Potted Lemon tree dropping fruit.
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13 years agogreenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
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Comments (5)To answer the original question it seems as tho the plants are just super stressed, and when they get stressed they drop their leaves and fruit to survive. They are getting much different conditions than they were at HD, where they outside or inside a greenhouse in HD? I am going to guess that they were inside or at least shaded, they had to be hardened off in before just putting them in full sun. This is done by SLOWLY introducing them to the sun for a short period of time gradually working up to full day sunlight. Stop fertilizing and watering until you know for sure they are dried out. Than completely soak and repeat the cycle. Citrus will survive slightly dehydrated better than they will flooded. The meter you are using measures the electric conductivity of the soil so if it is littered with fertilizers you will get false readings. Are you able to post pics of the trees and their pots? I would suggest a re-potting and pruning, but as you said you are new to gardening and this may scare you a bit. Do you have any friends with a green thumb that could help you with this? Don't expect any flowers or fruits till next year as said since the plants are so stressed, but you never know with some TLC and luck you may get some winter blooms. Again pics would really help, and good luck!...See MoreLemon Tree dropping Fruits
Comments (1)My lemon tree will drop for all of the above reasons, because when it is stressed, it drops fruit to survive. You may need to feed it with citrus food because sometimes a trace mineral is missing that can keep the fruit on the tree. Also, be sure that you are deep watering less often instead of shallow watering often. Just turn the hose on very low and let it run at the drip line, where the feeder roots are....See MoreLemon Drop tree in pot ...picture included..
Comments (2)You need low temperatures to ripen them, they take a long time to grow as well, mine flowered about may this year, and some now are very large, but will not ripen till december/january/february , you need night time temperatures dropping below (i think) 16 degrees C (no idea what that is in F) they will then slowly ripen, but still the plant must not get too cold You can use them while green but they dont taste the same, more like limes, the cold weather turns the sugar to acid making them bitter, so you want cold temperatures at night to ripen them , but not too cold and how cold depends on the variety...See MoreLemon plant fruit drop
Comments (1)Most flower set fruit but drop. Hopefully your tree will hold onto 5 or so lemons. Steve...See MoreSilvios
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