Hi everyone, my fig was doing really well for the last year – I usually water it weekly and recently went on holiday for two weeks and had someone come and water it maybe 1.5 weeks in. While I was gone it was really hot and in retrospect I should have left the AC on just a bit, as now the bottom two leaves which were older wilted and became yellow/brown and fell off and one of the newer, greener ones also became yellow/brown, wilted and fell off. I also noticed some of these small brown/black spots underneath some of the remaining leaves.
What do you think this is – will it continue to spread? What can I do to help it? It has been back to its normal watering/AC schedule for 2 weeks now. Any help would be really appreciated!
by Dr_Rat_25
4 Comments
How hot is really hot? I mean it’s indoor and yellow leaves and the browning are usually signs of over watering no? I leave mine alone for weeks at a time and it’s been hot as balls in Souther California. Also any chance it could have been sitting in water?
The second pic is a new leaf and the spots there just look like regular edema (which is a normal thing with new leaves that you don’t need to worry too much about). Not sure about the spots in the other photos, but I wouldn’t worry about the top leaves.
Also these plants shouldn’t really be on a “schedule” per se. It’s best to wait until the soil is completely dry the whole way down (however long that takes each specific time), and then completely soak the soil, and wait until it’s completely dry again.
Show us the roots, soils and pot. Suspecting root rot.