Spotting on Ficus bonsai
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Hello everyone,
New bonsai owner here. I have a ficus with a couple of different types of spotting and I am trying to figure out if the tree is just stressed from being moved, or if there is a larger issue. Here are some of the conditions to be considered:
Temp- consistently around 70 degrees as it is indoors.
Watering- I mist occasionally and water on observation when the top of the soil is dry.
Timing- I got this plant from a nusery about a week and a half ago, where I was took through the process of repotting and proper fertilization.
Pests- I saw a couple of white bugs on it several days ago, and have been spraying the tree with pressured water in the morning every day since. I haven't noticed any more activity since then.
Thanks for any insights you all can provide.
New bonsai owner here. I have a ficus with a couple of different types of spotting and I am trying to figure out if the tree is just stressed from being moved, or if there is a larger issue. Here are some of the conditions to be considered:
Temp- consistently around 70 degrees as it is indoors.
Watering- I mist occasionally and water on observation when the top of the soil is dry.
Timing- I got this plant from a nusery about a week and a half ago, where I was took through the process of repotting and proper fertilization.
Pests- I saw a couple of white bugs on it several days ago, and have been spraying the tree with pressured water in the morning every day since. I haven't noticed any more activity since then.
Thanks for any insights you all can provide.
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Sorry, i didn't notice that my attachments were too big before. Here is a couple of pictures of the spotting types.
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I cannot tell what the spots are. But I can tell you what the plant is and it is not a ficus.
Schefflera arboricola.
Schefflera arboricola.
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How is this plant doing now?
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Growing well, I added a grow light and changed for more free-draining soil and the plant grew so aggressively that I recently decided to do a full defoliation and prune back some of the branches as it was getting leggy. New leaves are now sprouting about 3 weeks since the defoliation.
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Reading the first post again makes me think it suffered from all that spraying and flushing with water. I have never sprayed my arralias and they do fine without it. However at one point I had a few leafs growing against the greenhouse wall. They got wet from condensation and turned black.
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