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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
Join Date: Jun-2006
Location: New York City
Country: U.S.A.
Posts: 38
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problem with ficus
This ficus just has never thrived, unlike a few others I have. Lately almost all the leaves have been looking either curled, a little yellow, or like they are dusted with white. I have sprayed it with Neem oil a few times, and also washed the leaves with a soap solution. I've been trying to eradicate scale on a few other trees, but haven't seen scale on this one.
I don't over water. The plant was on a south facing windowsill for awhile, but just in case it's problem might spread to other plants in that spot, I recently moved it into an indoor location with artificial light.
One thing I noticed on repotting it in the spring (I had bought it from a nursery about a year ago) was that the soil was full of grubs. I thought I got them out, but didn't completely remove the old soil, just shook it out a bit and and put it in a bigger pot.
Can anyone recognize its problem from this picture of the leaves? Could it be the old soil? I'm afraid to repot it because it looks so sickly I worry I'll just kill it.
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