Gardening Questions Please help my lemon tree

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joey
Joey

Please help my lemon tree

Asked on 15 Aug, 2007

My lemon tree's leaves are turning pale yellow and falling off. It has produced loads of little fruits and keeps producing flowers - loads of them. Please help as, although I have no useful fruits, I love the tree...

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maple
Maple

15 Aug, 2007

 

Looks like chlorosis - lack of chlorophyll in the leaves. This has many causes and if left uncorrected, can result in the death of the plant.
Here is a link that might help -
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/focus/chlorosis.html

Hope this helps

ukslim
Ukslim

16 Aug, 2007

 

Are you feeding it?

joey
Joey

16 Aug, 2007

 

Thanks maple and ukslim, I had a look at that article and think that it is definately down to lack of nutrients so I am popping out for some feed later!

hoya105
Hoya105

30 Aug, 2007

 

Also look out for scale insect - they are tiny round 'scales' on the underside of leaves, usually by the midrib. Lemons are often affected. squish em with a nail or brush with a cotton bud dipped in 50:50 paraffin and water.
Lemons are quite heavy feeders, i feed mine Vitax twice a week throughout spring and summer, once a week in winter (its an all-season type) and also change the compost each year. I use 50:50 loam and multipurpose. Also i pick off lots of the tiny fruit - to leave one or two on a spur, this way i get 3-4 lemons ripe at a time and they are big!

joey
Joey

30 Aug, 2007

 

thank you hoya - I will start being much nicer to my lemons! Brilliant tips...

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