Oh yes, I know! Lots of the design type blogs say pretty much the opposite care. Some advice does depend on your type of soil and whether your pot has drainage holes. The advice here comes from people with real-life years of experience, and if you browse the threads about browning FLF leaves (a common problem) you'll find pretty consistent recommendations. Explanations too, which I think is the important part. More light will help, the only thing to watch inside is if the spot in front of a window gets too hot. FLFs can live outside in full sun too, but you have to acclimatise them gradually to that, over a couple weeks.

Overwatering is the likely reason. If you’re watering on a set schedule and can still detect moisture deep in the pot, you’re over watering. Water as the plant needs it, not on a set schedule. Also, place the tree right up of front of your brightest window, not a few feet away.

I agree the damage is almost certainly from pool chemicals. If you haven't flushed the soil VERY thoroughly, please do. Make sure that a volume of room temp water equal to at least 10x the volume of the pot the plant is in makes its way slowly through the soil. If you're worried that represents over-watering, you need to take a critical look at your soil choice, but that's another conversation. If you're using a cache pot or a saucer under the plant, make certain the bottom of the pot is lifted well above any water that collects in the saucer/cache pot so there is no pathway for the effluent to make its way back into the soil after it exits the drain. Then, as Jean mentioned, it becomes a wait and see kind of deal. Withhold fertilizer unless/until you see new growth. Water when the soil is almost but not quite dry near the pot's bottom. Use a wooden skewer or, preferably, a 1/4 or 5/16" dowel rod sharpened in a pencil sharpener. Push it to the bottom of the pot and water only when the tip shoes nearly dry when you remove it. The background info provided forces us to believe it's from the unscheduled swim it took, but I still must ask if you have an ion exchange water softening system - one that requires the addition of salt from time to time? On the chance the answer is 'yes', priority one is figuring out a work-around for that. Al

Hello, About a month ago, I received this small fiddle leaf fig (FLF) as a gift from a friend! It is placed near a large south-facing window, but is not right beside the window because it is a bit drafty near there. She gets a lot of sunlight throughout the day and I water only when the soil is dry to slightly moist (I check by sticking a dowel in the soil). When I first received it, I also noticed that most of its leaves were curling in-wards and felt stiff (pic #1 and 2), in comparison to some of the more "supple" and leafy-like ones I've seen on other FLFs. It's been about a month or so and it has grown two new leafs, which are quite supple and green, but not the deep dark green of its fellow leaves. I've also started noticing small brown spots on the underside of a couple of leaves (pic # 3 and 4). The weather has been on the cooler side (I live in Southern Ontario, Canada and winter is ending. So far, the weather in March/April has ranged from snow to rain/cold to cool). The air has been quite dry this winter, but during summer it gets very humid (July and Aug, especially). I'm aware that FLFs are notorious drama queens (I had a previous one that dropped all its leaves after bringing it home, no matter how much love I gave it), and I really don't want this one to die! I guess I'm wondering if the "curling" leaves are normal and if there is anything else I can do to stop the brown spots from spreading? Thank you for any assistance! Pic #1 Pic #2 Pic #3 Pic #4