Olga Olga
you must be careful in sun if your fair skinned, todays sun seems more intense than say 40 years ago.
Im olive color type and do not really burn but it seems like i turn much darker than many many years ago i think the suns bad rays are getting worse .

Martin, I agree with you.. Climat is changing..
Hopefully nature will work it out some how...
People can be inside buildings with airconditioners, but plants and animals suffer worst...
Now here almost mid night outside 80 F and no wind and all, very humid, hot..
In shade we go over 100 F already for more then a week..
Weather man speak about 80-90.. But in reality here much more hot..
We had here horrible rain..I was thinking I will do not need to water plants for a couple of days..I check next day, plants was completely dry..
Figs lift up they leaves during the day and look more relax after sun go down..All my citrus trees lift up they leaves too..
Only plants in shade look normal..
I have 3 pools for the dogs..I see birds all the time on pools drinking water..
I can't wait when October will come..Sure plants and animals too..

I got a White Triana and it was dormant when it arrived, but started to bud out and then leaf out after it was planted in the pot.  It was kept under the carport for awhile and then introduced to the sun little by little because the first leaves were malformed and splotchy and I thought it was from FMV.

The first few leaves are really distorted and splotchy.  The newer leaves have a healthy shape, but were splotchy and then I noticed that the newer leaves started out all green, but then got splotchy.

There is a branch that sprouted out on the back side of the tree and its leaves grew out in a healthy shape and they haven't gotten splotchy, but are shaded by the front part of the tree.

I thought the malformed leaves and splotches meant FMV, but now I'm wondering if it's the sun.  Still, the first few leaves were malformed and splotchy before it ever got near any sun.  If that branch on the back of the tree never gets splotchy, maybe I should root it and see what happens.

What's good is that the tree is growing well now and getting better every day.  It was a nice-sized little tree when I got it and had a thicker little trunk.  I sense a lot of energy in it, so I'm hopeful that it will do well.

Olga,  You mention Vitamin C for the trees.  How do you give the C?

I'm thinking that we need to put shadecloth over our trees.

Are you talking about the leaves on the citrus and figs getting curled up during the day?  Is that what you mean by lifted up?

Where in Florida do you live?  What zone are you in?

Thanks,

noss

Hi, Noss!
I mean normally on figs tree leaves go almost gorizontally, may be lift up little bit..
Lately figs lift up they leaves very high, so now if you look on a trees almost all leaves staying together almost in vertical position..
I will make pics tomorrow to better explain..I guess this way they awoid get too much sun..
About your tree..I just will feed it when this one will moved in 3 gallon pot with lime and fertilazer and now try keep it in some kind shape..
If you want to give your tree vitamic C..Look in Home Depot or Lowe's Pine bark, just put it inside pot, cover all soil and water it..
I done it so I can prevent soil from over drying and this help prevent nematodes too and other bags don't bother my figs..
But..I think here must be some kind other side effect.. So, now I keep pine bark for may be 2 month and I think I will need to remove it..
I know this may hurt some tree..May be..I just don't want to take a chance..
My friend told me if you boil pine bark in water..You are getting pure Vitamin C in this water..So, may be we can water plants with this boiling water and give plants Vitamin C..Only I think we need to be careful and don't give too much..
May be like 1 time in a month..
I did boil water with this pine barks, water look pinkish.. Also I boil in same water black weeping willow leaves and branches and after this cool off add a honey..I water with this my yoang figs and cuttings which I trying to root, seems like this help plants to get stronger and they don't show FMV like before..
So, I guess Sara experiment and me adding pine bark.. work at list for me..
But I put small amount of this water and I add clear water to it, so this will be not so strong..

Martin, you are funny, When I was younger I was always very brown, now as older, I have lightened not getting darker, I am lightened to Olive complexion now,(TAN) and sun seems to be getting more intense, Almost florida like in some seasons in this part of Penna.Alessandro is very dark like I was before! 
Olga, have you received the emails I sent to you before, I had to go to Italia for unexpected trip almost over month stay, this spring. If that was you, It was from OLYA it was signed but I don't know that name, thought it may have been from you but got the Y/G mixed up. I was replying to your email, but never heard anything back. Having this trouble lately. Ciao

Hi, Noss,
I just now make few pics of leaves "standing up"..I just make 3 but many other doing the same

Noss, I'm very sorry..I forgot to answer you..
I live in Melbourne, Florida.. Close to the ocean..
I love the ocean..But plants, buildings, car don't like it..
Too much salt in air, water, soil..

Olga,

Wish I could send all my trees to you (FL) every summer, I am sure my trees would love it. At the moment I have no ripped figs yet since it's been cool here lately.

Hi Olga,

Thanks for taking the time to post photos of the leaves standing up.  They sure are!  I've never seen that before.

What kind of citrus is that in back of the second photo?

Melbourne.  Must be beautiful there.  Yes, salt tears up a car and everything else.

Thanks so much,

noss

Hi, Noss!
On second photo a orange..
I plant like 10 when I come here..But taste not good..I just use them for shade..My property standing on old orange grow..
I do have one orange left , one tangerine and one grapefruit left ..Orange and tangerine best I ever eat..
I do have a lemon tree.. Small one..I did have a big one..But people who move on next property..I don't know why..Just cut it.. And this was my property where this lemon grow..So, now I do have one half lemon, half lime..
But, to be honest with you..My friends and family engoy my oranges , not me..I never have time to pick them up..
This happen with mulberry too..
Seems like I always have people here who come to get fruit..
I guess..I will never have too many figs also..
Strange, but no one who I know want to grow they own fruit..They telling me, they just like to get what I grow..

I thought of this old thread when I read an abstract (link below) of an article in Israel Journal of Plant Science.  Scientists conducted an experiment that subjected ficus carica to the environmental stresses of trellising and high temperatures in order to cause the expression of latent FMV.  This is exactly the theory that Herman2 and robertharper propose in posts #10, 16, and 17, and it seems to be the scholarly confirmation that Herman2 is seeking. 

http://www.sciencefromisrael.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0792-9978&volume=52&issue=2&spage=103