Hi Lemontreenewbie. I also wanted to welcome you here. I too am new to growing citrus . I started with three trees and in a few weeks they have grown to seven and about to increase again. You will find so much valuable information here. At first I was overwhelmed like you but Mike, Brian, Steve,Cory and others are very knowledgable . They are very willing to share their experience and expertise . I have learned so much from them and they are very nice people . I have several of my trees in the 5-1-1 mix and they love it. The rest will be repotted as well. I bare rooted them and they are growing very nicely in the 5-1-1 . No loss of flowers .It is light and drains well. As per the advise I have a feeding schedule and give them 1 tsp of dyna gro foilage pro with a cap of vinegar in a gallon of water every Friday. I water in between if needed. Mike suggested using a wooden dowel in your pot to check if it needs water. That works well for me.I have had some bud drop but Brian has told me that is normal for young trees as they will only retain what they can support. Kind of natures way of balance I guess. Recently I got a greenhouse so I can overwinter them but of course you don't have that problem where you live.. I too have found that the nurseries do give conflicting advise . Listen to those I mentioned here. They have been very successful and know what works. I really ,really appreciate them . Best of luck with your trees. Maggy This post was edited by maggyby on Mon, Jul 28, 14 at 16:36

Congratulations on the tree! It does look quite nice! Those feeder roots will die if exposed to the sun's heat and dry air. While some feeder roots dying will not kill your tree, in your situation, I'd probably bare-root the tree and pull them below the root flare. I suspect it was originally potted too deep by the nursery; I saw that situation on one of the trees I was gifted long ago. You want to see the root flare before you see feeder roots (from a vertical perspective). Will that kill the tree? No, though it will make it more prone to disease. Is it good for it? Not a bit. -Tom

A citrus tree dropping small new fruit is normal. A citrus tree will only retain the amount of fruit that the tree is capable of bringing to maturity, the rest are discarded. Actually this is a common time of year for fruit drop. - Silica

Don't over stress.... give it a chance to adapt to its new environment.