I've heard that you'll often have an off-year with certain Citrus. If it doesn't bloom and fruit next year, then you might become concerned. After three years, this was the first year that my Moro bloomed. It began blooming in mid-February and continued through mid-May, at which point the fruit had all set. I wouldn't expect the Moro to bloom this late in the season. Josh

I was going to post a sympathy response also with my own pics, but it's too depressing. I got hit BAD this Fall, despite my luck with very little damage in prior years. Perhaps it's moving northward in CA even stronger now since the introduction (I live in central CA San Joaquin Valley). Nearly ALL my young growth on more than half my container trees was damaged like the above picture or worse! I would estimate only about 10% of the young shoots/foliage were spared, and every warm day during the past couple weeks I see a few more bite the dust. Citrus in this area is (was) generally pest and disease free. hmmpphh..

Thank you, everyone, for the advice! I hoped to be able to say I'd gotten the iron chelate by the time I responded, but my schedule hasn't allowed a trip to the store yet.. I'll give the iron chelate a try and update! Josh, I'm watering with a capful of Foliage Pro (cap is from the 32-oz jug) diluted in my 1.6 gallon watering can. I should probably work out the tsp/gal to be more precise... And I wanted to say that there's new growth on almost all of the tips now! Apparently one of the branches was just way ahead of the others. Gardening is definitely teaching me patience. Thanks again to all!

Citrus in general love full sun (finger limes being the exception that i'm aware of - they like partial).. If it's been in ground for 5 months, it should be fully acclimated. How close is it to your lemon.. is that two plants (your BO and lemon) in the one picture? My BOs (Moro is my primary, Sang is secondary) love sun, and thrive in full sun and heat here (hitting 100+ in summer on occasions on the east coast). If your base soil is like San Diego, it's sandy, so super good drainage. But your primary soil around the plants could contribute to problems, whether from packed soil or bad pH. I agree with the others that it generally looks healthy. If that is two plants in one picture, I'd move them apart. They'll be at need at least 5-6 foot diameter even on dwarf stock (unless you don't want the lemon, then I'd cut that as it's competing for nutrients). Quick add - looked up LA... you're about 65% peak sun right now (assuming no obstructions).