Meyer Lemon Tree Needs Help
Dan Liptak
6 years ago
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Dan Liptak
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Dwarf Meyers Lemon Tree Needs Help!
Comments (2)Mark, I suggest you delve deeper. The fact that you say they drain water out of the bottom almost immediately makes me wonder if the water is just going around the root ball and not really penetrating. The leaves turning yellow could even be a sign of overwatering. With your original method, you say the soil got a little dry between waterings, but this is just what is recommended for citrus. They don't like to be continuously wet. I think it would be helpful to remove the trees from the pots briefly, trying not to disturb the roots too much, and try to see what the soil is like in there. Is it dry as a bone in the center? Is it soggy wet? Are the roots white and healthy or brown and dead? Sniff it for rotten smells. Then you'll have more data to go on. Let us know what you find!...See MoreSpringtails? Worms? need help with my Meyer Lemon Tree
Comments (1)If it were my tree, I would apply an ISD (Imidacloprid soil drench); it kills what's in the soil and then enters the plant as a systemic/preventative....See MoreDwarf meyer lemon tree needs help
Comments (6)As Steve has mentioned your fertilizer is not ideal. It also appears as though your soil is retaining water, which is killer for Myers (which in my experience can be quite finicky in a pot). I would search the forum for 5:1:1 soil mixtures and repot the plant into this type of soil (which drains much better). Mixing sand into a potting soil mixture often complicates the drainage, and it is for these very reasons why so many folks on the forum are such supporters of 5:1:1 soil mixtures. As for your fertilizer, look up foilage pro and osmocote plus on the forum as well. Good luck! Zach...See MoreHELP! Need help pruning meyer lemon tree! Is this a sucker?
Comments (4)Thank you Steve!! This is very helpful and I will do so ASAP!...See MoreLaura LaRosa (7b)
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