My problem is that about 2 weeks after bringing it home these brown spots started appearing. As you can see in the images, they are quite large. They only seem to occur on the older, yellower leaves, closer to the bottom of the plant. There are some brown spots on some of the pinker leaves but basically, the yellower the leaf the more brown spots it has on it. The newest leaves at the top are beautiful pink and shiny and waxy, they look great and even have some new leaves emerging. The bottom half looks like junk, dull non-glossy leaves. I have searched the internet far and wide for ficus pests, it doesn't seem to be an insect, fungus, mold, etc. Basically it looks like the brown spots could be caused by anything! Too much light, not enough light, a viral infection, a nutrient deficiency, etc.
I water it every 4-7 days, when the soil starts to dry out.
I have fertilized it once since bringing it home, about 4 weeks after purchase.
I watered it with tap water the first time, but read they don't like that. So I have used filtered water from my Brita filter. I don't know if that's good or not, but in Orange County, there is no rainwater
I read that this pink variety actually needs some direct sunlight. I gradually introduced it to late afternoon direct sun, and it seems to LOVE it.
The brown patches seem to have stopped spreading in the last week, but I am still very concerned and I want to know what the heck this is all about
I really love this little plant and I hope someone can help. I am at a complete loss!
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Note the yellow leaves horrible while the pink leaves are great^
