Meyer Lemon leaves yellowing - What is missing?
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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
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Comments (17)Vegas, organic gardening is certainly not a crock and luckily, many hundreds of thousands of growers are willing to go the extra mile to produce organic fruits and vegetables. You should know, though, that you will have to study up on the nutritional requirements of citrus in general...and figure out how to provide them,organically, within the confines of a container. You are going to have to provide everything that your plant needs; citrus have some specific micro-nutrient requirements. I see nothing in the Jobe's product that disturbs me too much, though it does not have micro-nutrients, also called miner elements. Fish emulsion could assist in providing some key elements, when used in conjunction with your Jobe's. HOWEVER! It really isn't intended for container culture. There are no directions that I see on the label as to dose and frequency. Another aspect that is troublesome is that I can see how repeated use of this product would muddy up your potting mix....fill the so important pore spaces with fine particles. If you were looking for a product with a high Nitrogen analysis, you'll have to go with something other than your 'organic' products. Lots of container hobbyists resort to the commercial soluble fertilizers, while still using using organic methods for the rest of the plant care. I'm not saying that you should, but just be aware that you will have to keep up with the fert. in order to provide your citrus with what it needs. Another factor in the yellowing 'may' be the potting medium. Again, container culture is entirely different that growing in situ. Garden soil or compost added to a perfect good potting medium can result in a mucky, slow-to-drain mixture. Roots can function in that kind of environment, which is why we have learned to provide a potting mix that remains coarse textured and porous. I may not be the only one that would love to see you re-pot your plant entirely. I'd also like to warn you that moisture meters are notoriously inaccurate. Most of us have learned to rely on the most sophisticated digital equipment we have....our fingers. ;-)...See MoreYellowing meyer lemon tree leaves. Please help.
Comments (6)I pray my Meyer lemon tree looked 1/4 as good! My tree, potted 3 yrs. old lost all leaves 2 no. Time. 1st. Time after shipping , I grew back in 2 mo.( don't remember what I did) but after 3 mo. Of very rainy no sun & cool weather, soil never dried all leaves fell off! Now we have warm sunny days , last 2 days . I put it in the sun & I'm waiting for mycorrizae w inoculant to come in 2 days . I pray that & dry sun will help it grow leaves. I've fed when it had leaves but no help. Any ideas please help my baby? I had one 15 yrs. ago, neglected it , no water food or sun of any kind but it was a surviver this one doesn't seem to want to live. What do you think of mycorizza w inoculant & sun helping it to grow leaves back? I gave it thrive alive w it had leaves was told will make tree stronger but doesn't seem that way ? What can I give it to help it to grow leaves back? Most of branches are green?...See MoreContainerized Meyer lemon: mottled yellow leaves, leaf drop
Comments (1)Your tree is suffering from changing light conditions and also from transplant shock. I would ditch the Jobes in favor of perhaps Foliage Pro and Osmocote Plus, or Espoma Citrus Tone organic....See MoreYellow spots on Meyer lemon leaves
Comments (10)I'm not seeing any sign of scale. A month or so ago it had a few aphids and accompanying ants, but they've been gone for a while. Interestingly, I was at a garden center today and saw that several of their Meyer lemon trees had the same thing going on. It was not the place where I bought mine, but the grower was the same. I asked the guy working if he had any idea what it was, but he was no help. Could it be fungal? I never water the leaves, but as I said, August was cool and foggy, and fungi of all kinds love the climate here....See MoreHU-457659181
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