When the plant is well hydrated leaves are strong and firm holding up well with a nice waxy glow.
Rubber tree leaves brown spots.
When temperatures drop below 40 degrees f a rubber tree plant may display irregularly shaped brown spots on established leaf surfaces.
Xanthomonas leaf spot is one of the most common diseases found in rubber trees.
Rubber tree plants suffer from disease when grown in improper climates.
If you re tired of coddling the notoriously fickle fiddle leaf fig or weary of picking up dropped leaves from your weeping fig every day try a rubber plant.
But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall.
Plants with spotted leaves.
And while there are many reasons for plain old brown spots when those spots look like little brown bull s eyes the answer my friends is fairly simple organism wise that is.
Rubber plants suffer from sunburn when they re suddenly exposed to too much light.
Remove all leaves with brown spots from plants and also remove any dropped leaves to help break the life cycle of these diseases.
If you notice brown spots on your rubber tree whether they re caused by a fungal or bacterial problem it may be difficult to manage the disease.
The spots may turn brown as tissue dies and the leaves may fall off the plants.
The rubber plant is one of my favorite invincible houseplants because i know it will soon recover from this little mishap.
Rubber trees have multiple trunks and thick fleshy leaves with a glossy dark green sheen.
They re fast growers with the right light conditions and can last 15 years or more with proper care.
Caused by a bacteria called xanthomonas campestris it is characterized by tiny oozing spots that appear on the leaves eventually causing them to yellow and die.
Outside their hardiness area of u s.
Predisposed to enjoy partial shade rubber tree plants grow to heights between 2 and 10 feet tall indoors.
Once you notice brown spots a disease is already present.
Brown spots on my ficus rubber tree s leaves.
If the air is too dry the tips will dry out first and the yellow brown spots will grow inwards.
Those plant leaf spots are caused by one of nature s most basic organisms.
Younger leaves may become malformed and turn from green to brown according to the pennsylvania state university cooperative extension.