What is causing the brown spots on my leaves?
The brownish spots on the leaves is probably a symptom of the persea mite. This little creature showed up in California several years ago and caused a lot of problems including complete defoliation of some trees. The pest has been less and less a problem, probably because some natural predators have started controlling it. Still, if the leaves get a lot of spots on them and start falling off, you might want to try a soap spray or mite spray on the leaves. • My leaves turned brown and fell off when I moved my tree indoors for the winter. There’s a couple of things that confront a tree going from outside in. One is to insure adequate light intensity. Make sure it is in a bright environment. It shouldn’t be in a direct southern exposure, because then it can burn, but as much light as possible without facing the burning rays of the south. Secondly it doesn’t like the high/dry heat of a house. Don’t exceed 80 degrees and make sure the container doesn’t dry out. Occasionally spraying the lea
