Meyer lemon tree - need feedback, yellow spots and yellowing
This tree was small and struggling in a Home Depot early this year. I removed all of its soil and put it in a 511 mix and fed it Foliage Pro. It grew quite a bit throughout the summer and its leaves were nice and green. In the Fall, it put out some big leaf growth at the top that were quite yellow as you can see in one of the photos. Not sure what happened there.
In December it started getting yellow spots on its leaves and dropping leaves. Im in zone 10a, it's been in the 80s during the day and 60s at night. I water and feed FP full strength about once a week. The yellow spots and stains at the bottom of the leaves were present when I got the plant. The new growth did not have them but now are getting them as well. Any thoughts on what is going on?
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7 years agoSo here is a pic of what I found. They are concentrated on the blossoms. There are very few on the leaves. Thrips? And can they be causing the yellow spots?
Found only one small spider with web. Don't think it was a spider mite. Photo came out bad.
Laura LaRosa (7b)