"The leaves curl inward, turn yellow, die and fall off." This is what my figs do before they go dormant. I same some leaves doing this now in early Sept. However you say this started two months ago which is early to for going dormant, although I don't know where you are.

There real experts on Fig forum at top page click Fig you be there. To thing fig tree needs is lime and 10-10-10 a balance complete fertilizer same as garden veg. In early spring half fertilizer and half lime are pound to pound of each. I use 5 pounds fertilizer and 5 pounds lime and mix well spread under but not close to trunk make spread beyond drip line plant. This make good crop and feed foliage all summer. Water plant if in dry soil keep grass weed out from under tree just water if dry once week 5 gallons.

Hi Jajada, your pictures show FMV, classic case is mottled leaves that are raised like bubbles, plant leaves in what appears to be a lack of chlorophyll, badly deformed looking leaves,or tiny darker green spots observed with a light from under leaf . You can click the link i posted last season. I showed FMV mild case and more severe case in a few of my plants. I see your in CA and the FMV can be transmitted thru some bugs and thru pruning shears also from one plant to another. FMV is a curable virus in plants but much much to costly for the average gardener, fig plants can be easily reinfected by certain bugs that will transmit it . Many fig plants can deal with it as they get larger a few such as ischia black are most affected and stunted by it as it can affect the plants cells from multiplying therfore stunting it. Its been my experience that once a plant has it its there for good although it may seem gone its there and can show itself anytime. FMV may not show in all limbs of a plant as its a very slow moving virus, its slow enough that in a lab new emerging shoots are cut and then sterilized and use of a microscope and scalpel to the extract the meristem by peeling back the outer shell consisiting of many tiny leaves within it eventually coming to the meristem which is an opague color very small and hard to see and propagate useing certain types of medium are used in a complete sterile setting. Its very costly to do as stated properly but that part of the plant has the highest probability of not yet being infected and contains all whats needed to start a new plant. FmV is in tobacco and potato crops called by different intials but basically is the same type of virus. How they deal with it im not sure as i have only read about fig plants mostly. Martin Here is a link that might be useful: http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3316723&highlight=mosaic

You're right Martin, maybe someone tilled the ground to close to this tree and killed a portion of the tree's roots........fig roots are rather shallow and often quite spreading from the trunk of the tree. Suggestion.........water your tree well making sure to keep the soil moist and it should respond to that treatment. My guess if that this tree was severely neglected by the prior owner and that the roots recently suffered from a tilling operation that was much too close to this tree....leading to some root damage. Dan