Okay, late to the party, been a lurker for way too long! All good suggestions. But to add: Aloe,the best thing out there, no doubt, but in between or if you don't have enough of the fresh plant use a lotion with aloe and lidacaine. Do watch for any allergic reaction. It will sooth the pain and add hydration to the skin. Hydration is the key! Both internal and topical! Drink Drink Drink Lots of water inside and out. Feed the skin with the lotions when not fresh aloe. Dried out skin is just as painful and the cracks are bacteria traps waiting to happen. Everyone and I MEAN EVERYONE! Needs Foille Ointment in their medicine chest. I had a severe grease burn once and only I can make out where the outline of what would've been a nasty scar would be. It may actually burn at first when you put it on, be strong, it is the vaseline base reflecting the heat of the burn. Then it will cool and it will speed the healing. Be careful of Triple antibiotics like Neosporin. They contain nickel. If you can't wear cheap earrings you may also have a reaction to this ointment. Look for Bacitracin instead, just as effective. Or Bactroban (anti MRSA/ORSA) but you need a script for that one. I feel your pain! I have Polish/English/Irish/Scottish in my heritage and can burn from a long stare! LOL And BTW, while home and slathering on the goop, wear very oversize white cotton T's inside out. Don't even risk those seams rubbing (same goes for the legs, pj's or lounge pants but inside out). Hope you are better, and soon! Val

Yeah, older growth should be affected more by sunburn. The problem is that leaves that grow in low light conditions don't harden up (their cell walls aren't as thick as normal), which means they take extra damage from strong sunlight. Fresh growth is still in the process of growing, and can thicken up it's cell walls much faster. All in all, as long as they aren't very new seedlings that have been burnt to a crisp, you should be fine. At most what you'll get is complete leaf drop of the old growth and that will help prompt vigorous new regrowth (much like pruning). I didn't really bother hardening my overwintered peppers back off this year. I put them out in the day and brought them in when it was cold, then put them in the bed a few days ago. They're getting some sunburn, the wind is blowing leaves off, all stuff I expected to happen. Won't kill them though, so I'm not worried. It takes a *LOT* of damage to kill even a half way mature pepper plant.

Thanks everyone for your help with this - and sorry I couldn't reply sooner (I was out of town for a few days). The calamondin definitely had mites over the winter, indoors. I treated it repeatedly with a neem/water spray and thought I had the problem licked. The damage on the leaves in the photo might be from that time (i.e. old damage), but given that the plant isn't thriving now the mites may have come back to strike again. I thought that since the tree is now outside (with higher humidity, temps, and plenty of sunlight) the mites would be thwarted - guess not. I'm guessing the recommended Rx is: -wash leaves, esp underside, with water -spray with Neem/water mixture every 2-4 days -hold off on fertigating and keep in partial sun/shade Any other tips? Thanks for your help - Michael

Peter - you could ask on the Fruit and Orchards Forum which is where the fruit growing experts hang out. Despite its name this forum tends to be mostly about ornamentals and wild plants.