My schefflera plant is in some kind of trouble - again

[Mare]

I’ve had this schefflera for years. I brought her back from the brink of death using a systemic poison on a pest. It looked fabulous, and even survived having to live in a different space for 6 months, and then having to stay out on our northern exposed, wind tunnel of a deck for awhile. Now indoors again it is shedding leaves like crazy. It doesn’t seem to be the same pest that got her before. All I see is mottling on the back side of the leaf, and a bit of a crunching of the leaf. I’ve been spraying with Neem oil, which doesn’t seem to help. What am I up against here?

 

[Chuck]

Are those little raised bumps? Sort of hard? If so then look up something called oedema and see if that is what it is.

 

[Mare]

Will do. Thanks!

 

[Mare]

Yep, that’s what it seems to be. Thank you for your help Chuck!

 

[Mare]

Will do. Thanks!

Yep, that’s what it seems to be. Thank you for your help Chuck!

 

[Mare]

Schefflera still shedding leaves like crazy, but also still producing healthy leaf babies. I’m trying to dry out the soil, but it’s taking a long time and the leaves are still falling off. How do I get the plant back to it’s normal, full self. Also, (and this is embarrassing) I have trouble spraying Neem Oil on the backs of the leaves. Do I have to bend the branches back? Every time I do that I lose leaves. I have arthritis in my wrist, so if I try bending my wrist back to get to the back of the leaves, it hurts.