I've been growing a lime plant indoors for over 3 years. It bears so many blooms/fruit and as soon as the lime grows to 1/2 inch, it falls off! Should I keep it out of the sun?

Your seedling trees will fruit. It just takes. 8 to 12 years for the tree to mature and the fruit may not be the same as the parent maybe better or maybe worse grafted trees fruit in two to three years some times in only one

Citris cannot have to much sun. Citrus can be hard to grow.

It take to 5 to 6 years to give fruit

Looks like a magnesium problem

I put Monterey Dr. Iron in my mandarins tree after it dropped about 1/2 its leaves after turning yellow. The mandarin is in a 25 gallon container and has now greened up excellently and has a lot of fruit.

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You Didn't Tell Us The Outcome Of What You Did . Did ALL The 🌿🍀🌿 Leaves DROP OFF After That ? 👀 🤔 Hmmmn 😬 - - Yaks

Drainage, geo fabric grow bags and FYM once a month will do the trick.

I bought a one year navel orange dwarf plant and it was doing great and lushed green . -. As it’s spring I kept it out in my balcony and it started to fall off all the leaves and turning yellow and the steams are turning brown . Any help would be appreciated

Have you washed roots in plain water or anything else please help my lemon plant is just like yours the pink one

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Glad to have this website. Great info. My Meyer lemon tree experienced the very same things, however no root rot. I did transplant into a larger pot and once it went back outside new leaves are appearing! This plant is indeed very temperamental! PS: I did add some epsom salt to boost the magnesium nutrient.

so in simple words it was because of over-watering.?

Use sand

Ma'am My mother was a well respected horticulturist. She taught me a little known truth to prevent plants sulking. Mark N on every plant. If you move them... Make sure they are back in same compass position. Fungus gnats will cause root rot and subterranean maggots. Add a good hand full of earthworms to that plant. They will consume all the rot and fertilize that poor plant back to sparkling health. ❤

Hi from Canada, thanks for sharing info about dropping leaves from citrus plants👍beside dropping leaves problem, I also have to deal with scale insects on my citrus plants and not successful to eliminate them so far. Any suggestions? Subcribed and liked already.

Why are citrus grown from grocery store fruit not likely to bear fruit themselves?

On our BBC Gardener’s World tv show here in the UK Monty Don did a quick piece on lemons recently. We get milder Winters over here but it’s still too cold for lemons outdoors. Said it’s v easy to overheat them in Winter so keep them either in a greenhouse or somewhere else under glass but with no heating. Seemed to be working for him!

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What kind of lights you use?

I have a Meyer lemon tree I have grown since seeds from a grocery store. Had it going on 4 years now and some of the leaves are falling off and drinking up. I have transplanted it twice and it's now in 12 in pot. I think I'm going to take a look at the roots. Thank you!

I bought a cheap citrus tree almost without leafs. The leafs continued to fall off and then I washed the roots throughly removing the parasites living there. I repotted the plant with no leafs left and it stood like this for about 2 months and when I saw no new growth I was on the verge to throw the plant in the dust bin, but my wife noticed that the stem was still green and after a few weeks the plant sprouted new leafs and now she has practically resurrected from the dead. I’m happy that I didn’t throw her away. Mysterious are the ways of the Lord. It’s also very important to control the pH value of the water and the soil. Now I try to water my citrus and fig trees with a pH of 6 till 6.5 and hope to do it right… You can reduce the pH value of the water used for watering (my pH value here in Bavaria is about 7.5) with the help of a few drops of vinegar or coffee…

Darn! I want to post a picture but can't. I have six lovely, healthy citrus trees, all have only ever been indoors, the little blood orange dropped every single leaf and is stark raving naked, sitting right next to lush ones. Im pulling him from his pot today to check the roots. I only bought it last July - not long - but Lowes is being very stinky about their plant guarantee, and knows nothing about what might be wrong.

My pink lemon always loses a lot of leaves during winter. They survive winter better in cooler temps and hate when we run a fireplace but do better if you mist the leaves. Overwatering when they switch to winter dormancy is the worst thing you can do. So the best place is bright but cool room, moist air and only slightly humid soil.For watering I prefer using rain water melted snow or distilled water whenever I can. In February when they start waking up forming new flowers I gradually increase watering.

Lighting inside is not bright enough maybe, I use 3 LED cree lghts for my 16 citrus fruit trees in Vancouver.

Thank you so much. My Meyer dropped leaves a few months ago but some are back and it has a fruit but it won’t grow. I think I will prune it soon and change pots to what you have. Thank you again for your help.

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Thanks for Video! One thing I’ve learnt from having citrus in pots, as they are shallow rooted. I alway cut and put one layer of fabric weed mat, then add a 2 inch layer of pumice to the bottom. Then I mix in extra coarse pumice to potting mix, and put a layer of straight pumice on top of soil to prevent fungus Gnats. I alway watered my trees with a weak solution of liquid fish and seaweed solution to water. And too top it off I pinch the tips, of my branches to get more lateral branching, making sure to pinch to a outward facing leaf.

Any suggestions what you need to do when you have yellow roots on lemon plants. Thank you

I think if you got to the point your video would do better. You talked about the same thing 15 times and never got to the actual reason I clicked on your page. Get to the point love

This isn't your problem here, but not many people know over fertilizing plants actually dehydrates them even when adequately watered. Root chemistry is designed to flow into roots in the presence of light fertilizing. When too much fertilizer is added to soil, the direction of water flow changes, such that roots shrivel from dehydration when water is PULLED from the roots instead of going into them. In this instance, there can be wet soil all around, but the electrochemistry prevents water entering the plant as it should until the soil is 'balanced' again. This is why professional growers say, "OBEY bag instructions". Most people just grab a handful thinking it's slow release, and some grab two because 'more is better', thinking if fertilizer is organic it's slow release, and there won't be any problems. This water 'theft' is why they call it fertilizer 'burning'. Symptom of over fertilizing is also leaf drop, brown roots turning to black (root rot), yellowing and browning of leaves, salt buildup on the soil surface as it dries out, and stunted plant growth. Because roots can't absorb water, the soil stays mucky, and when roots turn black with root rot, it seems like the problem is some kind of microbial disease or fungus when it's just water held in soil by electrochemistry. Root rot repair needs root rinsing, changing soil to a NON-fertilized potting mix/soil, then lighten up on feeding by reading the package. Generally NEGLECT is better for mandarins and lemons since citrus actually do better when left alone. Water when dry only, let it wash right through to the pan and then dump the pan or raise the pot on river stones. Better yet, water in the bathtub or sink, leave it there to drain, and when it stops weeping runoff water, put it back on a pan and back where it was to dry out again. I live in zone 5 and grow citrus in a Southside backroom that drops to 40F in the winter. They do fine. In fact, MOST overwintered plants do fine at 40F because they're relatively dormant. In addition, citrus don't like an arid cold room, preferring the same kind of humidity we like to breathe as humans. Too much dry air, and leaves tend to curl to preserve their water content. If the air is TOO dry, they drop leaves altogether to cut their losses.

What potting soil did you use?

Banana peels cut small and put in container with water for 5days. Then use the water for 🍋🍊 and roses. Great results. Do this at least once a month.

Hello, thank you very much for sharing your experience. In my case, my lemon looks very healthy. The leaves have the proper dark green color. It is giving flowers, has 2 fruits, but is loosing the leaves. Leaves look very healthy , no yellow, they are not curl. Yes, I have replanted it also in a big pot. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Maria

It’s all about the soil!

facebook.com/groups/1115584552172929/?ref=share_group_link I run a citrus in container group. It’s our speciality.

Use a cactus soil blend and fertilizers for plants that like acid, like blueberries rhododendrons and azaelias. Generally a bit higher in N than phosphate and potash but will also have some iron and sulfu,r maybe magnesium. A small handfull of gypsum in the soil mix wouldn't hurt as it is a pH neutral source of calcium.

Any update on this? I have grown lemons from seed several times and they usually die after a year. I currently have two plants in a tiny pot, about 8 months old and doing well so far, fingers cross they survice this year.

my eurika lemon was doin great lovely green leaves, but as lost near enough every leaf. most of the branches are dying back. repotted in good draining soil. do you think there's much chance it will survive

Are you going to cut off any of the leafless branches, or will they start to grow leaves again?

Repot in a more sandy type soil like Top Pot from Laguna Hills nursery in California or you can make your own. Then you can water all you want without worrying about root rot. No Organic matter in the soil No root rot.

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Frustrating is right! Thank you so much!

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It's a year old video, can you do a compilation video with all the citrus plants you own ? Also, the care, lighting, nutrition, etc as separate sections of your video ? Subscribed. Love and prayers from India 🇮🇳

Cont’d - criteria are met, along with sun and proper watering - citrus trees are like monsters. If their leaves are not super dark green - it’s time to start testing the soil, and evaluating your care.

Try looking up Four Winds Growers’ 5-1-1 potting mix. Try strictly sticking with orchid bark (fir bark), as fir bark typically last longer than just pine, and it has that really low ph that citrus are after. Lowering soil ph to the proper ph range, for a citrus - is critical… along with excellent drainage, of course. Keeping your soil ph in the range it needs, allows the roots to uptake the nutrients it has evolved to, which means there are little to no deficiencies. Since we’re dealing with potted plants, this means you have to provide those nutrients (not just NPK, but also trace nutrients), but as long as the soil is in the proper ph range - the roots will be able to utilize the nutrients properly, instead of the nutrients being bound up and just running through the pot. In short - whether your citrus is in the ground or in pots - good drainage and soil ph in the ideal range is critical; once these

Very informative I grow citrus trees as well, i got one tree that have all citrus 🍋🍊 grapefruit white, Ruby red grapefruit

This is just a nice little message suggestion: it took first 4 minutes to say basically the same thing and not say much. Try to organize your storyboard and focus on points. :) thank you for the video and hopefully you don't take this negatively I am giving feedback and grateful you posted