Culprit?

[lewisfigs]

Trying to rescue a Raspberry Latte - when I received it a few months ago, I thought it was dead. Removed all soil and trimmed the roots - SOME of the roots still had life in them. The main cutting was dead, but there was one yellow/green sucker that looked alive (pic attached) Trimmed the dead roots and pruned the others, Cleaned it, soaked it in a bleach solution and repotted in HP Promix (Jan 9), kept inside. It broke several buds and started leafing out. Stuck it under a grow light with some other and noticed this silvering/withering of the new leaves last night. I didn’t think this one would make it this far, but now that it’s here, I kind of really want to save it.

Any ideas on what the silvering is from?

 

[Figless]

My guess is that it's an aggressive form of powdery mildew. That a safer sulfur spray might clear it up. But I am still very new at fig production. Also silvering I took to being a silver color overtook your plant. Is that what you meant by the term?

 

[Figgin' A]

Purple veins typically indicate phosphorus deficiency. The whitening/ silvering in the leaves usually indicates some sort of root problem or disease or nutrient deficiency, or a combination of those. Which is not a surprise given the state of the plant. I would incorporate some slow release fertilizer and mineral supplements into the top soil and water carefully, making sure you don’t overwater, with a little bit of (organic) water soluble fertilizer at half strength every other watering. At this stage and state of the plant, watering should be very infrequent. Assess the soil every time before watering. There is a chance that it will pull through.

 

[Inflorescence]

The whitening looks like hairs. The damage at the top looks like it was affected by something external based on the line and area, whether that was cold or a fluid I don’t know. That’s my take zooming in on the photos.

There could be nutrient deficiencies as well involved. But if you feed it, that should take care of it.

It seems like an unhappy plant regardless. But hopefully it grows out of it, it seems like it wants to.