Meyer lemon help
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Meyer Lemon help
Comments (8)What John said. I've mentioned this in the past quite a bit on the forum, regarding our Calif. soils which tend to have a pH around 7.2 and are a little deficient in Manganese. I will say your raised beds are lovely. Just let's change your fertilizing routine with all your citrus, and use a citrus fertilizer, and not a "bloom" or "fruit" fertilizer, which has a lower N to PK ratio. Citrus are very heavy nitrogen feeders and most especially the Meyer lemon, and require a different NPK ratio than flowering trees or other fruit trees. To be honest, I have not been able to ever over-fertilize my Meyer lemon. John is saying a ratio of 3-1-2, generally for citrus, a ratio of 5-1-3 is adequate (which is nearly identical to John's 3-1-2). So, much, much more nitrogen. And, as John as mentioned, allow temps to rise a little. We're in a warm spell, so this is a perfect time to put down appropriate fertilizer, and water it in, well. Feed your Meyer every other month through October, and it will be very happy, and provide you lots of fruit next season. You can then move to 4 times a year, Feb through October. I fertilize my Meyer in my non-amended soils every other month permanently, or it look peaked. Patty S....See MoreMeyer lemon help please
Comments (3)Update. A few days after the post I fertilized with 8-8-8 and a day later no more yellowing leaves, and the tree just in general started to look better. This was a day after fertilizer and a little over a week after rabbit poop.I additionally drilled the house out to 1 1/2' deep. The massive rain we just had filled all the holes again, and no damage to the tree from excessive rain and standing water. Guess over watering was never an issue.? O.o Last concern. The leaves on the upper portion of the tree are still curled upward but feel very healthy. Potential issue.? Thank you all [URL=http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/swinging_nuts/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160423_160731551_zpsyevczmwz.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah226/swinging_nuts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160423_160731551_zpsyevczmwz.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/swinging_nuts/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160423_160723843_zps0oqmprak.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah226/swinging_nuts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160423_160723843_zps0oqmprak.jpg[/IMG][/URL]...See MorePotted Meyer Lemon help!
Comments (5)The Original leaves were that dark green and have remained that dark green, that's why I assumed the light green wasn't good. If they're dark green from a high nitrogen fertilizer, that's what they were giving it before I got it :) It's outside, so I haven't actually watered it much - it's mostly been rainfall. The day I fertilized it I picked up the pot and it was really light so I figured it was dry and watered it until it came out. The pot is about 9-10" across the top, I can measure when I get home. It does have an attached saucer that just snaps off the bottom - could it be holding too much water?...See MoreMeyer lemon help
Comments (17)After using up a couple bags of that Sta-Green stuff, I'm probably going to quit using it. I put my Meyer in that mix last fall and this spring it dropped all its fruitlets. I took it out to root prune it (figured why not, no fruit to disrupt), and it was already broken down to what looked like dirt on the bottom. Part of the problem, I think, was the container was too deep. But it is also a very heavy mix and I could barely carry the pot. Anyway I found a great local source of aged pine bark fines (http://www.daddypetes.com/petes-soil-enhancer/), so I'm going to move everything to a more classic 511. And now my meyer is in a slightly smaller rootmaker pot and hopefully it will re-bloom?...See Moreedmo247
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