Bonborn - Ficus senior progression from 2014

[wrcmad]

Can someone tell me why are the leaves going yellow please.

Shedding older leaves as new spring growth starts to open - mine do the same thing every year in the first week of October.

BTW, this one should be a cracker of a tree when done - love it.

[bonborn]

Thanks wrcmad. I was getting a bit worried there. It will be a cracker. Fingers crossed all the grafts take. Counting on these.

[sheepdawg]

If you're still nervous about the yellow leaves, you could proactively use a systemic fungicide/insecticide to hold off any possible problems.

I use Yates Rose Shield because it's cheap and seems to target the major problems/pests (I get the concentrated stuff and mix my own). But I'm no expert.

[bonborn]

This old fella was struggling because it was being attacked by scales. They well so well hidden that I couldn't really see amongst all the growth. I tried picking them out but there were too many do i ended up defoliating. Hope I haven't done this too early in the season.

I am not liking the length too much but just don't have the courage to chop it low. Any ideas how I can improve on it.







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[Rintar]

Hows this coming along? Have you done anything with it of late.