Ficus problem - HELP!

[JT]

I have had a potted ficus (I'm not sure what type, though it has a single stem, if that helps) growing happily in the NW corner of my living room for several years, and it now spreads out to about 8 feet or more. Many months ago, it started getting yellow leaves here and there, mostly toward the center of the tree, that would fall off. I repotted it a few months ago (from a 12" to a 14" pot) in case that was the problem, but the yellowing and falling of the leaves is accelerating now and the tree is becoming bare from the inside out.

The tree gets a pretty fair amount of indirect northern and western light from nearby windows and gets watered about once a week (I was doing a lighter, more frequent watering, but when I called Howard, he advised me to make it a less-frequent, deeper soaking). I have periodically watered it with some Green Sense Foliar Juice in an attempt to give it some nutrition, but to no avail. Although the outer leaves are almost all healthy and dark green, and though new, light green leaves are being formed, the yellowing and drop-off is increasing and reaching farther out on the branches, and I am afraid that if it continues I may lose the tree.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

JT

[Nadine]

Ficus trees actually prefer to be outdoors. I think that, depending upon your soil, you may still be watering it too much. Have you tried foliar feeding? Spraying the leaves and the trunk? Might add a little cornmeal to the soil...