Since you mention specifically that the leaves are dropping off of both the Meyer Lemon and the Key Lime trees, I will address that issue primarily: First of all, it is easy to overwater Meyer lemons: Overwatering saturates the tree and the soil around it causing nutrient deficiencies and diseases. The main sign of overwatering is yellowing and leaves falling off the tree. Overwatering the ...
Lemon Tree: I did the humidifier and more lighting and it popped out new leaves in February (yay!) with a bunch of buds, but it now feels like it stalled. I found spider mites on the tree, so I have been trying to wipe down the effected leaves and stems with a wet paper towel as often as I can.
Meyer lemon trees are a great addition to your living space with the attractive tree, fragrant blossoms and fruit. They tend to easily drop their blossoms and fruit, though. 70-80% of blossoms fail to set fruit, a week later small pea-sized fruit drops, and golf-ball sized fruit drops in the spring. While they bloom all year, main bloom times are fall and early spring. Lemons take 6 months to ...
Hi, it is lovely that your lemon tree is flowering! I hope that you are enjoying it's fragrant blooms. There are several things that could be causing your lemon tree to drop it's leaves. First, have you moved it recently? Either inside, outside, or simply further from a window? Lemon trees and other citrus trees need high light and warm temperatures. If you're going to start acclimating it to ...
Yellowing of lemon tree leaves can be a sign of various issues, including chlorosis (see the leaf in image 20230608). That leaf shows all the typical symptoms of chlorosis: yellow background and green leaf veins.
I bought a meyer lemon and a lime tree. I removed the tabs and now can't remember which is the lemon or lime. How can I tell which is which? I have included a picture of one of the trees. Which tree is this?
How can you tell if you have a lemon or a lime tree? #305357
A lemon tree grown from seed will naturally try to grow into a large tree and may eventually become unmanageable as a houseplant. Refer to our web page on citrus for details on soil, fertilizing, pruning, and other plant care practices.