Persian Lime tree help, please :)
Geoffrey Marr
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Vladimir (Zone 5b Massachusetts)
5 years agoDenise Becker
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Persian Lime Tree Yellowing and blooming at the wrong time
Comments (3)Well, without photos, it's hard to tell you what might exactly be going on. Are you fertilizing on a regular basis? How frequently and with what (NPK ratio and micronutrients)? Limes, like lemons, tend to flower off and on all year 'round. I wouldn't worry about the blooms, I have many citrus here that are also putting out some blooms right now, too. If you want to post up some photos, we can try to help you diagnose the yellowing leaves. It could just be a function of cooler temps, soil pH a little high, and thus the locking out of manganese and even iron, which can cause some winter chlorosis. Not uncommon in my neck of the woods (San Diego county, Calif.) And, lime trees are probably one of the most sensitive to cold temps (Persian is a bit less sensitive than the Key/Mexican Lime, though), so I'm guessing without photos to go by, that this might be your issue. Patty S....See MoreWhen to put indoor a Tahiti/Persian/Bearss Lime tree outside?
Comments (16)don't just water and water . the plastic bag creates the terrarium and misting very hi humidity - the soil should be just slightly moist, not drenched. usually when bagged the plant needs to be watered slightly may be once a week. if large pot, even less. you need to stick a dowel/long skewer/wooden chopstick,smth long inside deep and then check : if wood is damp most of the way, don't water. even if half way damp - dont' need to water. the roots closer to surface will need some moisture though, so if it's 3/4 dry, you can dribble a little water for the top. otherwise could be fine for like 10 days. just keep misting, but not to dripping point. usually even misting is required may be once in 4-5 days. the bagging and hi humidity raises the temp inside. so if at you have 15C in the room the temp in bag will be a few degrees higher. don't worry about them not getting enough light. you'll need to wait another 2 weeks proly. the roots can take anywhere from 4-8 weeks to form. every 5-6 days remove the bag and let it dry for 30 min. when you see new leaf growth - that means the roots are growing. then remove the bag for half a day each day - for like a week to acclimate the plant to lower humidity. and after that you need another week to slowly start giving it more dappled sunlight. and only after that move it in normal light. same slow acclimation will apply when you move plants outside into sunlight. the first week they need to be in shade, totally out of the sun. if it means just half a day - that's fine too. better to start moving them out when it's overcast for sev days - less hassle....See Morenew persian lime need some help
Comments (1)could be insect eggs; have you tried rubbing them off. A good cleaning, leaf by leaf with a sponge and a little dish soap would go a long way to getting rid of whatever baggage your tree brought with it....See MorePlease help identify these Lime trees
Comments (7)A rootstock is a plant onto which another variety is grafted. Citrus are often grafted to trifoliate orange or hybrids of trifoliate orange because their roots are in many ways superior to other citrus roots. Grafting is also done because it takes most citrus many, many years to give fruit if grown from seed. If you graft a mature branch from a citrus tree onto a rootstock you get a fruiting tree without having to wait years and years and at a much more manageable size. Grafting (basically) means you grow a rootstock tree, lop the top off, and stick the top half of a different kind of tree on top. There's more too it than that but that's the important bit. The good variety gets the strong roots of the rootstock and you end up with a stronger tree. Unfortunately, the rootstock will sometimes try to take over by sending up suckers, which are branches from the original tree. If they aren't trimmed off they can suck the energy away from the "good" variety, killing it and leaving you with a rootstock tree. This is what probably happened to your rootstock tree. Trifoliate orange and its hybrids are (unfortunately) inedible and really rather nasty, so this is not what you want. Assuming they're grafted, the trees that haven't been taken over by their rootstock could bloom and give you fruit this year if all their needs are met (light, water, soil, nutrients, etc) because any grafted citrus tree should be all mature wood that can give you fruit....See Moreponcirusguy6b452xx
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