Half Leaves Fell from Mature Citrus
Olga Golovko
6 years ago
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Vladimir (Zone 5b Massachusetts)
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Mature size of citrus trees?
Comments (3)destin_gardener is right on the money with all the variables, but given everything the same, especially root stock, Gold Nugget - is larger than Wash. Nav. and the 2 trees I have are more loose, less dense than WN. The foliage is a little crinkly so I don't think nearly as attractive as Wash. Washington Naval - is not a large tree. The original WN brought to this country is growing in Riverside CA and is no more than 8 ft. tall. My own WN's are not large either although only 12 years old, not 100+ like the one in Riverside. WN has attractive foliage and nice dense look when its growing well. Trovita - I only have one of these but it has a very similar size to my WNs on the same root stock. Maybe a little bit bigger. Similar appearance to WN Honey Tangerine - Also has crinkly leaves but does have a little denser look thank Gold Nugget. It is a taller tree too, with a fairly vertical form. Just from an eating point of view, I prefer Honey by a lot compared to the other 3, but that, of course, is personal preference. I have 3 kumquats close to the side of the house, 2 on full size root stock the third on Flying Dragon, which is the most dwarfing. The 2 are taller than the eve now, so about 9 to 10 feet, the one of FD is a bit less than 5 feet. All 3 are 12 years old. Again, that's just what they do with my particular set of variables. Your mileage may vary. --smiles his jolly smile--...See MoreGardenia - after fertilizing leaves turned yellow and fell off
Comments (35)Maybe "cheating", but Grafted (onto G. thunbergia) gardenias by Monrovia (sold in many nurseries or directly thru website}, though $$ are much hardier/less fussy with watering & dying!!! The only plant I have truly killed is a gardenia! (Rose & fragrant flower nut.) I have an August Beauty (nursery person thinks since tag fell off), whose flowers are Huge! (3 1/2" in Fremont, CA in a 21" pot, now 4 years old & entire plant is enormous 4' x4'x3' with a slight weeping habit.). P. S. It did well but has really started to take off in the last 2 years once I was brave enough to cut off a strong shoot that never really had the right leaves & no flowers, finally figured out that was a "sucker" from the rootstock though situated smack in the center. That said, I've just started growing a double flowered Arabian Jasmine Sambac "Summer Soul" also Monrovia (pic). The flowers are huge for a jasmine 1-1 1/2" & the scent is heavenly (TDF), this beats everything else I have ever grown for scent hands down no contest, roses, gardenias, other jasmine etc.!!!!! P. P. S. Tried several other fragrant "gardenia-like" plants. Easier to grow but not impressed with strength/quality of scent on any. Including: African Gardenia (Mitriostigma axillare) & Orange Jasmine (Murraya paniculata) from Logee. Vietnamese Gardenia (Gardenia (Kailarsenia) vietnamensis) from Top Tropicals, & Double-Flowering Crape Jasmine (tabernaemontana divaricata 'flore pleno') from Kartuz greenhouses, also super slow 1st year. All outdoor pots in Fremont, CA, acid-loving potting soil, & no fertilizer till 2nd year just to be safe....See MoreMature oak tree leaves
Comments (5)Where are you located? In some parts of the continent, Oak Wilt would cause that and can be spread by insects OR root contact with nearby infected oaks. Drought may also have done that...there was quite a severe on in the NE last summer that has weakened and killed even some oaks (on less than optimal sites)....See MoreCitrus tree leaves yellowing?
Comments (17)i would keep it tented for at least a month - to allow some new roots to develop. may be even 6 wks. after that you can start venting it (opening the bag or removing it ) starting at 1hr and increasing ev day by 30 min more for about a week (it should stay out of the sun ). at that point it should be able to stay open. it's a long time to keep citrus out of the sun, so try to position it in such a way that it's close to the window, but not IN the sun, may be a few late/early sun rays barely there is ok even in a tent. Then you can start on moving it into partial sun , like diffused behind the sheer or half-closed venetian blinds (or verticals). either horizontal or vertical blinds are great for creating soft moving sunlight even in southern windows. so another week :). then direct sun...and so on. then summer will come and it would love to be outdoors - but for a week or so it will need to be completely out of the sun (like northern exposure), so the leaves don't burn. they burn quite easily, especially after tenting (they become very soft and delicate). eventually slowly they will toughen up. the only citrus that can stay indoors and take partial sun (4-6) hours is Calamondin (Calamansi). all the rest of citrus needs full sun (indoors or out), and even Calamondin will not do well if kept completely indoors....See MoreOlga Golovko
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