Although 99% of the all the house plants that are readily available at your local hardware stores or nurseries are indeed sprayed to some extent with a form of pesticide, chemical fertilizer or anti fungal solution or a combo of all three, I would not recommend doing such a thing if you honestly do not have to. For the price of a ficus I would purchase a new tree and sterilize appropriately and start over.



One must wonder, WHY did fungus begin to grow, how wide of an area is contaminated, has this spread to other plants in the enclosure or through the soil? Not even mentioning MITES ! I would strongly recommend deconstructing the set up (depending on how easy this is for you to accomplish) and sterilizing EVERYTHING including vines, plants, walls and screens. Be sure there are no mites on your cham or have spread to any other enclosure. It would be some time for it to be safe to rid any fungus or mites from the plant and return it back. In that amount of time you could purchase a new tree, mist and wipe both sides of the leaves with an antibacterial soap or disinfectant (nolvasan or something similar) and repot with sterile soil. It would benefit your cham the most to IMMEADITELY remove the infestation of mites and fungus. Good luck to you

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