My first Meyer Lemon tree in the heat of Arizona
Jacq Davis
11 years ago
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Hello everyone! My Lemon Meyer tree in my cool room:-)
Comments (26)Wow!!! I can only imagine what he grew with that lamp...lol Mike It looked like the very same one I use to use that didn't do the job you describe that one as doing. I hope it continues to do well for your tree. Let me borrow one of them for my succulents, will you? Keep up with the feeding regimen. I am just wondering if your tree might need a rest such as mine do? Maybe it will throw off a ton of flowers for you. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Have you though about cutting back on Nitrogen? I have had to do that too. Hope you are having a great day today. Sweet, you are very welcome. This is a great place with a bunch of great people. Mike:-)...See Moreis my fruiting meyer lemon tree dying slowly???
Comments (16)I look at it this way in simpler terms of course..... I am brain dead and bored, so here it goes..lol I if don't make sense, pardon me. If I can't or do not know how to grow anything in a pot with a Perched Water Table, which I mostly do not, then I won't use a soil that encourages it. Using bottom stones, or even water proof packing peanuts which don't weigh the pot down never helped me. By the way, if your determined to use bottom material, this is the way to go. No more heavy pots.:-) I have killed a many plants in the past this way. The bottom roots being wet ,stuck in that PWT above the stones, never drying out while the top half of the roots keep getting watered because I keep watering the top of soil that is bone dry. My roots can be thirsting for water even 4 inches down into my pots from the top, while the bottom half of the roots are in that PWT portion staying wet, never drying out. And rocks on the bottom of any pot does not get rid of that PWT. It just makes it higher. The Perched Water Table depending on the soil you use will be there, and maybe not if you use a wick or a fast draining soil. Of course this is not a concern to me in any pot smaller than 6 inches... They dry out fast, especially if they are in clay. I typically use something other than the gritty soil for these. But when I move up to a bigger pot, I am not willing to take the risk of root rot. Some people here can grown plants in any size pot with a PWT and have sucess. Some in 30 gallon barrels! I am not one of those..:-( This is why I use A'ls gritty mix minus the fines that could settle down at the bottom of pot and stay wet while the top of the soil gets dry. Bonsai have very shallow roots, therefore grown in shallow pots, and this is how a many of my friends including myself have killed our Bonsai. You can have a PWT in soil as deep as one inch. We can't afford to have a PWT at all in such shallow pots! On this we take NO chances. I can not afford to have a PWT also in big sized pots for regular plants. Since they and I changed to Al's gritty mix, we have been sucessful, with no Perched Water Table and bottom root rot, even in rainy everday weather if pots are left out all summer. We just have to water more often when because the soil dries out quicker. :-) Jean, I have done the same thing to most of my pots, especially the ones my Clivias are in. They are thriving!! I even drill bigger holes at the bottom of my plastic ones and hammer out a huge circle hole on the bottom of my clay ones, then use screen to stop the soil from falling through. I can only imagine the roots breathing all that air from the bottom!lol,and the water exchange because of this.:-) I love that Container Soils thread, at least what I can understand of it! One thing I did learn, I never knew what a PWT was until I read that thread. That was the culprit to the death of all my plants! Thanks for that thread Al! Thanks for all the great info everyone! Take care all! Mike...See MoreFirst Meyer lemon tree, gone for good?
Comments (4)yeah i have almost killed a meyer lemon tree and i didn't even know it as soon as i threw it outside and let it sort its self out it cheered right up. its all about failing to learn. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2rcUDHm64nbp6kDUpDeiTw...See MoreFirst Time Meyer Lemon Tree
Comments (15)Here are a few more pictures, it's been moved to a window where it will get a lot more sunlight. I flushed the soil and will hold off on feeding for awhile. The one leaf was a leaf miner for sure, it has the tracks and I killed a small moth the other day. Is it correct to just let these take their course? There are some leaves towards the bottom that now have bumps and the underside of the leaf is brown at these bumps. A couple of the leaf tips are browning as well. Am I dealing with multiple problems? The new spot is right next to a vent so it has a lot of air blowing on it, would this cause a problem with moisture? Also, I removed the support so hopefully some strength will be gained. I am not seeing any new growth of leaves, is there any way to promote this at this point?...See Morejohnmerr
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