Hello everyone - I went outside today to find that my kadota fig tree's leaves have (since two days ago) turned very scary-looking. Please see the attached images. Can anyone suggest a remedy? I am very afraid this tree is not going to fruit or even die.

I am in Michigan. I just brought the tree outside a few days ago. Since late March, the tree has been indoors, in a very large pot (where it still is) and it has received ample sunlight. The weather has not gone lower than high-40s, even at night. The tree is supposedly hardy for this zone.

I have been watering it twice per week while indoors and it has looked great and healthy until today. Since it has been outdoors, we had one significant rain (Sunday). Since then, it has been dry, sunny, and 60s - 70s.

If anyone can advise, please let me know what to do with this.

Thanks,

Andrew

It is probably a response to the sunlight. Temps, at 40F are also telling the plant to go dormant.

As long as the new growth at the growing tip looks normal, all will be well in the long run. You might consider putting it outside is partial sun during the day and bringing it in at night.

If you had been indoors all winter, and gone out in the sun, naked, without sunscreen, and stayed out all night, naked, at 40F, you would have symptoms, too.

Sunscald...windburn.....plants inside just can't take the abrupt change in light intensity from inside to outside.  Either harden them off gradually or protect them with screening for a few days.