Subject: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Maryann
Date: Sat, June 5, 2004
I planted a dwarf Meyer lemon tree about 3 months ago
and the leaves have been turning completely yellow
and falling off. Through research, it appears that
this is due to either 1]overwatering 2]lack of nitrogen
or 3]lack of iron.
How do I determine which is the cause? The leaves have
been falling off closest to the trunk, leaving some
foliage at the ends of the branches.
Help?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Dan S
Date: Fri, July 9, 2004
Maryann:
If the leaves are yellow and falling off it's most
likely overwatering. I'd only water once a week, deeply.
My citrus thrives on this.
All the big growers follow a deep water schedule too.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Jill
(Zone 23)
Date: Mon, July 12, 2004
Maryann,
Dan is right about watering deep and infrequent is
best, you should not have to water more than once a
week.
The yellowing leaves could be either a watering or
a nutrient deficientcy.
Look at how the leaves are turning yellow for a clue.
If
the oldest leaves turn yellow while the new leaves
remain green but undersized, it is most likely a nitrogen
deficency.
If the leaves are yellowing, but the veins on the leaves
are green, it most likely needs iron.
If the yellowing begins near the edge and towards the
apex, leaving a triangle of green at the base of the
leafit is most likely a magnesium deficency.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Laine
Email: lainehorowitz@comcast.net
Date: Thur, Apr 7, 2005
My mother has a dwarf lemon tree she adores, and its
leaves are turning yellow and falling off. The poor
little thing is still trying to produce fruit, though.
The fruits don't get very far before they fall off.
What do you mean by watering deep? Do you mean letting
it sit in a container full of water for a period of
time, or do you mean having tubes or something that
lead from the surface to the roots so you can water
them directly? (I know nothing about caring for plants,
except that if leaves are yellow the plant may need
nitrogen-give me an animal with a behavior problem
and I'm good to go, though!)
Thank you so much, Dan, and especially Jill! Seeing
specifics like that was like striking the mother load
for me. My Mom loves her little tree, but unfortunately
her green thumb has a very bad case of arthritis, if
you know what I mean. I'll check the leaves more carefully
tomorrow. It's probably overwatering-it is on the fertilizer
recommended by the dwarf lemon tree company.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Tania
Date: Tue, Sept 13, 2005
Hmm.. I'm in Australia and just planted a meyer lemon
too. Almost immediately it started with the yellow
leaves. The veins go yellow first though, then spread
out to the rest of the leaf them fall off. Also, the
green leaves are kind of limp and not vigorous looking.
It has a couple of nice lemons on it though. Any thoughts?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Chris
Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2005
Was this tree purchased through the mail? I've experienced
the same problem with every lemon tree purchased via
mail. The yellowing and dropping of leaves only persisted
a couple of months and then new growth started. I think
it may be a result of the dark period during shipping
and the subsequent transplanting to a larger container.
Shock?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: mary
Date: Mon, Apr 17, 2006
Thanks for your messages here. I have a 4 year old
dwarf limon tree in a container, the leaves on the
new branches have started to fall off at their outtermost
point. Looks like a green vein but yellow leaf. I will
reduce the watering times and try to add some iron.
I´ll let you know what happens ;)
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Brad
Date: Wed, May 31, 2006
I've got a new Meyer lemon tree and a few months
after I got it the leaves started to turn yellow towards
the bottom of the tree and would fall off. I think
it started to go bad after I replanted it into the
new pot, and I had thought about whether it could be
"shock" (although I know nothing of trees or even if
plants experience shock).
I've been giving it more plant food so that it doesn't
have any deficiencies in nitrogen and such. Could
I be giving it TOO much food??
I keep losing leaves, but I hope that it will turn
around soon. I get so emotionally attached to my plants.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Jo Homan
Date: Wed, June 7, 2006
Jill's post is extremely useful. I'm going to try adding
some nitrogen (in the form of diluted pee!). I also
had a look at another site: http://www.easyfruit.co.uk/lemons/index.html
and was interested to learn that you don't want soggy,
water retaining compost around your lemon roots. I
also see that I have the wrong kind of pot - too large
and glazed. They like small unglazed pots with fairly
gritty soil.
Cheers,
Jo
London, UK
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Ian
Date: Wed, June 14, 2006
I live on the east coast of Australia and its now early
winter. SOME leaves of my myer lemon are becoming
twisted and yellowing. I have been removing them.
Not all leaves are doing this and otherwise the tree
looks quite healthy. I put some robust compost around
its base and heaped it up. It is now beginning to
show signs of bearing fruit. I really want this tree
to succeed. It is in about 400mm of earthy soil which
i cut in through a clayie base crust to reach the soil
underneath then surrounded this with villaboard which
I bent into a circle to stop the grass growing into
it. So the area it is planted in, which contains the
healthy soil/compost, is about 1 metre across. I planted
it from the nursery about 12 months ago. It had a
nitrogen deficiency which I fixed but now am worried
about this yellowing factor.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: june
Date: Tue, July 4, 2006
Living in the Phoenix, Arizona area my 6 year old lemon
tree suddenly has 1/4 of the leaves turning yellow,
the center of the leaves remain green and the leaves
outer edge is turning yellow and brown on the tip edges.
Possibly, not enough water?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Walton
Email: wcp79@pyramid3.net
Date: Tue, July 25, 2006
At what age do Meyer Lemon Trees start their first
blooms?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Nick
Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2006
Ian (posted June 14), I also live on the east coast
of Australia. My Myer Lemon Tree has been in a pot
for about 4 years with almost daily watering & 6 times
a year applications of chook poo. This winter it also
developed curled up & yellow leaves which it still
has as they don't drop off. It produced profuse flowers
& is now just starting to make new leaves which have
a yellow-green tinge. The tree looks crook but is obviously
still alive & doing what comes naturally. I can't see
any evidence of insect activity. Don't know about viruses
but will slow down on the watering & see what happens.If
the new leaves become definitely yellow, will try some
iron as the veins are still green.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: mike travis
Date: Fri, Oct 13, 2006
My lemon tree has huge fruit but it remains green even
though it is fully sized. Do I possibly have a lime
tree? I have tasted the fruit and I am pretty sure
it is a lemon. My son told me it was a meyer lemon
tree when he gave it to me. This is the first year
it has formed fruit and it is full. It also has some
leaves turning yellow. I am SC coast, what do I do?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Joe
Date: Thur, Feb 8, 2007
Hey,
I have two young lemon trees, only inches high,
that I planted from a seed of a lemon that I got at
the grocery store. One of them has produced two plants
from one seed. This one has some leaves that are turning
yellow and curled up. I have already added some iron
to the soil to fix an earlier problem. I recently added
some acid to the soil and I hope this will help. I
do not want this little tree to die. Help please??
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: JL
Date: Tue, Mar 13, 2007
The veins of my meyer lemon tree leaves are yellow
the rest of the leaf is green with some yellowish green
tinged.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Jose medina
Email: jmedina007@comcast.net
Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2007
I have a meyer dwarf lemon tree and somthing is eating
the leaves and im not sure what to do i put snail bait
but its not helping. How do you care for it ? Im new
at this stuff. Daly city ca
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Gail I.
Date: Fri, Mar 16, 2007
Can a Meyer Lemon cross pollinate accidentally with
other kinds of citrus trees in a large orchid? Different
types of orange & lemon trees planed close to each
other?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Jeanie B
Date: Mon, Mar 19, 2007
Is fish oil or fish based fertilizer good for Meyer
Lemon Trees or other Citrus Trees?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree leafs falling and branches dying
Posted by: susan
Email: sumathew@firstam.com
Date: Mon, May 7, 2007
I have a lemon tree (over 1 year old), leaf started
falling off and the braches keep dying. Any suggestions
to stop this?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Catherine
Date: Fri, May 25, 2007
My Lemon Tree was inherited by me recently. It had
been left without a pot on it's side and in a very
dry state(but still thriving I might add). I 'rescued'
it and replanted in a nice new pot with fresh compost
- it then started losing its leaves and what's left
of them are turning yellow (as most comments above).
Should I re-pot with gritty compost?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Ivona
Date: Fri, June 29, 2007
I am new to plants. Couple of months ago I repotted
my meyer lemon tree in fairly big plastic pot(with
few drainage holes)with enough small rocks at the base
to ensure drainage and put the pot IN THE GROUND. Its
been few months now and I am noticing leaves turning
yellow and falling off. It is winter here in Melbourne
now. Was I wrong to put the pot in the ground?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: cris
Date: Sat, Aug 4, 2007
how do i add iron in my lemon tree
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: cris
Date: Sat, Aug 4, 2007
how do i add iron in my lemon tree
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Jonathan
(Zone 9)
Date: Sun, Aug 5, 2007
You can purchase a bag of ironite at your local garden
store. Lowes and Home Depot or some other store with
a garden center will often carry it as well.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: lindalyn Kakadelis
Email: kakadelis@bellsouth.net
Date: Mon, Aug 13, 2007
HELP - my meyers lemon tree has leaves turning yellow
and falling off - it is outside in a large pot (so
I can bring it in in the winter) -
it has 100 degress + everyday for the past week - I
am watering more - every 2-3 days - because it is so
hot. - Am I watering too much??
LK
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Virginia Anderlini
Email: sfginny@webtv.net
Date: Sun, Aug 26, 2007
Lemon Tree leaves turning yellow. I bought Iron Safe
and I want to know how to apply it how much and how
often. The lemons on the tree and juicy and nice size
doing well. Worried about the leaves. I have fed
it with Citrus Food once a month.
Subject: lemon tree with curly leaves
Posted by: Pochi
Email: ppillsbury@cox.net
Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2007
Hi:
Please, help me. I have a darwf lemon tree, but by
now the leaves had drop 90 per cent and new leaves
are curly, it looks bad. I love my lemon tree. What
can I do?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Debbie
Email: debbz5@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, Oct 20, 2007
Ok Im in New Zealand, and my neighbour just told me
to put epsom salts around the drip line of citrus trees
(i have lime trees), and this will stop the yellowing.
Also a gardener told me that he thinks it is hard
to grow citrus in containers because the iron is lost
quickly and this makes the leaves turn yellow. Also,
keep grass away from the roots, put manure on them,
then grass clippings and once a year remove the clippings
and re do the manure etc. hope this helps but I too
am new to all this. Also does anyone know about using
rabbit poo for manure?? I heard it is one of the best.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: DAVID CARNEY
Email: tagger4d@bellsouth.net
Date: Thur, Dec 27, 2007
HI;
I ALSO HAVE A MYERS LEMON TREE IN CENTRAL FL. IT MADE
FRUIT THIS YEAR BUT AFTER THE FRUIT WAS PICKED THE
LEAVES STARTED TURNING YELLOW AND DROPPING OFF. IT
LOOKS LIKE THE BRANCHES ARE TURNING BROWN AND BRITTLE
AS WELL. DOES THIS PLANT HAVE ANY HOPE OF RECOVERING?
THANKS,
TAGGER
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Roz
Date: Mon, Mar 10, 2008
Hi
We're in Adelaide South Australia and have had trouble
with Meyer lemon, Eureka lemon, Tahitian lime, and
Imperial mandarin - all were planted in raised beds
filled with organic loam which was improved with compost
and has also been topdressed over the last couple of
years with processed pig manure and cow manure. They've
been mulched with woodchips as well as the manures
and compost. We're now into Mark 3 with all except
the Tahitian lime (which is not, I might add, what
you'd call thriving). Over time all of these have had
leaf yellowing which responds quite well to iron chelates
foliar sprays but only for a time before the cycle
of yellowing, leaf drop, smaller new leaves and insect
attack leaves these trees looking thinly covered and
moth eaten. In particular, it looks like something's
been biting a hole through the leaf at the base of
the central 'artery'. We've managed to get all of them
through an incredibly hot summer by covering them with
shade cloth, umbrellas and the like, but the foliage
looks far from robust. The soil Ph is 7 which is supposed
to be OK. They've been fertilised with Aquasol, which
is a liquid nitrogen/trace elements water soluble plant
food recommended by the nursery. We want to keep them
in the ground as we designed the garden to have a mediterranean
look, which it's not getting because we're not getting
the required growth in the trees. We've tried a number
of different watering regimes but at the moment we're
watering just about every day because if we don't,
the leaves just curl up, dry out and fall off. Also,
because of the constant heat, have been unable to apply
white oil for pests.
Any ideas welcome.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: rg
Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008
Hi I really enjoyed reading all these post. I do have
a question though, We have a small lemon tree with
the leaves turning yellow. Do you think I need to fertalize
it?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: rg
Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008
Hi I really enjoyed reading all these post. I do have
a question though, We have a small lemon tree with
the leaves turning yellow. Do you think I need to fertalize
it?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Ted Smith
Email: tsmith@igc.org
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008
We have a wonderful Meyer Lemon tree in our backyard
– it has been an incredibly productive lemon producer
for many years and we love it – but just this week
the leaves started to “dry out” and curl up and we
can’t figure out why. I put some potassium rich fertilizer
on it a few weeks ago and we have watered it regularly
(and heavily recently when the leaves became dry).
I don’t see any evidence of bugs on the leaves – some
of them have tiny white dots on the undersides
Does anyone have any suggestions? I’m afraid that
the tree is dying and we’d hate to lose it
thanks
Ted Smith
San Jose, CA
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Debbie
(Zone 9)
Date: Sun, June 8, 2008
I also am in San Jose, CA, and my Meyer Lemon tree,
which I planted last year, is not doing well. The leaves
are turning yellow, with the veins yellowing first
and then spreading to the rest of the leaf, then the
leaf drying out a bit and falling off. There are several
tiny fruit on it, all deep green and not really getting
bigger. I have fertilized it twice, and also applied
the Epsom salts for magnesium. The tree just keeps
getting worse, not better, and is looking rather bare.
Help!
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Paul
(Zone 8)
Date: Wed, Sept 10, 2008
Hi guys, I have a similar but slightly different problem.
I have a variety of citrus trees that look great in
the spring but towards the middle of summer many of
the branches begin to turn brown and dry up. By the
end, the trees are mostly brown with yellow leaves
or dead. I'm clueless, any ideas?
Thanks!
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Nancy
(Zone 10)
Email: sterlingbid@socal.rr.com
Date: Sun, Nov 23, 2008
I live in Palm Desert, CA. One month ago I planted
a meyer lemon tree in my yard (not a pot). The leaves
began turning yellow and falling off. There is no evidence
of disease. I have it on a drip system. Can you suggest
a good fertilizer for citrus.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Helen Mccarson
(Zone 9)
Email: trmccarson@verizon.net
Date: Mon, Dec 15, 2008
I live in Venice Florida, I have a Meyers lemon tree,
I have had it for about 9 mos.I got a lot of lemons
off of it and now for the past mo the leaves are turning
yellow, they are blotcy yellow on top and the back
of the leaf darker spots I now have blossoms and a
few new leafs but each day more and more leaves fall
off. Help what can I do? I have in in a large pot
on my lani.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: cindycjohn
Date: Wed, Jan 7, 2009
I bought a meyer lemon tree last year. Kept it in a
container in front yard. It is bearing fruit, but very
small in size and green. This fruit only gets about
the size of a walnut. The leaves look spotty green
and yellow. It never froze, we cover it if necessary.
What am I doing wrong? CJ in New Braunfels, Texas.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Gina
Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2009
I have a dwarf meyer lemon tree and had trouble with
yellow leaves the first year. Then I gave it lots of
nitrogen, and it had dark green leaves and lots of
lemons this winter... Now the leaves are a bit yellow
and curled, but we had some cold weeks here, and the
new growth is looking green again. I highly recommend
a diet once a week, deep watering, with nitrogen food.
Be sure not to overwater.
Subject: cross pollination of lemon and other citrus
Posted by: Shona Mardle
Email: shonamardle@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, Apr 10, 2009
Gail asked about cross pollination of lemon and other
citrus and whether this was possible. I think it could
be, my father grew on a commercial scale Morrison
Seedless Grapefruit, and they were seedless, except
for the four that surrounded one lone lemon tree at
the edge of the orchard, they had pips. It was something
he always wondered about.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Karen
Email: owl678@gmail.com
Date: Thur, Apr 30, 2009
I also have the same situation with my dwarf lemon
tree in FL. I rescued it from a broken large container
(with a lot of holes in it) and its top roots were
exposed. It was surviving under partial shade but when
I moved, it was thriving in a spot with a little more
sun. Now that I repotted it with a little compost on
the bottom and sides, its leaves are turning yellow
while the veins are still green. Is it the compost
or the iron?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree has large green lemons
Posted by: Elaine
Date: Fri, July 10, 2009
My lemon tree has large green lemons they are the size
of a grapefruit, why have they not turned yellow yet?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Joan Aceves
Email: joanaceves@msn.com
Date: Thur, Nov 12, 2009
I have a dwarf lemon tree in a plastic container on
my porch, with 3 small green lemons? limes?. I have
leaf curl and some yellowing. I don't have a clue
how to nourish it. I bought some citrus fertilizer
that says to use on 3 times a year. I don't think
it did anything. Please help! I live in Martinez,
Ca.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Sarah
(Zone 7)
Email: blvinhm@verizon.net
Date: Wed, Dec 16, 2009
My small Meyer lemon tree has over 20 lemons that I'll
be cutting off and using this week.
But the leaves are beginning to turn brown at the tip
and drop. Is that from overwatering? I brought it
inside when the weather started getting cooler overnight,
earlier than previous years, and the leaf drop was
not as much. But I'm concerned about the brown tip
and leaf drop from that. This year the leaves are
staying a nice deep green, but now the tip browning
and leaf drop concerns me.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Robyn
Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2009
I also have a myer lemon tree about 10 years old. It
has had heaps of lemons on it over that time. Recently
had heaps of new growth and lots of flowers, now all
flowers fallen off and the leaves are turning yellow
with green veins. I will try epsom salts and see how
I go.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Harold Folker
Email: h.folker@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, Feb 9, 2011
recently moved into a house in Phoenix, AZ that has
three citrus trees in the yard. an orange, lemon, and
grapefruit. they have been there a few years, the lemon
tree is the largest, with a lot of fruit,the other
two are smaller with no fruit. All three trees suddenly
had their leaves turn dry and curled up. we did have
a few cold nights here in Phoenix, AZ but not freezing.
i watered the two smaller ones, and they seemed to
come back,but the large lemon tree has not. almost
all the leaves are curled up and brittle. what can
i do? Thanks.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Nayyar Hashmey
Email: natscenario@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Oct 10, 2011
I have also a dwarf lemon tree and its leaves started
turning yellow. The fruit is there but its development
is toooooooo slow. This made me worry about my lemons.
I went through the experience of so many gardening
lovers who gave here their practical tips on how to
undertake remedial steps. Thanks a lot for such nice,
useful info and for your efforts in bringing garden
lovers to a forum that practically helps them.
Nayyar Hashmey
www.passion4gardening.wordpress.com
Subject: Re: leaf dropoff on meyer lemon tree
Posted by: steven holmes
(Zone
)
Email: steven.holmes94@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, Oct 10, 2011
Have leaf dropout off after tree bloomed and brought
indoors leaves are still green.
Subject: Re: Myers lemons grapefruit size
Posted by: Milton
(Zone 4)
Date: Sun, Oct 30, 2011
My Myers lemon tree is not the only one producing lemons
the size of grapefruits. What gives?
Subject: Re: Myers lemons grapefruit size
Posted by: Milton
(Zone 4)
Date: Sun, Oct 30, 2011
My Myers lemon tree is not the only one producing lemons
the size of grapefruits. What gives?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: audrey
(Zone 5)
Date: Sun, Jan 15, 2012
We harvested seven lemons from my Meyer lemon plant
in November. It is indoors now under a plant light
and in a northern window. Some of the leaves are turning
yellow. It also has set on one new green lemon and
is blooming. Is this overwatering? Or the change in
light?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree xtra large fruit
Posted by: sheri josselyn
Email: greatbridgenursery@cox.net
Date: Thur, Feb 9, 2012
my meyer lemon has a huge grapefruit size lemon and
only one on it and still green for 6 months now help
Subject: Re: Lemon tree xtra large fruit
Posted by: sheri josselyn
Email: greatbridgenursery@cox.net
Date: Thur, Feb 9, 2012
my meyer lemon has a huge grapefruit size lemon and
only one on it and still green for 6 months now help
Subject: Orange tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Sharif
Email: sharif_ahz31@zahoo.com
Date: Wed, Mar 7, 2012
I have an orange tree at my home, it is almost 4 years
old looks very week, the old leaves are yellow and
bron spot on it, no friuts yet,
what should i do with it if any body could help me:
thanks
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: WOBBLY
Date: Thur, June 14, 2012
I purchased my Dwarf Lemon Tree at 2-3 years of age
online directly from Meyer Lemons, the first winter
I kept it downstairs in my basement with 2 40watt florescent
lights on for at least 8 hours a day.
In the spring it was placed outside in the back yard
here in Bethpage Long Island New York and am so happy
to see it producing lemons. It is now June so they
are still developing, are still green but growing everyday,
I had bought a special pot from IKEA (IKEA PS FEJO
self watering plant pot $19.99) with a tube which extends
to the bottom so that I water once in a month or so,
trying so hard not to over water. Spraying the leaves
when the temperature is high seems to help.
There is only very slight turning of some of the leaves
otherwise I just love to watch it blossom and grow.
I was seriously thinking of playing some music part
of the day. This will be my first season to get edible
lemons and I just can't wait.
Dwarf Meyer Lemon Tree growers around the globe you
all have discovered what many are missing - a beautiful
Meyer Lemon Tree and the Meyer Lemon.
Oh, yes as a footnote I was introduced to the Meyer
Lemon by one of the cashiers at the local Trader Joe's.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Lavonne Garnett
Date: Fri, July 6, 2012
I have found that when i put my citrus trees in pots
outdoors or in a greenhouse the leaves turn yellow.
However, if I keep them in the house they stay green.
I put them out today for the first time this year and
already they are losing their green colour. Does that
relate to fertilizer and watering?
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Carole A
Date: Mon, Sept 24, 2012
My lemon tree leaves turned curly & yellowed as well.
I quit watering for awhile. Fertilize occasionally
with iron etc & spray the branches and fertilized area
and it seemed to help with the yellowing. I live in
northern Calif. & summers can be brutal. Mine is in
the ground, 3 yrs old & never has produced fruit.
Go figure. Seems they are very tempermental & unpredictable.
Subject: Re: Lemon tree yellow leaves
Posted by: Chris Robisnon
Email: hdgardenchris@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, Sept 30, 2012
The best way to care for a citrus tree in the ground
is to water deeply, but less frequently. The first
year that a tree is planted in the ground you can water
every 5 to 7 days depending on the heat. From the second
year on, you should begin the 7 to 10 day water schedule.
Every 10 days is optimal for establishing deep roots.
Here
is a good rule of (green)thumb to determine the cause
of yellowing leaves; if mostly older leaves are turning
solid yellow it is overwatering; if there are green
veins showing prominently against a yellow leaf, it
is metal deficient (chlorosis); if all of the leaves
are looking pale green it is a nitrogen deficiency,
and if new growth is turning pale yellow and wilting
or turning brown, it is lack of water or root damage.
Remember
to check your citrus trees weekly for pests such as
leaf minor, scale, or whitefly, to name a few. These
pests do cause damage quickly.
Subject: Meyer Lemon in half wine barrel
Posted by: Kelly
Email: ruuttuur1@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, Jan 4, 2013
Hi all
I'm in the Bayside suburbs of Melbourne Australia.
It is currently mid Summer here.
My Meyer Lemon (less than a meter high) has been in
a half wine barrel for the past 7 years. The soil
used was a combination of 40% all purpose potting mix,
60% garden soil (which is sandy).
My attention to it has been very erratic over the years,
resulting in an up and down ride with some years producing
10 to 15 fruit, and other years yielding only 5 to
10 fruit. I have been very disappointed with the results,
as I always thought it would be the same as the Cumquat
which was planted in the ground - totally ignoring
it with the occasional handful of Azalea & Camellia
food (once a year). The tree grew to 5 meters and
was always laden with fruit. I cut it down because
no one liked C’quats, although it was nice in Gin,
but then, how much can an old soak drink.
There were lots of flowers appear on the Lemon in Spring,
and a second flush at the beginning of Summer, but
as yet (Jan 2013), no sign of fruit - very disappointing.
So,
It's time I re-potted it and started treating it with
the respect it needs in order for it to bear me the
fruit I desire from it. This means I will need proper
potting mix and, as luck would have it, I have been
given advice by professional grower of Meyer Lemons
I met at a Sunday Market. I would like to share this
with you.
Re-pot in the first month of Spring, with Azalea &
Camellia Potting mix, combined with Perlite for a greater
friable soil (10 litres of soil add a handful of perlite).
Water in with Seasol to reduce shock, and in mid November,
apply a weak solution of liquid Nitrogen. 1 month later,
lightly apply a slow release Citrus fertiliser along
with a weak solution of liquid Nitrogen and continue
to do so every month during the growing season. He
also recommends a monthly spray of a Confidor and Summer
Oil solution up until the fruit starts turning yellow
and resume once all fruit have been consumed.