In ficus dark spots on the leaves. We understand how to help plant

Ficus - enough popular indoor plants among gardeners. He is not only a beautiful interior decoration in the house or office, and still saturates the air with oxygen.

Ficus quite unpretentious in the care and still, at times, and with them the problems happen. Often the leaves of the mulberry family representative can be found dark spots.

That's how get rid of them and prevent further occurrence will understand later.

The reasons for the appearance of dark spots in figs

If the leaves of ficus any dark spots, this could serve as a such reasons:

· A plant conducted improper care. Lack of phosphorus and potassium in soil adversely affects Ficus.

You must timely and accurately to fertilize the soil. 1 fertilize plants once per vegetative phase (April - September).

· Wrong watering plants. Do not fill ficus! The soil should be moderately moist life.

Otherwise, in the swampy soil the roots of the plants just beginning to rot, respectively, and it will be reflected on the leaves at all in the death of the plant.

· temperature conditions. A favorable temperature for ficus from +20 to +30 degrees. Low temperature threatens darkening of the edges of the leaves and leads to their extinction.

Elevated temperatures exposes ficus to the withers, as it is first of all reflected on the leaf discoloration.

· humidified air. Take care that the air humidity in the room was no more than 70-75%, or from too dry air leaves may wither, but from too wet air - there are dark spots on the leaves - they rot.

· Indoor lighting. In a dimly lit room rubber plants more susceptible to pests attack, it is likely that the plant will wither and dry up.

· disease ficus. If you do not observe temperature conditions, humidity, leaving the plants in the open sun, may occur fungal diseases of plants.

On the leaves you will notice brown and dark spots in the development of the disease - a fluffy white plaque. Defeat flower thrips - a very unpleasant phenomenon, because these bugs are not so easy to get rid of.

They lay eggs in the plate sheet, and larvae gnaw sheet, damaging it.

We look at how to help the plant

So, if you notice dark spots on the leaves are establishing their initial ficus plant care: be sure to fertilize the plant twice a year from early spring to early autumn; moderately watered flower; We observe optimum temperature (+20 to +30 degrees); monitor the humidified air (70-75%); We put a flower on a lighted place, but exclude direct sunlight. Do not move plants often from place to place.

To combat pests wipe the leaves with a soft cloth dampened with soapy water.

Large parasites collect and destroy, spray the plant with insecticide. These measures apply to the full recovery of the plant.

Affected by fungal diseases of leaves cut off. Ficus, soil, pot and adjacent flowers treat with fungicide.