Hi everyone, long time listener, first time caller.
I have a common fig (not sure what variant) that's been happy in a 22" pot. Had a rough last year due to drought but this year it's been thriving. Starting a couple of weeks ago a few leaves (less than 1/4 of them) developed yellow splotches shown in the picture. I don't see rust big rust spots. A few of the leaves that were very yellow were very easy to come off - barely pulled on them and they fell right off, with no milk/sap at the wound. Anyone have thoughts? FMV?
It's been pretty wet here in eastern Mass., so I haven't been watering it a lot this summer. But yesterday the leaves were looking a bit limp, so I checked the soil. It was wet within 1" of the top, but deeper down (6") it was bone dry. So I gave it a soaking and the leaves perked up. The yellowing had started a couple of weeks before I soaked it.
A few details: soil has 1" of mulch on top. I have ventilation/drainage holes around the pot at 6" depth and at the bottom (~16"). Trying to gently maintain soil at pH 6 base on soil testing, but haven't had to do much. I've sprayed a couple of times so far with neem oil. I pinched the growth mid-summer to 6 leaves. The tree is in full sun.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
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Rob
Eastern Massachusetts