Over the past week or two our fig tree has starting getting brown spots on the leaves. At first it was just a couple of leaves now it seems to be spreading pretty fast.
[img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2537/3913524714_d96d71b595.jpg[/img]
[img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/3912738195_893a5546e0.jpg[/img]
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Is it something to be concerned about?
It looks like fig rust.
Fig rust:
[img]https://plantpath.caes.uga.edu/extension/plants/fruitandnuts/images/leaf1.JPG[/img]
The University of Georgia offers these articles about growing figs in Georgia:
https://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/C945/C945.html#Disease
https://plantpath.caes.uga.edu/extension/plants/fruitandnuts/CommonFigRust.html
Fig rust:
[img]https://plantpath.caes.uga.edu/extension/plants/fruitandnuts/images/leaf1.JPG[/img]
The University of Georgia offers these articles about growing figs in Georgia:
https://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/C945/C945.html#Disease
https://plantpath.caes.uga.edu/extension/plants/fruitandnuts/CommonFigRust.html