What is wrong with my Ficus tree?

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  1. CMeredith

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    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    I wonder if your ficus doesn't get too much wind or is perhaps a bit too dry. Some places look almost as if something may have been chewing on the upper layer of the leaf surface.
    To be truthful, I can't really see the damage well enough.
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Give us a little information.... where is it growing, how old is it, has been moved recently, how often do you feed it and with what? So many things cause similar damage that just looking at photos doesn't really help with a diagnosis.
     
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    The tree grows by a large window without indirect light. It was moved 6 months ago from my mothers house. At first it dropped a lot of leaves. But just recently since the start of spring the leaves are browning at the tips. I haven't fertilized for a while.
     



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    Ficus trees hate to be moved and frequently will lose a lot of leaves until it adjusts to the new space. My first thought is that those leaves had frost damage. Were those leaf tips touching the window glass during a cold snap ? Or they can burn as well if touching the glass depending on how the sun hits the window.
     
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    No definitely not from the cold. Either the Sun or a nutrient deficiency I'm guessing.
     
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    Could be. I would fertilize it and just wait and see how it does in the next few weeks.
     
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    I agree with mart...Make sure it's well watered one time at moving and then spray, spray, spray it for a few weeks....should be fine then....
     
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    How long since it was repotted? Are you able to add a pic of the whole plant?
     
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