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Potted Dwarf Meyer Lemon Help

KM
4 months ago

Can someone help my new Meyer Lemon tree? I potted this 3 weeks ago after purchasing it from a nursery. The leaves had always been slightly curled in, but now the leaves are getting yellow. New growth is light green and coming in, but the older leaves are yellow and sometimes drop off. Some leaves now have holes in them.

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  • ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
    4 months ago

    interior older leaves.. yellowing and falling off are STRESS..


    it was stressed from shipping form grower to seller..


    it was stressed moving it from seller to your house..


    its incredibly stressed because you immediately repotted a very stressed plant ..


    water properly for 3 months..place it in full shade to reduce sun stress.. and basically ignore it before yo love it to death ...


    and no;. its not hungry.. its stressed.. we dont fert stressed plants..


    and if in 3 months.. its still stressed.. we can talk about whether you used a proper media...


    no matter how curled the leaves are .... let it near dry between waterings... drowning it will not uncurl damaged leaves.. but it will rot off the roots..


    ken

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