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Newly propagated figs dropping leaves

Hie all its winter here in Australia and i successfully rooted some cuttings in late autumn. They rooted well and put new growth with no issues. Since last week. I had an issue with the leaves shriveling.

I assumed it was a humidity issue  but after making humidity domes out of clear plastic, it made no difference, they all fell off. The temperature in my growbox is about 20c and the lights are on 12hrs a day. My heat mat is set to 23c. Any ideas on what might be the case? The other figs i propagated in january are putting new growth with no issue. 


The question is if the trees are still alive.

Sometimes they drop their leaves for whatever reason, I had 2 or three do that when I moved them outside this season.  Both dropped leaves every single leaf but were still (seemingly) alive and well.  If it isn't a serious issue, they will regrow.  

What's your fertilizing amounts and schedule?

Hie  MyDogMike

 
 
when they leafed out i have them a weak solution of liquid fertilizer (half dose) about 2 weeks ago. The mix they are growing in contains a small amount of chicken pellet fertilizer. The leaves did not go yellow at all so i don't suspect fertilizer burn. they just started drooping and some green leaves fell off when just touched them which is odd. One of the cuttings is begining to leaf out ( same batch but slow grower) and i am worried it will suffer the same fate.

Is it possible they're just going dormant?  

Its possible, but what i find interesting is that the other ones i propagated earlier in the year and are under the same conditions are still actively growing.

I've had cuttings do different things in the same environment, it's an unknown as to why.

All I know is that if your cuttings are still alive & healthy, they SHOULD come back and grow if they are in agreeable conditions.

I have some bad news :(

Upon checking i discovered the culprit, root rot. The roots just rotted into a stringy mess my fault likely due to a mix that might have been too wet to accommodate the new roots. I do believe that i  potted them up way too early. I have since cut away the rotted parts and am going to re-root the good parts. Lesson learned!

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Plus, you have a chubby fungus gnat maggot helping kill it, too.

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