertilize. Place in semi-sunny area, in a spot where it can stay. The standard 'bright curtain-filtered sunlight' is good. NO direct sunlight. When you water, do so thoroughly, till the water runs out from the bottom of the pot. Keep soil EVENLY moist---not a swamp, not a desert. Resist the urge to do more: let the plant recover, if it can. Give us a photo. Good luck, and welcome to the Forum!
