This forum has been so helpful! I live in British Columbia Canada (I believe we are zone 4). I bought a fiddle leaf fig about a month ago and a half ago. I initially had it in a window that was not getting much light, but about three weeks ago I moved and now he has access to a brighter window. I also repotted it in a pot that has what I am hoping is enough drainage. He has grown about 6 new leaves in the last 3 weeks and one of them is now the largest leaf. About 2 weeks ago he started getting rust coloured spots on the backs of his older more established leaves (I'm assuming its plant edema?) I was not the best at watering him initially, he lost a new growth leaf that dried up and never fully bloomed so I thought I wasn't watering enough and I was not consistent. Below are the older leaves covered in the spots only on the backs(not visible from the front):
Now I am hoping to stick to once a week watering. Over the last week the new big leaf has started to develop the rust spots and went from beautiful and smooth to having dents in it. It has been a week since last watering and the soil feels dry 2 inches down. I am scared to water again, but also that I am not watering enough. Below is the new leaf starting to get spots:
Any idea on what the dents are probably from, when I bought it one of the leaves looked like that, but I assumed it was a weird deformed leaf? Really hoping the brown spots aren't root rot? They don't look like other root rot pictures, but could it be the beginning of that?
Suggestions on watering? Overall he is continuing to get new bright green leaves( has three more sprouting), but I am afraid to wreck this new growth.
Thanks a bunch!
When I brought him home:
Today:
