Underwatering One of the most common reasons for a ficus to drop leaves is not.

Feb 25, Ficus trees require regular watering. If you let your plant dry out, it may respond by shedding its leaves. If your ficus plant is under watered, its leaves will turn bright yellow all over the plant and then drop off. Fix the problem by watering your ficus tree every time its soil dries out to a depth of an bushremover.bar: Alex Bramwell.

The most common reason why the leaves of the ficus turn yellow and fall off is the violation of sanitary standards for plant maintenance. However, if the trunk is infected with mold, cobwebs, or other stains, the flower is infected with fungus or pests. First of all, it should be noted that the yellowing and wilting of leaves does not always signal problems in the care of ficus.

As a rule, the leaves of ficus live years - at the end of their life cycle, they change their color and eventually die off.

Give it bright, indirect light -- no hot sun.

But this process always takes some time, and only lower sheets are updated at a time. Jan 19, When this happens, the leaves often fall off yellow like those above. Solving the Problem The easiest solution to a sickly ficus tree like this is to throw it out and replace it with one of its easy-to-grow relatives, like fiddleleaf fig (Ficus lyrata), rubber plant (Ficus elastica), or"Alii' banana leaf fig (Ficus maclellandii 'Alii').Author: Steve Bender.

Besides the notorious left drop, ficus plants infected with scale exhibit yellowing leaves. The yellow spots appear on the tops of the foliage while the insects suck sap and chlorophyll from the bottom.

These tiny sucking pests are found on the undersides of leaves, wreaking havoc on indoor houseplants.

Leaves may wilt, become stunted, and you may see decreased vigor overall in the bushremover.barted Reading Time: 9 mins. The ficus tree will drop yellow leaves mainly in two situations - one is that the light has been reduced, usually because the plant has been moved, or is recently purchased.

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