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leaf curl black

New to the forum but have been growing figs in pots for a number of years. I have 4 trees I pots, overwinter in garage and pulled them out a few weeks ago. The leaves are curled, and turn black. the leaf stems bend and appear to have black spots on them. I checked for bugs and there are none and it seems to be every leaf. they are VdB. I sprayed a fungicide, Serenade, and that had little effect. So, I moved to streptomycin (I have quince and worry about fireblight) and that seemed to arrest the further decay, but not cure the problem. Now, I notice that my pole bean leaves seem to be exhibiting the same problem. I wonder if anyone has any experience dealing with this. My next thought is to do a hard prune and rub the trunks with a bleach cloth.....but I would like to avoid that.
thanks for the help. I searched for similar topics and didn't see any.
John

Before spraying them I would cut and destroy any leaves that have blackened and prune any green branches with mold or blackened.
Wash and scrub the rest of the branches and put the tree in full sun. 
It will probably be OK.

Leaf Scorch? Don't panic yet. Research this and see if it is what's happening. Many different reasons for scorch. Too much sun, too much wind, too much cold, too much fertilizer???

thanks for the help. I will try to post pictures.
I don't think its leaf scorch from what I read, but I could be wrong.

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