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What is it and how to remedy?

Out on the patio this afternoon, I checked out my figs after being gone for a nice long weekend.  Yikes, one of my babies has an issue. 
Looks like what could be rust, we've had a LOT of rain, but not a lot of high temperatures.  Thoughts? 
And what ought to be the best resolution or remedy?

Same plant has little white spots, I thought mold or mildew but the spots are hard, rather sandy feeling.  On tops and undersides of leaves.  Not all leaves appear to be affected, and only on one figgie, a Hardy Chicago in a pot.
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Thanks in advance guys and gals! 


The white spot may be some sort of eggs and the " rust" may be due to over fertilization. Imho

Thanks, Rich.  All of my figs have been watered and fertilized the same, so I guess I'm confused why only one plant has these white spots and dark spots.
Should I just pick off or knock off the hard white spot things then if they are eggs?  What would be the best way to dispose of them if they are eggs of some critter?
Thanks again, since I am new to growing figs, I want to do what's best and defer to the specialists!

The brown marks are stress indicators. At some point the plant was too dry. At this point, just ignore them.

Hi,
The white spots look like dried sap for me. I would ignore that - and check for insects "green shield bug" around.
For the brown spots, the leaves look older so just normal aging as the spots are small at this point.
If the weather is still rainy, I would try to keep the leaves out of the rain - That plant is in pot, or ? If so I would up pot. When was her last up pot ? - Just my 2 cents .
I often see figtrees in pots (at the nurseries) exposing such symptoms of stress - once in ground those symptoms just vanish.

  • Rob

I agree with Jon.  Usually when I see leaves with brown spots it means the tree has experienced stress.  For me 90% of the time the stress is drying out in the heat.  So think of it like a sunburn.  Not much you can do about it now, but next time try to avoid it.  So make sure you keep plants watered if it gets hot/dry.

Also, it's not that bad.  I've seen a lot worse.  And as jds indicated, it also may happen as the leaves age, even in absence of any serious stress. 

Thanks everyone!  I sure appreciate the information. 
I think they have been watered well, and they get shade from about 2 until 6.  I could be wrong tho, I'll watch them closely since I missed them while I was gone those 4 days! 

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