help, I'm killing my ficus....

[r-kallis]

 Hi
    I've had the same problem before.  It seems that ficus behave this way
whenever they are moved into a light environment different from that which
they were adapted.  They recover, it just takes some time for the leaves to
return.

DTwitty wrote in article <19970821024501.WAA26389 at ladder01.news.aol.com>...

>Sorry if this isn't the forum, but I'm looking for suggestions on how NOT
>to kill a ficus tree I just purchased.  Symptom:  The leaves are turning
>yellow around the bottom and falling off.  What am I doing wrong?