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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Need dire help with Meyer lemon tree :(
« on: July 21, 2017, 09:22:30 PM »
As Citradia wrote it could be many things. I'm not surprised that you are unable to find a graft union, because I doubt that your tree is a grafted tree. Meyer lemons root extremely easy from cuttings, therefore a huge number are raised and sold as rooted cuttings instead of a grafted tree. Trees grown from rooted cutting do not produce long tap roots, that strongly anchor the tree to the soil. In areas like Florida, even in ground growing younger rooted cutting propagated trees are commonly blown over from strong winds. This is what happened to your tree, and it more than likely has some root damage from torn roots. Do you know exactly how old your tree is, and how long it was at Record Buck before you purchased it? Citrus leaves have a life span of approximately 16 to 24 months. When a citrus leaf can no longer pull its weight, the tree removes the nutrients from the old leaves, and disperses them to the rest of the tree, then discards the leaf, doing so the leaf turns a yellowish color. These older leaves are of course the bottom leaves on the branch.. The pattern shown by your photo has such a look. I have quite a few citrus trees, both in the ground and container trees. At this time of year many of my trees have leaves showing the exact leaf pattern. Lastly it is your tree, and you can certainly grow it as you wish. However, citrus are HEAVY feeders and do much better where fertilizer with conventional fertilizers, than organic types. Keep an eye on your tree, and if thing get worse we'll need a follow up.