What does it mean if a hoya drops a lot of healthy leaves?
tlbean2004
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Lemon tree dropping healthy leaves after being brought indoors
Comments (25)Hi all, I am new to this forum, I have read this thread, but would like to double check my information to make certain my little lemon tree is doing okay. Briefly: I purchased the tree in the spring of 2011. I live north of Chicago. The tree spent the spring, summer and autumn on my side deck with a southern exposure;I have many mature trees (50+ years), and this area gets the most sunlight. The tree seemed to do fine while outside, I brought it inside before the frost. My house has floor-to-ceiling windows, so I placed the tree in the same exposure, except indoors. It probably receives strong sunlight probably 8 hours per day on sunny days. Today is 21 January, and recently just about all of the tree's leaves began to shrivel. They did not turn yellow, but they did die (become crunchy) and began to fall off. I was very alarmed, but after reading this thread, I believe the issue may be that the soil/roots were cold. I do not presently have a thermometer (it is after 1 am and we just had 9' of snow!) but the container does feel quite cool. The tree has never had any fruit, just one marble sized green lemon that I have not removed and some white buds, which I have also not removed. Here are my questions: 1) It appears the tree will lose all of its leaves, but that does not mean the tree is in danger of dying, correct? 2) If I am to understand the problem with the contrast of sunny leaves/cooler soil/roots, this problem can be rectified by either keeping the tree in the sunlight and warming the soil (with xmas lights, for example), or by moving the tree out of the bright sunlight so it can "wait" until going back outside in the spring. So, I can move the tree to a less sunny location and it will be fine until the spring, given all other things remain the same? I should add that I take pains not to overwater, and the room where the tree is located is quite dry with little humidity. I have used good soil and, as a bonus, since I have pigeons, I have also used some of the pigeon droppings into the soil. I have done this with great success with my other plants and in my garden, and with this tree during the warmer months when it was outside. Thanks in advance for answering my questions, I really appreciate it. I just want the tree to be happy and to be able to overwinter indoors with as little stress as possible. Thanks again, Bill B....See Morehoya dropping leaves
Comments (6)Your plant does look nice and healthy so I am sure it will be just fine. I find that the leaves that tend to drop on my plant are the ones that formed when it was in very bright light. These light green leaves seem to be the ones that drop when the gloomy days of winter come around. I bet your plant just explodes with new growth after being repotted. I repotted a well overdue Hoya carnosa a few years ago and it grew tremendously and bloomed very well come the fall. Your photos did show up but if you would like to post them directly in the message you can copy and paste the html code right where you want the photo to appear. If you click the share button above your photo in Flickr you will find the html code. You can right click and then copy and then right click again and paste the photo into the message here on Gardenweb. Mike...See MoreNew Hoyas Arrived! (lots of pics)
Comments (53)Sorry Ines, I didn't realize that this had happened before on this forum. Not too often I hope. USPS priority does come most of the time within 2-3 days, but there are times that it doesn't (USPS doesn't guarantee the 2-3 day delivery - it's essentially first class mail for packages larger than an envelope). For example, a nice lady that lives quite literally 2 hours away sent me some cuttings priority mail, but tomorrow will be day 4 of my wait for what I hope will be cuttings that are still alive. I typically read the shipping and handling charges before I order. For example, there is an online nursery that has spectacular hoyas for sale, but I don't purchase from them because they have a minimum shipping and handling charge of $20.00 and each additional plant adds more cost to that S&H charge. I have a feeling (and I am NOT suggesting that this is anyone on this forum) that a lot of people don't pay attention to these charges until they have already commited to buy, then its often too late (especially on ebay). Nonetheless, the point of the people who started this thread is valid - there are certain expectations that we have that should be met when we make a purchase. Like you said before, we are dealing with live plants and all sorts of things can go wrong. So, as long as the dealer refunds the purchase price or provides a replacement if it was his/her fault, then everything is fair - regardless of future decisions to buy or sell to a particular person. My local tropical plant store has a three-day only return policy - if the plant drops dead on day four, I'm SOL. This three-day time limit came about because people would purchase a plant, not take care of it (or improperly care for it), then try and return it saying something was wrong with the plant two weeks later. The owners got tired of this and said "after three days its yours good bad ugly or dead". I do hope dealers take these kinds of discussions to heart, because it is people like us on these forums that purchase their product. It's always good to reassess costs and charges in an effort to find a way to reduce the cost to the consumer whenever possible. Ann...See MoreWhat does "Leaves ended out" mean?
Comments (11)Yes, it means the original element -- chair foot, chair leg, table leaf, etc. -- was replaced and so isn't original, which affects the value of a piece. Here are several examples where the term is explained as "replaced"; in the second link, it's explained like this: "Please note that although we do not normally note the fact that Feet are original, in this instance- given that early chairs such as this often have ended out ( replaced) feet-- we would like to state that the feet are indeed original. Please see image 6 for detail of front right foot", https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/14960290_1-black-painted-queen-anne-heart-and-crown-arm-chair http://kenoauctions.com/january-22-2013/lot-1/ With chairs, replacement was necessary because of general wear. With table leaves, replacement would happen because they were (still are...) often stored away from the table much of the time, often carelessly, and could warp, change color, be lost/forgotten/mislaid especially when time came for sale, etc....See Moretlbean2004
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