Huge Leaves on Lemon Tree
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Comments (2)It looks like Paulownia tomentosa. Here is a link that might be useful: Paulownia tomentosa...See MoreSome yellow meyer lemon tree leaves - new tree
Comments (17)Vegas, organic gardening is certainly not a crock and luckily, many hundreds of thousands of growers are willing to go the extra mile to produce organic fruits and vegetables. You should know, though, that you will have to study up on the nutritional requirements of citrus in general...and figure out how to provide them,organically, within the confines of a container. You are going to have to provide everything that your plant needs; citrus have some specific micro-nutrient requirements. I see nothing in the Jobe's product that disturbs me too much, though it does not have micro-nutrients, also called miner elements. Fish emulsion could assist in providing some key elements, when used in conjunction with your Jobe's. HOWEVER! It really isn't intended for container culture. There are no directions that I see on the label as to dose and frequency. Another aspect that is troublesome is that I can see how repeated use of this product would muddy up your potting mix....fill the so important pore spaces with fine particles. If you were looking for a product with a high Nitrogen analysis, you'll have to go with something other than your 'organic' products. Lots of container hobbyists resort to the commercial soluble fertilizers, while still using using organic methods for the rest of the plant care. I'm not saying that you should, but just be aware that you will have to keep up with the fert. in order to provide your citrus with what it needs. Another factor in the yellowing 'may' be the potting medium. Again, container culture is entirely different that growing in situ. Garden soil or compost added to a perfect good potting medium can result in a mucky, slow-to-drain mixture. Roots can function in that kind of environment, which is why we have learned to provide a potting mix that remains coarse textured and porous. I may not be the only one that would love to see you re-pot your plant entirely. I'd also like to warn you that moisture meters are notoriously inaccurate. Most of us have learned to rely on the most sophisticated digital equipment we have....our fingers. ;-)...See MoreHUGE Lemons Growing on Orange Tree!! How???
Comments (8)Could be some of the root stock sprouted has been sneaking up into the tree and is now mature enough to produce fruit. A common root stock for citrus is something called "Cuban Shaddock" and it's a sour pumelo, it's huge, yellow, fairly juicy, very seedy and tastes like a lemon. If the fruit is round and large it could be a CS. "Ponderosa" is lemon shaped, and not usually used as a root stock. Another less common root stock is "Rough lemon", but not sure how big they get....See MoreLemon, Lime & Orange tree - Leaves look tired, curled, yellow.
Comments (5)Silva- My trees look just like yours lately... I am in central Florida so took soil samples to UF 8n January. We were in a drought then. Numbers were ok. Few leaf miners but that is no big deal. Then about May? the trees starting looking poor. Much rain. Over the summer we have had 2-6" almost daily. On August 20th we had the total amount of yearly rain already. Took another sample of soil in and times/fertilized. UF says the huge amount of rain is washing nutrients from the soil throughout our region. The trees are not really 'thirsty' so even when fertilizer is applied it is not taken up because ground is always wet. Then that days rain ...and the next... and so on... wash away the nutrients. Everyone zI know is having same problem. Scary because I don't want our wells contaminated with fertilizer salts....See MoreLaura LaRosa (7b)
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