could be thrips they are bad this year. white piece of paper under leafs -tap or shake look for very very tiny elongated light colored critter on the paper

Gina, I have four HB feeders, and that helps prevent some of the fierce territorialism. I refill mine every two weeks, but I only put one cup of syrup in each one, even though they will hold more because they need to be cleaned that often. I have several of the same fruit trees that you do - Meyer lemon, Bearss lime, blood orange, and Kaffir lime. In Venice I had Valencia orange, Manila mango, and Texas red figs when I left, but I had experimented with hermaphroditic papaya (not as good as regular papaya), coconut (wrong soil), strawberry guava, passion fruit (which took over an entire side of the back yard and attracted possums), and tangerine, which died for no apparent reason. Here in Westchester we got rid of the plum trees, which made good fruit, but only about a dozen per season - not worth the space they took up, but we kept the Fuji apple because the tree is large and healthy, makes good fruit, and supports the HB feeders plus several planters containing orchids and bromeliads, which are blooming right now. We also have a grape vine, but it has yet to produce grapes, although it provides support for cherry tomato plants that produce all year. I have a white sapote tree in the back yard, and it should produce fruit in a couple of years. You will need to watch out for the raspberry and blackberry plants, as they can become very invasive. I have seen entire yards in San Francisco taken over by those berries, and they are very hard to get rid of, once they have taken over. I'm wondering how your husband plans to eat all of that fruit! The only time I had excess fruit was with the fig trees because they were very seasonal and produce huge quantities in July and August. A lot of the fruit trees that you have now will produce a lot of fruit for just a very short period, and the northern fruits tend to produce only in the summer, which is why I do not plant them. I've been planting papaya seeds in the back yard just to see what might happen, but I am not going to buy more papaya trees - just yet! I would not mind having another mango tree, but I really do not have room for it, and they are rather large trees. If you want to find more exotic fruit trees, go to Mimosa Nursery - they have trees I have seen nowhere else, such as sapotes, mamey, and guanabana. Lars

Senecio radicans (common names: string of bananas, fishhook plant/senecio and probably others) - supposedly needs little more water than typical succulent. If my plant, I would make sure it is potted in well draining mix, and watered thoroughly. That doesn't mean it should sit in water saturated soil :) Feeding will not help it at this point. Where is it kept - indoors? outdoor? what temps and light?

Despite its appearance, this is a true South African succulent. I'd suspect - just by appearance - the soil mix is not to its liking and not nearly fast draining enough. I'd opt for a dedicated C&S mix augmented with additional perlite or grit. And they require very little watering. The plant develops rounded tubers or root nodules that are actually water storage vessels. I've gone as long as 3-4 weeks in between waterings on mine and the plant is fine. Yellowing and dropping of leaves is also a sign of overwatering!! Water thoroughly when you do, flushing all the media from the top down. And then don't water again until a tester indicates the soil - all the way to the bottom of the pot - is dry.