How can you tell?
Apr 12, Fiddle leaf fig leaves drooping. If your fiddle leaf fig is showing droopy leaves that are turning yellow or brown as well, that’s a sure sign you’re likely watering too much for the amount of light the plant is getting. If the plant is just droopy and possibly a Reviews: So there you have it: the most common causes of drooping fiddle leaf fig trees’ leaves are weak tissue, environmental changes, thirst, root shock, and chemical burn.
Now that you know what’s causing your plant’s sag, you can nurture it back to its perky stumpdelimbing.clubted Reading Time: 5 mins. May 23, Leaf Drop From Dry Conditions – under watering. The 2nd major cause of leaf decrease in a fiddle leaf fig is from dryness. Lack of watering as well as extremely dry air can cause a fiddle leaf fig to drop leaves. Take care not to put your plant in direct sun or near a home heating air vent, where it is blasted with completely dry air routinely.
Fiddle leaf figs do not such as drafts, so selecting a spot Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Fig Mosaic (virus): Affected figs show large yellow areas in the leaves, oak leaf pattern, ring spot area, or a mild mottled pattern. Leaves may be smaller than normal and deformed. Premature defoliation and fruit drop often occur. The virus is spread by vegetative cuttings and Aceria ficus (eriophyid mite). Sep 05, Drooped leaves, yellowing, some brown, leaves dropped. Once a week -> every other week depending on the moisture level reading of soil.
The higher leaves look fine.
3-cups of water at each watering. Fig is still in nursery pot as we have been waiting (per your FLF Plant Resource guides) to transplant so that she can acclimate to our new environment.