Get to know the U of F IFAS website and read their citrus info - often with pictures . Follow their fertilizer schedule and you will have gorgeous trees .

If you put your citrus in the ground , they will be SO much easier ! The ones you own get very big and would be much happier in the ground . Now is the perfect time to plant . Again - follow the U of F guidelines for planting new citrus .

Here is a link that might be useful: Your Florida Dooryard Citrus Guide

First, you citrus needs more water. Any time citrus leaves curl up on the edges like that, it's water related. The winds we've had lately dry the leaves and soil out faster, so you have to keep an eye on it. I'd soak them really well for a few days, then get back to normal watering. This is the dry season, so the air is dry as well. Citrus are notorious for needing lots of water in the winter, especially if they're in pots. Now is a good time to put them into the ground.

Citrus that has just been transplanted will lose leaves. It's just the way it is. They aren't going to die as long as you keep them watered.

Raspberries go dormant in the winter. That may be the problem. It's actually getting to be winter, and even though we don't get that cold, plants that need a dormancy cycle will still go dormant.

Your gardenia is being eaten by something. Gardenias do best in morning sun and afternoon shade, to keep them from getting lanky. If it gets watered when the afternoon sun is hitting the leaves, that can cause the white spots as well. Put a cup of epsom salts around it. That should help some, but you need to spray it for whatever is eating it.

You have an avocado coming up in that pot. It's not unusual for them to put out more than one shoot. When they get larger, just cut back the ones you don't want.

Hi piri
I think your citrus is in need of citrus fertilizer. Folage Pro is an all round fertilizer and good for most things but I think it's showing a deficiency in something, maybe manganese or zinc. Did you use Al's "acid mix"? That would be better.

My key lime looked much worse than yours in Al's regular mix, much yellower. I put it in the ground added citrus fert and it's perky, green and happy now.

My .02 on your citrus is that it is too big for that small pot. It's like wearing size 6 shoes when your feet are a size 9.

Trees need room and space. I recommend either putting it into the ground or a pot about 2-3x bigger.

Actually, hold off on adding any more fertilizer if you do repot or put it in the ground. Met with my certified arborist today due to some of my own citrus tree issues and he said that citrus trees only need fertilizing twice a year - contrary to what the bags of fertilizer recommend.

Hi Tracy! If that was my citrus plant, I would pull off all of those yellow leaves and throw them in the trash. That plant is not a house plant. It really needs a bigger pot.

Christine

Hi everyone!
Thanks for all your advice. I'm sorry to everyone worried about my poor plants in pots, but I can't plant them in the ground because I live in a condo and I don't own any of the back yard. The gardenia is in the ground because it replaced another shrub that was there before it. I will however be moving things into larger pots soon.

I didn't realize my citrus needed more water. I kept reading about how you should let them dry between waterings and don't over water or they'll root rot. I was afraid to water more often. I'll be more generous from now on!

Yeah, I have to agree with everyone else that citrus in containers is a temporary situation at best. Folks are always happy to have citrus it seems (at least around here) so I bet you could swap it at one of these fall gatherings. Or you could wait until spring if you must, but just remember, your plants feel like they're in a corset! There are lots better container plant choices than citrus: e.g. ixora, bougainvillea, dwarf crape myrtle - and you'll still have that South Florida feel. Here's a link to info on container fruit gardening, check it out:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG243