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Sep 4, 2016 6:22 PM CST
Name: Fiat
Modesto -The Central Valley of (Zone 9b)
Before Drdawg come to rescue, I just want to share with my experience. I bought a small FLF from online vendor in Aug, 2014 and it was abused by USPS (supposed to be delivered on Sat, but instead...) and suffered a heat trauma (...stayed 3 days-weekend in Post Office store room during 3 digit summer time). It came in very bad shape and I had to scramble repotting it. The photos I took shown below reveal its condition on 8-18-14 (after repotted when bought), 4-2-15 (new leaf growing), 6-1-15 (2nd new leaf growing).
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After I found it was in dire condition when arrived, I also panicked and posted here asking for rescue. Drdawg gave me some good advice and I followed them through the first year... and it was good as I saw new growth in the second year! This year so far I see it has 3 new growth. Looking into my 2014 photo and yours, I suspect yours also had a heat, dry shock during transportation to new place. For my case, the main thing I did at the time was misting my fig at least once every day and I also placed it over a big tray of pebble stone and water. And of course watering it frequently (probably twice a week then). This is just my experience on my Fig. You may want to wait for Drdawg's diagnose and advice. GL

Add: The photo below taken on 3-5-15 shows that new growth was up while the damaged old leaves were still hanging and living without being gone...
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If a plant looks good, smells good, don't eat it, grow it!
Fiat
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