Problem with my fig tree?

Hello fellow plant lovers...





I recently bought a fig as a houseplant, and it is a weeping fig bush species. I was lucky that it didn't drop it's leaves after a rather traumatic trip home, but I started noticing small yellow/grey discolourations on some of the leaves (but not very many). The spots are tiny, they don't cover the entire leaf (so it's probably not a light problem)


I don't think I've overwatered it. I just gave it a few fertiliser spikes, so if it's a nitrogen deficiency it should go away soon, but the spots keep appearing.


With all that detail, can anyone possibly identify this problem?

Problem with my fig tree?
Like you said yellow leaves usually a sign of a lack of nitrogen in the soil. The only other thing i can think of is if its outgrown the pot im not sure if you have transplanted it into a new pot when you got it home or not.
Reply:The place where you bought it had already fertilized it. We are not suppose to fertilize a new potted plant for at least six weeks after we bring it home. It is best to fertilize potted plants with a liquid fertilizer. Always read the directions on the container for outside and indoor plants.





You might lose this one, but that is how we learn. Buy another but read up on the care of fig plants/trees before you buy.
Reply:have you checked to see if the spots can be rubbed off?


if so they may very well be immature scale that are on the move.


if the plant was treated with a leaf cleaner or shine product that might be it.


sun scald is easier to identify but is another possibility.





let me know....