They re fast growers with the right light conditions and can last 15 years or more with proper care.
Rubber tree leaves brown spots.
Rubber tree plants suffer from disease when grown in improper climates.
Symptoms include the appearance of yellow or white spots and patches on the leaves.
The spots may turn brown as tissue dies and the leaves may fall off the plants.
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.
When the plant is well hydrated leaves are strong and firm holding up well with a nice waxy glow.
Remove all leaves with brown spots from plants and also remove any dropped leaves to help break the life cycle of these diseases.
The rubber plant is one of my favorite invincible houseplants because i know it will soon recover from this little mishap.
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.
Brown spots on my ficus rubber tree s leaves.
When temperatures drop below 40 degrees f a rubber tree plant may display irregularly shaped brown spots on established leaf surfaces.
This can happen when plants that are used to low light are moved to a brighter spot.
Rubber trees ficus elastica are broadleaf evergreen trees that grow about 25 feet tall in the landscape.
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.
Rubber trees have multiple trunks and thick fleshy leaves with a glossy dark green sheen.
But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall.
Younger leaves may become malformed and turn from green to brown according to the pennsylvania state university cooperative extension.
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.
Plants with spotted leaves.
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.
Outside their hardiness area of u s.