What's happening to the leaves of this kumquat?
Most of the leaves seem to have a few pale yellowish spots.
I have been watering this plant regularly. Always checking the soil with my finger to about 3+ inches down to make sure I'm not overwatering.
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Comments (10)Thanks for all the tips. I live in Pleasanton, CA. Deer is unlikely since the plant is in the patio and the door is mostly locked! It could be one of the caterpillars or slugs but I don't see any activity during daytime. I have inspected the plant over and over.. Whatever it is, seems very hard to detect. For my tomato plants, I did see hornworms last time but with hornworms I would see half eaten leaves and lots of black spots on the ground. Not this time. Also, this time the leaves seem to have been eaten completely! Not a single half eaten leaf.. It is almost as if someone has plucked the leaves.....See MoreWhat’s happening to the leaves of my Ghost Plant Succulent? Help me!
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Comments (9)Your plant is showing trifoliate leaves. So what has happened is your rootstock has overgrown the edible variety. If you see any growth with monofoliate leaves, that is what is left of your edible variety (kumquat). If not, then the edible variety has died out. Rootstock, if allowed to grow shoots, will often out-compete the edible variety. Many of the trifoliate hybrids used as rootstock are semi-deciduous. Leaves will often turn yellow and drop all winter long. You're seeing normal winter leaf drop from rootstock....See MoreBleu (Zone 9b - So Cal)
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThank you, lgteacher for sharing that link. I knew about that terrible insect and the quarantines. I just inspected my little tree and found that the yellowing spots are mostly asymmetrical (they are symmetrical when caused by the Asian Citrus Psyllid).
But I found what looks like leaf miner damage on a couple of leaves:
These pesky leaf miners have attacked several of my plants but most of the damage is seen on two of my chili pepper bushes.
This little kumquat plant doesn't seem to have grown much in the past year. I will post a couple of photos later (the sun is too bright now for photos). When I brought it from the nursery it had 17 ripen kumquats. I just counted the green fruit and it looks like we might be getting about 40 kumquats this year. I don't know if this is the normal yield for a dwarf variety, though.
Bleu (Zone 9b - So Cal)
4 years agoBleu (Zone 9b - So Cal)
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoI thought I'd show you before and after photos of my little kumquat tree. It is evident that the tree has grown, it has a lot more leaves now and it seems to be producing more fruit as well (I counted about 40 kumquats, a few of them have started to ripen).
However, I really have no idea if the growth you see here is what's expected or if it should've grown more. I know it is a dwarf variety so maybe it won't get much larger than this?
This is back in February, straight from the nursery with 17 kumquats:
Then in mid-June (the pot I put it in is 2" larger in diameter than the nursery pot and it's sitting on an empty large clay pot):
And this is now:
Also, I keep reading contradicting info on fertilizers for kumquats. What do you use and how often?
Bleu (Zone 9b - So Cal)
4 years agoOne more thing...
I just inspected the tree again and found these two leaves. The one on the right had a sticky feel to it.
Is this leaf miner too? If so, what do you recommend to control it?
My four hot pepper plants started showing leaf miner problems about a month ago. When I noticed the problem some of the leaves had leaf miners. I discarded those leaves and sprayed the plants with a neem oil and dish soap mix, which hasn't helped at all - all four pepper plants are very infested with leaf miners now.
It would be very sad if the same happens to my dwarf kumquat tree. I know I can't apply systemic insecticide to fruit-bearing plants.
Bleu (Zone 9b - So Cal)
4 years ago
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