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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?

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. 

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]

Thanks Armando. It looks like scale on the leaf stem but it's not. It's just brown spots.

pino

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What does the underside of the leaf look like?

rafaelissimmo

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Pino

Picture 3 shows the underside, looks about the same. Not sure Danny, looks like fungus or rust. Not fmv.

pino

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I see now thanks.

It almost looks like liquid drops hit the leaf resulting in burnt spots.  sunburn? 

nycfig

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Some new leaves are developing on a few.  Waiting to see if it is on the new ones too.  

Wife says the same as you, Pino.  I think its rust.  Going to start some kind of treatment.

Man... it's too early in the season for this!

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?

nycfig

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2nd Tree from the right, front row:

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The crisp edges on that leaf in the second pic were caused by grow lights inside the house this past winter.

Same row, Afghanistanica looking worse than yesterday:

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Walked out this morning to check figs and guess what I saw hanging on neighbors railing?

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It's about 8 feet from the affected trees.  Yellow liquid inside the bottle.  Going to ask him tonight.

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.    

jdsfrance

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Hi,
Neighbors ...
Reminds me of one of mine, last year, with his barbecue against our common fence ... he cooked some of my "goutte d'or" figs ... Damn it ! All that waiting for nothing !

Well, back to your question : Could be sunburn, cold burn, fertilizer-burn or chemical-burn (or soap-burn if you washed/cleaned the area with some soap ) .
I would wash the leaves in the shower or in the garden with the watering can and I would take the trees out of reach
from the neighbor and see if the trees recover.

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.

There use to be wasps all over my deck, picking off pieces of the grey weathered wood.  I pressure washed and stained it a little over a month ago and haven't seen one since.  They must've moved to the neighbors yard.  There are carpenter bees and they constantly dive bomb my head when I'm in the yard.  Neighbor pointed to where the carpenter bees are hanging around (close to the affected plants of course) and I found about six 3/8" holes in the balusters of the railings.  Neat little piles of of sawdust under most of them.  Never saw the holes because they were blocked by a table.  Filled the holes with caulking.  Went out now to take pics and one of the holes is already dug open.

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Other than spots on the leaves, the plants seem healthy.  New leaves don't have the spots.  Hoping that was the problem.

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rafaelissimmo

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Danny

Carpenter bees are stupid, they don't even sting. I usually take them out with my pool debris net, and put them to pasture. I used to fill the holes they drilled with chewing gum thinking they would desist, but within a day they would chew right through it. They are persistent but stupid.

james

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There are many websites devoted to using pine-sol as a week killer.  I think you found your problem.

Mix equal parts dish soap and Pin-Sol into a spray bottle and apply generously to the targeted area. In addition to the killing of weeds, the Pine-Sol it helps prevent and kill ants and other small insects in the same area.

Read more: http://homegrownandhealthy.com/diy-weed-killer-recipes/#ixzz3Zwqev1xJ

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. 

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.  :)