Gardening Questions Please help my lemon tree
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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16 Aug, 2007
Are you feeding it?
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!
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!
30 Aug, 2007
thank you hoya - I will start being much nicer to my lemons! Brilliant tips...


Joined 15 May, 2007
Aude
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