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.
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 ...
Thanks for your Meyer lemon tree question. According to the USDA, your hardiness zone in Clark County is 9a (so gets down to 20 to 25 degrees F). Meyer lemon trees are hardy down to zone 8, so you shouldn't have too much of a cold issue. Having said that, if you anticipate that temperatures will get below freezing, you might want to take precautions. I can find no reliable source that ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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
My (indoor) Meyer lemon tree has been rapidly dropping leaves. At first I thought it was because I was overwatering it (the leaves would pale and shri...