Woke up to find my ficus elastica burgundy’s lower leaf had turned orange. It looked completely green and healthy two days ago. I watered it yesterday, and let the soil completely dry out between waterings. Google can’t decide if this is a sign of thrips, rust, or simply overwatering. Any help is greatly appreciated in advance.
Mine is doing the same thing because it’s rootbound itself- is yours due a repot?
Thanks for answering! I repotted it about a month ago. Wasn’t rootbound, just wanted to give it a soil refresh and give it a chunkier mix. I just wanna make sure it’s nothing serious since I’ve got two other ficuses and quite a few jades in the same spot as it.
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when mine was over watered (several times oops) the bottom leaves just fell off but there was no discoloration. is it in direct sun? whenever I see red my first thought is sun stress but i’m not sure if ficus does that
1 like It’s been in a south window for a little over a month. I bought it from a nursery that was keeping it in a greenhouse, so I figured it was pretty used to more light before I placed it in my south windowsill. I can definitely try to put it in a lower light window. So you don’t think it’s anything fungal or pest related?
0 likes was this the oldest leaf? if so I definitely think it’s okay maybe just shedding an older leaf/looking for nutrients, do you fertilize? mine prefers an east facing window with more indirect light for most of the day.
1 like I don’t fertilize, and yes, it was one of the older leaves. Thanks for your help 😊 I just wanted to double check that it’s not something that can spread to my other plants. I’m going on a trip soon and was a little worried I was gonna come home to half of them contracting what this one had 😥
0 likes I don’t think so!! looks like nutrient deficiency or too much sun to me
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