--- title: "Is this a pest issue? I bought this plant about a week and a half ago…" description: "Is this a pest issue? I bought this plant about a week and a half ago and just watered for the first time yesterday. I woke up this morning to find another…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Y-hC-CVqTmyKpoSegPoh5A?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Madison" published: "2024-03-02T17:50:53.381967Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/RUJBAWkHlVjPmTmdw0u__e3euKuYBNQrtBBAZQIUhXc/Tm4AssCTQumoYwkhOVzRSw.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # Is this a pest issue? I bought this plant about a week and a half ago… _Madison님이 2024-03-02에 게시함_ Is this a pest issue? I bought this plant about a week and a half ago and just watered for the first time yesterday. I woke up this morning to find another leaf turning like this ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/RUJBAWkHlVjPmTmdw0u__e3euKuYBNQrtBBAZQIUhXc/Tm4AssCTQumoYwkhOVzRSw.webp?size=large) ## 16개의 댓글 ### Ally님이 2024-03-02에 댓글을 남겼어요. Yeah it looks like it, I would spray all the roots with a pesticide and use some sticky traps ### Tigerlilly님이 2024-03-02에 댓글을 남겼어요. it could be but it looks like it’s the lowest leaf and those are the oldest and die off first. it’s hard to tell from the photo but could those be thrips on that leaf? #### Madison님이 2024-03-02에 답변했습니다. i’m not too sure, there’s white dots on a lot of the leaves but i scratch them and they don’t move or come off ### Tigerlilly님이 2024-03-02에 댓글을 남겼어요. are the white spots only on the oldest leaves? or the newer leaves too? #### Madison님이 2024-03-02에 답변했습니다. i’m pretty sure it’s on all of them, but they do not come off #### Madison님이 2024-03-02에 답변했습니다. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/RUJBAWkHlVjPmTmdw0u__e3euKuYBNQrtBBAZQIUhXc/veqCSpNgRk-TJApjRLK9Cw.webp?size=large) #### Madison님이 2024-03-02에 답변했습니다. this is what it looked like 2 days ago and all of a sudden the leaves are turning yellow ### Tigerlilly님이 2024-03-02에 댓글을 남겼어요. oh you have a ficus! those white spots are normal for ficus plants. phew, haha. when you watered it, did you check the soil first? was it completely dry? #### Madison님이 2024-03-02에 답변했습니다. yes it was very dry #### Tigerlilly님이 2024-03-02에 답변했습니다. wow, I’m rather stumped. ficus can be very finicky so perhaps it wasn’t watered consistently before you had it and it’s now deciding to throw a fit. so sorry I wasn’t any help! if I find anything else out, I’ll let you know. #### Sunny님이 2024-03-02에 답변했습니다. Did you check for a completely dry soil with a wooden skewer to the bottom of the soil because the leaves look like they are over watered? The other possibility is stress from coming into a new environment causing leaf drop. I recommend just leaving it alone in one spot for awhile letting it adjust. Let the soil dry out before watering again. ### Tigerlilly님이 2024-03-02에 댓글을 남겼어요. oh wait, how much sun is it getting? ficus like A LOT of sunlight. my two ficus are close to a south window and get direct sunlight. #### Madison님이 2024-03-02에 답변했습니다. it is in a south facing window:((( It’s been cloudy the past few days tho #### Madison님이 2024-03-03에 답변했습니다. The leafs that were yellow are now turning brown.. #### Madison님이 2024-03-04에 답변했습니다. should i repot maybe? #### Tigerlilly님이 2024-03-04에 답변했습니다. I would definitely check the roots. no need to repot, per se. if the roots are rooting, I would propagate the plant and try to save it that way. --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_