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Hi. I have attached pictures of my ficus. The new growth is very deformed.

Tree info:

Bright indirect/ direct light. Mostly indirect

Temperature is average. Not hot not cold and not next to a radiator.

Water only when soil is dry

Potted in a ficus soilmix with added granules in the soil

Gets fertaliser every 2 weeks as per manufacturer instructions.. the fertaliser is miracle grow all purpose.

Otherwise it's been health for the past 3 years

Disclaimer.... it looks like shit... dick head housemate hit it of window sill and snapped 2/3 of the branches off so its re growing and currently looks like trash

This looks very much like visitors on your plant.

Have you checked for aphids / thrips?

Else it could be malnutrition (Unlikely as it is just the new leaves, the rest looks healthy) or root-damage (Are you watering it properly?)

Yeah it gets watering done soon as the surface dryes out. I'll double check for aphids. I have another tree with aphid ( struggling to get rid of them) they have never been near though

You will find several methods on the Empire of getting rid of aphids, all defended passionately. I found a systemic chemical that made them all disappear. There are several around, in big box hardware stores in the houseplant section or on Amazon.

Others will recommend Neem oil, which worked for me for a short time but smelled the room up. It sprays, so you have to do it in the bathtub or wipe it off the floor and walls. Repeat in three days.

Or, a mix of soapy water. Or, picking them off by hand. That would work, but they come back fast. The ants that transport them just keep coming.

Good luck.

If you are in USA as Ivan you may find efficient systemic insectisides in garden centers around you. In most of Europe you cannot. We must rely on neem oil that works quite well If used as prevention or on an ongoing infestation combined with manual plucking.

Another approach is to control the ants that bring the aphids in to feed off the plants.

One thing to do is put the pot in a large bowl of water, elevated with rocks in something to keep the dirt in the pit out if the water. There are ants in Brazil that can get across standing water, but most can't.

Most likelly the ficus is grown indoors and there are no ants to control.

I only have aphid trouble when the tropicals are inside. They stay right beside a bay window, and ants seem to be able to walk right through the joints.

Outside there is a Bradford pear that seems to be susceptible to the ants, but the tropicals don't have any problem outside.

My experience is the same with most plants. Indoors they are more prone to get aphids. Outside there are wind, rain and predators to limit them. However in Sweden I have never seen ants walk indoors, not in my house or anywhere else. Maybe different species in different locations have different behaviour? Like the walk on water ones in brazil.

When I have any pest problem on potted plants in sumner I put them one week on my lawn. There are a lot of bugs there that will prey on them. Maybe that works because systemics is prohibited in Europe or same as above, because we have another fauna?

I have been worries about putting them out. As I have 16 trees now and I struggle to clear the bug infestations I have had. I diddent realise they get less bug issues outside. In uk the bug sprays are all but unless again aphid I find. I have tried putting bug Greece on the truks. Have any experience with that working?