beginning fruit or new leaves
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Lemon tree--lots of fruit, but no leaves or new blossoms
Comments (1)I was having similar issues with my Meyer Lemon, except I wasn't getting much fruit at all. 90% of my leaves had leaf miners, the leaves were all mottled, wrinkly, turning yellow/brown. It was a mess!! I got tired of it, so I "hard pruned"(only very little leaves left) the leaves/branches, 6 weeks later, new leaves and all sorts of blooms are coming up. This is the best and fullest this tree has looked in the four years I've had it. Not saying the leafminers won't be back, because I know they will, but at least I'll enjoy the lush look of it while it lasts, LOL... In your case, I'm not sure what to tell you, I know that pruning the branches will promote more new branches, but since your tree is full of fruits, I'm sure you don't want to prune them now. Maybe you should google "citrus leafminers" and see if that is what your tree has? Good luck! Maybe others can offer more help... Here is a pic of my tree(6 weeks or so) after I hard pruned it...the new leaves/blooms finally filling in nicely......See MoreRemoving the fruits VS leaving the fruits
Comments (9)Betty: I know how you feel Betty. It took me three years before I actually did it last year. And I did not do it with all of my plants. I did not do this with my calamondin trees because I need all the fruits that I can have for my cooking. I even advice my friends here that forget what the experts said. We are just hobbyist and what we want is to see beauty of our plants and not growth. Besides I want to taste first the fruits of my plants. Now that I satisfy my 'hunger' I did what the experts said. And this is the result. So actually you have two choices and both of them are right. If you want growth, remove the fruits but if you want fruits then leave the fruits on the tree and the tree will take care of itself. Nature did not ask for humans to intervine with their natural growth. And thank you for a very nice compliment. Benny...See Morecontainer grown orange trees leaves and new fruit falling off
Comments (2)tsmith2579, There is no draft our pellet stove blower is blowing in a different direction. The plastic pot has the drip pan attached on the bottom so if there is a little excess water that's where it goes and it probably does sit there until it evaporates. I do have it in the sunniest part of the house with 2 plant lights on them. Are the halogen shop lamp better than the plant lights? Are plastic pots ok to plant orange trees in? Right now I have them planted in potting soil and a little peat moss,and I am in the process of transplanting them into more drainable soil because I don't know what else to try because of leaves and baby fruit falling off. Any other suggestions?...See MoreNew Pear fruit tree has red dots on leaves
Comments (3)it would be nice to know.. where you are. ... what zone... and if there has been any frost or freeze since the leaves emerged ... have you ever had a soil test done??? .. jean is suggesting something nutritional is way out of whack ... like pH or some such .... a call to your COUNTY extension office.. might get a quick answer if the soils in your area are generally bad in some regard ... ken ps: any chance the lawn was sprayed????...See Morevgkg Z-7 Va
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