How has the rain in your area, I am also in Fla, and we had a real short rain fall so I started watering my trees and now have healthy trees and lots if figs. DAN

I am in S. FL, Western Palm Beach, and have a Brown Turkey which is about 4 yrs old. It has produced fruit the past 2 yrs. but not much . This yr. just like last it started popping lots of buds and looked great then my leaves started to turn rust colored, curl up and fall off. I would like to attach a photo for the experts to analyze but it does not seem like you can for some reason??? We have had daily thunderstorms for the past 3 weeks so I doubt it is lack of water. It could be a deficiency as I had not fertilized it in some time. I am trying to go organic and not use any chemical fertilizers on any of our food plants but have yet to determine the best source and routine for the fig.

GOING ORGANIC IS GOOD SO FIND A CHICKEN FARM OR DAIRY AND GET SOME ORGANIC FERT. AND DIG IT IN AROUND YOUR TREE AND STEP BACK AND WATCH IT GROW AND GET FIGS, MINE DID.

It is leaf rust, caused by the excess moisture in the air.

Treatment (if you want) is 3-4 weekly sprays with a Bordeaux mixture... both top and bottom of leaf. If left untreated, the trees will defoliate. In Houston, I don't spray. My trees just leaf out again. In areas with shorter summers, one might want to preserve as many leaves as possible.

~james