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Citrus Trees - Very Sick

Ryan
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

I moved into a new house about 6 months ago that came with about 7 citrus trees.

The trees weren't in the best shape - I bought the house of bankruptcy so there was a lot of neglect.

I drove a few fertilizer spikes into the ground but I didn't help much.

Recently, it occurred to me that it could be a pH problem. We live in the Malibu mountains and the soil is mostly decomposed granite - it's very alkaline. After testing the soil, it was indeed - about 7.8.

I added some Sulfur acidifier and it brought the pH down to about 7.0 but the trees started to get worse. All new growth is malformed, old growth is yellow. The trees are fruiting for the first time however.

Some more info:

The trees are in full sun all day.
The trees are on a steep grade
Around the time I corrected the pH, I discovered that they weren't getting full water.
Because of the slope, the trees are watered automatically a few minutes daily.

See the enclosed pictures and let me know what I should do.

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