Meyer lemon tree. HELP PLEASE!
Cristina Massachusetts Zone 6a
8 years ago
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Meyer Lemon Tree help please!
Comments (3)Your curling leaves is a sign of root stress caused either by over-watering OR under-watering. The best way to determine appropriate water in the root zone is to take a wooden BBQ stick, and insert in the ground towards the bottom where the roots reside. If the skewer (majority of it at least) comes out moist, DO NOT water. If still moist after more than a week or so, your soil may be too water-retentive (it's not the worms you need to worry about!), in which case you should repot in a loose/free-draining soil mix or the '5-1-1' or 'Al's gritty mix' solution that you can make yourself (do a search on this site for recipe). Also, I'd suggest that you NOT water in sips, since citrus like a soaking drink followed by a period of drying before the next watering. Since it sounds like this is a full-time indoor tree, you may want to invest in those grow lights since 5 hrs of light through a window will not be sufficient in the long-run for your tree (8+ hrs of light [outdoors ideally] is best). Good luck! Tim...See MorePlease help my Meyer Lemon Tree is Dying
Comments (2)Can it be tap water by any chance? I used to live on the lake and used to take water from it to water my trees, but I moved and have to use tap water. I can feel chlorine smell and taste in that water....See MoreMeyer Lemon tree has leaf damage. Please Help
Comments (17)Thanks a lot for your advice. I am gonna research both the gritty mix and the 5-1-1. Since I need to re-pot because my soil is wrong, do you suggest that I shake or remove much of the old soil from the roots when I replant? When I was videos on re-potting, they seem to transfer much of the soil but I'm concerned that it will also carry the problem to the new pot. I wasn't able to find the 5-1-1 online. Do you have a suggestion on where to get this?...See MoreYellowing meyer lemon tree leaves. Please help.
Comments (6)I pray my Meyer lemon tree looked 1/4 as good! My tree, potted 3 yrs. old lost all leaves 2 no. Time. 1st. Time after shipping , I grew back in 2 mo.( don't remember what I did) but after 3 mo. Of very rainy no sun & cool weather, soil never dried all leaves fell off! Now we have warm sunny days , last 2 days . I put it in the sun & I'm waiting for mycorrizae w inoculant to come in 2 days . I pray that & dry sun will help it grow leaves. I've fed when it had leaves but no help. Any ideas please help my baby? I had one 15 yrs. ago, neglected it , no water food or sun of any kind but it was a surviver this one doesn't seem to want to live. What do you think of mycorizza w inoculant & sun helping it to grow leaves back? I gave it thrive alive w it had leaves was told will make tree stronger but doesn't seem that way ? What can I give it to help it to grow leaves back? Most of branches are green?...See MoreCristina Massachusetts Zone 6a
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