Help! Lemon seedling leaves drooping
Melody Yang
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new meyer lemon had one week, leaves drooping help please!
Comments (1)I was told that you need to water citrus for the 1st 3 weeks and keep moist to establish roots. After that it should be watered reg, but allowed to dry out in between. They also like sun. I am planting in the ground, so not sure if differant in a pot. I also read to start Fertilizing reg. after the buds begin to swell. I think Fertilizing in a pot is critical too because the nutrients will get leached out....See Morewhy are my meyer lemon leaves drooping and falling off?
Comments (3)shows you are zone 8. can you place the tree outside in full sun? if not, a south window. 3-4 weeks in between waterings seems a bit long. i would set it in the bath tub or kitchen sink and give it enough water to thoroughly saturate the soil. let it sit for a few minutes to let most of the excess water drain out. then set it in a sunny location. check the soil's moisture every couple of days. dont fertilizer until it has recovered. if it shows signs of life, just continue checking the soil moisture and water when dry. a few weeks after that you can give it some fertilizer. and repot next spring....See Morediagnosis help: heirloom tomato seedlings have yellowing leaves
Comments (3)Hi doubleji, As it happens, I also am growing tomatos and peppers in Jakarta. As this appears to be a rare past time in this town, I thought it would be good for us to compare notes from time to time. I'm in Menteng and have some fruit developing on a smaller cherry variety called something like Masohkta. I have some larger plants which are growing very vigorously (about four foot tall now - planted about 6 weeks ago) and they are flowering but no sign of fruiting yet. I mention this because I harbour a secret concern that Jakarta is probably too hot for most tomatos and I keep expecting the flowers to drop without fruiting. Do you happen to know if anyone's grown many tomatos in Jakarta successfully before? I've never actually seen ANYONE growing tomatos in Indonesia though obviously that happens in the hills somewhere cos that's where those tasteless examples in the supermarket come from. I haven't planted any heirlooms yet - though i now have seeds for a few and have a membership with a seed savers club in Australia. I am a new gardener so I only discovered the whole heirloom thing after planting my garden unfortunately. Do you happen to know of any heirloom varieties which are suited to tropical climates? Or indeed, which vegetables, apart from eggplant, corn and peppers, which would suit? I have planted rocket (arugula) too and silverbeet and both are growing well (had rocket salad as part of a french cheese tasting night last night) but I expect all leaves have to be harvested young so they don't get too peppery in this heat. Anyway, touch base if you'd like to. cheers...See MoreNeed help!..white spots on my lemon seedlings!!
Comments (8)My guess is that those white spots are the areas where larger droplets of Neem settled on the leaves. Shouldn't be a problem at all as the seedlings grow. But just in case I'm wrong....keep an eye on the leaves to make sure it isn't something else. Josh...See MoreVladimir (Zone 5b Massachusetts)
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