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nycfig
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Have 1 year old Strawberry Verte, Gino's Fig and English Brown Turkey in 2 gal containers all about 12" tall. They're all in a plant stand on the deck. Directly below them are some more smaller plants; Black Madeira, Olympian, Sicilian Dark, Afgahanistanica and a few others. They are all exhibiting the same dark spots on the leaves. Except for some obvious signs of FMV they all seem pretty healthy. No other fig trees in the yard have the spots. Any ideas what it could be? |
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armando93223
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On the stem it kind of looks like a scale infestation. You can pick them off, I think you can use something to wash it off, don't remember. |
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nycfig
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[QUOTE=armando93223]On the stem it kind of looks like a scale infestation. You can pick them off, I think you can use something to wash it off, don't remember. [/QUOTE] |
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pino
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What does the underside of the leaf look like? |
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rafaelissimmo
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Pino |
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pino
Registered: Posts: 2,117 |
I see now thanks. |
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nycfig
Registered: Posts: 884 |
Some new leaves are developing on a few. Waiting to see if it is on the new ones too. |
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james
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The spots do not resemble leaf rust. Can you provide a close up of the leaves on the 2nd tree from the right in the front row? |
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nycfig
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2nd Tree from the right, front row: |
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adoresfigs45
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Move trees now. Neighbors can get squirrelly. Nuts Jealous Doped up. Who knows. Be save rather than sorry. I caught an old lady neighbor leaning over my fence and sniping tops of my tomatoes off. I rigged hose to squirt straight up. Watched next day when she was leaning over turned on full blast. Laughed my rear off. I walked around the corner and told her the jig was up and next time she did it I would call the guys in the white coats. |
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jdsfrance
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Hi, |
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nycfig
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Spoke to the neighbor this morning. Said he was spraying PineSol in the area to kill wasps and carpenter bees. He didn't think the spray was reaching the plants. Said he won't spray any more. I know neighbors can be trouble sometimes but he is a good person and not malicious at all. |
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rafaelissimmo
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Danny |
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james
Registered: Posts: 1,653 |
There are many websites devoted to using pine-sol as a week killer. I think you found your problem. |
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FigTrees2013
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If it is rust you can cut off the leaves and give the plants a nitrogen heavy fertilizer to promote new growth. Otherwise, try to get the plants some more potassium (the 3rd number of the n-p-k on fertilizer labels), as that helps boost the plants ability to resist disease. You can try a baking soda spray too. I've had rust before, but your photos show more black pots than I've experienced myself before. |
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nycfig
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No more Pine-Sol, no more spots! New leaves are spot free and plants are healthy and thriving. Thanks to everyone for your input. :) |
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