First photo looks like fig nice & happy!

2nd photo looks like fig has some nutritional needs. Still early in season so you may want to review your feeding schedule.

last photo looks like insect damage or mites. I would at cut away the infected leaves & wash away any bugs you see although mites are very tiny. you need a microscope to see some of them.

The leaf blotching is classic Fig Mosaic Virus. Not all leaves will show the symptoms. The entire fig tree is virused, all parts. Fig Mosaic Virus is a common disease of figs. There is no known cure. It is contagious to other healthy fig trees.

It is generally transmitted from infected trees to healthy trees by sucking mites that have sucked sap from an infected fig tree. The virus is in their saliva. There could be transmission by infected aphids, also.

Garden tools like pruners can get diseased sap on them by cutting infected fig trees, and transmit the virus to healthy trees if the same infected pruner is used to prune them.

Cuttings taken from infected trees will produce new infected trees.

Read up about Fig Mosaic Virus to find out all you can.

There is a wide range of opinions on what to do, from destroying the tree, to giving it the best care possible so it can withstand the virus. Again, it cannot be cured.

You very likely acquired a fig tree that was virused already before you got it.

Sorry for your problem.

Moses

Sorry don't agree that "leaf blotching" automatically means FMV/D fig mosaic disease (which consists of a number of fig viruses). Also definitely don't agree you need to destroy a very nice looking fig tree because a few leaves show blotching.

Blotching can be caused by bacteria, fungi, other pests and nutrient deficiencies (the most likely cause).

Way too much emphasis on fig viruses. Most if not all plants have viruses and cause little detrimental impact on the plant if it is otherwise healthy and cared for.

I think we really need a thorough discussion on FMV/D by knowledgeable plant scientists with real research results. At this time I have yet to find anyone or any article that has actually tested for viruses on figs and identified the virus or posted any photos.

Well, I've applied some insecticidal soap this afternoon to see if that helps, we'll see. Hopefully it's not as dramatically serious as FMV as Moses laid out.

To kill fig bud mites, you need a spray that will absorb into the leaf, there is a really effective chemical called spiromesifen that will take care of them, and people have also been saying that spinosad works as well. There is some info available but the fig bud mite has been largely ignored by many growers, or they are convinced the symptoms are caused by some other condition, it is regularly distributed on plants and cuttings.

If these symptoms are new then there is little chance of it being anything other than fig bud mites. As people said, the first picture looks totally healthy. What you need to keep in mind is that fig bud mite lea symptoms only show on actively growing buds. I'd say your tree really exemplifies that symptom. If it were a nutrient deficiency, that branch would also be affected. If it were FMV, you would have been seeing those symptoms all season, and there would probably be more leaf deformity, the spots would have rings.

Soap won't work on fig bud mites because they are microscopic and shelter in buds and figs, contact sprays cannot get to them.

Excellent explanation hoosierbanana!

Is the last photo with the black spots & curled leaf insect damage or really advanced fig bud mites damage?

So 6 days after the insecticidal soap applications things are still going down hill. The new leaf seen in picture two above has fallen away and the bases of the larger leaves are looking poor. hoosierbanana, thanks for the tip on fig bud mites indeed it does look similar to what you posted back in 2014! Unfortunately, right now I'm not willing to bring harsher chemicals into my garden so I'm at a loss. Maybe I'll try a neem oil - soap combination somehow...Arg, not happy.

People say that spinosad works. Real safe, it gets used in pills for cats and dogs to kill fleas.

No idea about the black spots Pino...

You won't ever see improvement on the damaged leaves Andrew, but once the mites are gone new leaves will go back to normal.

Andrew,

Your fig is infected with a VIRUS. Fig Mosaic Virus is commonly encountered with figs, especially the Black Spanish Mission Fig.

There is no cure for your virus infected fig. Spraying it will not cure it.

Please refer to my first response to your question.

Educate yourself on Fig Mosaic Virus. There is a wealth of information on the Internet about it.

Moses

I agree with mites. FMV is blamed too much for other issues. Of my over 100 trees, only a handful ever have symptoms that can't be attributed to mites and doesn't clear up with removal of the mites.

The soap that you sprayed probably burned your leaves. If you do spray the neem/soap solution, make sure that you move the plant into full shade for a few days or you will burn the leaves more. You'd have to spray a few times roughly a week apart to eliminate the mites.

You can rule out mites with a $10 30-60x microscope. One that attaches to your phone is helpful to take pics and to also give you a larger display. They can be difficult to see at times even with magnification though. They don't move much and can blend in with the leaf hairs on the underside of leaves.

That's FMV. I've had them in some of my figs. And as many articles have mentioned there does not seem to be any cure to them. FMV is cause by eriophyid mites infecting thr plant. Some fig growers actually get rid of their figs by burning them. I have not gotten to that point yet. I tried neem oil last year but it does not control them that well.

This year I am experimenting with diatomaecious earth. To effectively cover the leaves, I mixed about a 1 to 4 ratio of the powder with water in a 1 - gallon sprayer and mixed it thoroughly. I sprayed the leaves (mostly underneath), trunks and branches regularly this summer. Diatomaecious earth is a powder form of crushed sea shells meant to cut-up tiny insects. I have used them for other applications and are very effective. Its best to spray it under the leaves bc some of it can be washed off when it rains. But I also observed that once they dry on the leaves they seem to stick.

Am not sure if its working but it seems to be. I don't see the FMV spreading.

This fall, when th leaves fall off and before I store them, I plan to spray the trees thouroughly.