A coincidence, perhaps, but most of the people who adopt a ficus from the curb live to regret it. Quite often, judging by what is reported in the house plant and/or the pest forum, owners discard them rather than deal with the endless battle with scale insects. I suggest that you give your plant a VERY careful examination before bringing them into your household. It is absolutely a Ficus benjamina. A visit to the Houseplant Forum and a Search within that forum will lead you to a great deal of information.

I give NO QUARTER to ANY bugs except the ladies !! HEY !! You don't have to tell me about lobbies !! I live right next door to the idiot city !! After all the years in this area I've finally figured it out !! It's that WIERDLY shaped off-white house on Pennsylvania Avenue !!! It's an IDIOT MAGNET !!! It pulls the idiots from all over the world !!! It's that strong !! You know what they say about mob intelligence ?? Gee, I wonder what the intelligence level at the capitol is ??????? I'd venture a worm has them beat by a long shot !!! Chryss, a-since-you-brought-it-up-dedicated-fan-for-razing-all-of-DC-and -building-a-bigger-zoo !!

My guess is leaf scorch from being moved from indirect sun indoors to probably full sun on the deck. Leaves grown in less light take time to acclimate to full sun. It looks like the new growth on the tips (grown in full sun) is a healthy green. The scorced leaves wont repair themselves. My assessment fwiw, christian

Hi folks, I took all of the wonderful information I was given and used it well. I took Stella out of her cramped condo and cut off 30% of her root ball. I then cut wedges into four sides of the root ball. I put Stella in a pot just slightly larger than her original pot with fresh potting mix in bottom and around sides. I used 3 cups of BioTone Starter Plus mixed into the potting mix. I watered and waited. I figured she would live or die. Well thanks to you good folks Stella is alive and beginning to thrive. She now has new leaf clusters on each of the old leaf cluster points. I will post updated photo soon. Now mind you Stella will not win any robust fig tree contest this year but she is 'in training'. Now for the final question - Will Stella survive if I put her in the ground in September?? Sorry to keep talking about this fig tree like a person but it has been quite an experience - I'm a total newbie at this. DL