The Tropical Fruit Forum
Temperate Fruit & Orchards => Temperate Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: sosamo on September 09, 2019, 01:04:38 PM
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Hi, I have a star fruit and atemoya (from seed) trees, and they have yellowing leaves. There are new growth also. I read somewhere that if there are new growth, but yellowing leaves, it is a result of overwatering?
I have cut back on the watering, doesn't seem to fix it. It's been about 90 degrees plus here in So Cal, so I feel like i need to give it a little water though. I use the cheap moisture tester from Amazon.
Side quesitons, how often do you guys /gals water your trees in the summer?
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I have had limited flirtations with star fruit the corpse of the last one is now mulch in my yard. It's supposedly a tropical plant.
Yellowing leaves is often a lack of nutrients/nitrogen or overwatering, sometimes a combination.
I prefer to wait until the soil around my plant is dry down to 2 inches below the surface before watering. Overwatering combined with heat stress (when it happens) can kill even the toughest plant.