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FMV rears it's ugly head

I'm in the middle of garlic harvest so I've been to busy to pay much attention to the figs but I finally noticed that they are looking grim. All the classic signs of FMV. FMV1.jpg 

My puter pooped and I'm using my wife's laptop which has a different (counter-intuitive} operating system. It won't let me put in another photo but other plants are developing brown spots. 

Is there anything I can do? They are in a 50-50 perlite / potting soil heavy on the compost mix. I have them in bags to force root growth and they're not to the point where I wanted to up pot, but if that's what it takes I will. When they began yellowing I started watering with a compost tea, that hasn't helped. There was a recent thread on worm castings that I should probably reread, but I'm pressed for time and struggling with the operating system from hell. Is there a quick fix?


Do not give up on them! You have to allow them to grow out more. Sometimes the young cuttings look that way. Try using a very dilute solution of Miracle-Gro when watering your trees. It is safe.

Your little trees don't look too bad. They shouldn't have any problems out growing the fmv.

First thing you should do is toss your wife's Mac in the trash,

Paul, from the description I was actually thinking his wife's laptop is a windows-pc :)   I use both and am most happy with my mac.

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Originally Posted by Rewton
Paul, from the description I was actually thinking his wife's laptop is a windows-pc :)   I use both and am most happy with my mac.


counter-intuitive = Mac
XD

Tom, have you checked the PH of your mix lately?
Since we've been having a lot of rain here, I've noticed that all my figs' soil has gone acidic.
I use one of those little PH probes that you can pick up at Lowes for $10.
The plants with the lightest, deformed leaves were reading 5 to 6.
The darker, healthier looking plants are all around 7 to 8.
I'm really paying attention to this aspect of growing this year.
If the PH isn't right, all the nutrients added eventually wash away, unused by the plant.

By the way, all my in ground plants are right at 7, and they've really taken off!
Mother Nature knows best...

Great idea! I've got one of those toy meters too. Pretty narrow scale to tell much, and I don't trust it anyway, but I tried it. The one with the worse brown spots showed 6.5. That green one with the deformed leaves was right at 7. I don't have any lime handy but I put some wood ash in water and it tested just above 8 so I gave a tablespoon of that to the ones with brown spots with some rain water to dilute it. We'll see if that helps and if they start shaping up I'll treat the others. I'll pick up some lime next time I'm by a place that sells it.

Thanks

Your tree looks fine to me. The yellowing could be to much water or too little water. They're in bags? Do the dry too easily? Keep them moist but not to wet. I don't see any drying or wilting so I wouldn't worry.

I see water droplets all over the leaves. If you water in the mornings or midday and they are out I'm the sun, try not to get the leaves wet. Those droplets are just like magnifying glasses and will burn the leaf.

It had just been raining when I took the picture, but they'd had 3 weeks without rain, when they'd been showing problems and 4 days of rain and being quite wet didn't seem to help. They are on a SIP with a wick that keeps the bottom from getting to dry The top of the bag will get pretty dry and I'll water on a hot afternoon but I'm pretty sure I'm not keeping them too wet, or letting them dry to much. I apply water to the top of the bag, never the leaves.

As long as it's not wilting or dropping leaves, it should be fine.

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