Viewing post #2056490 by CrazedHoosier

abthom said:Hi all,

I bought a beautiful Fiddle Leaf Tree a few months ago - it was doing great until recently. Every new leaf is growing out covered in reddish brown spots. Sometimes they fall out but a few have grown large with the brown spots. The other older leaves are all a beautiful dark green. Does anyone know why the new leaves are growing out brown? I water it once per week and it's by a window with alot of filtered sunlight. I repotted it in fertilized potting soil about 1 month ago when the leaves first started coming out brown - but that didn't help it.

I appreciate any thoughts and advice! I am a novice.

Thank you!

• Fiddle Leaf Fig (Ficus lyrata)
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I kinda want to say this is leaf oedema. It's a very classic issue in fiddle leaf figs, and only occurs on immature leaves. If the spots disappear at leaf maturity, then it is leaf oedema. My FLF gets these red dots, but not quite as severe as yours has. Maybe @WillC can further diagnose?

Here is an image of some intense leaf oedema.
https://images.app.goo.gl/Zo2v...



Oops, didn't realize this was an "old" thread. Sorry.