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Citrus General Discussion / Winter leaf drop and leaf curling
« on: November 27, 2014, 05:00:24 AM »
Hello,
I'm growing citrus trees from seed in Hungary, zone 6, so my only option is to overwinter my trees in the house. Unfortunately my options are really limited, since I don't have a greenhouse. I'm growing them for the last 3 years, and they usually survive the winter, but I've always experienced a lot of leaf drop. My other, more interesting problem is leaf curling. When I take my trees into the house, they usually keep gorwing (or even start growing again), but the leaves are wavy and curly, as can be seen in the attached images.
After a few deformed leaves they usually stop growing, and start dropping the leaves, than around March, they start growing again. How could I prevent at least the leaf curling, considering my not so ideal circumstances?
I'm growing citrus trees from seed in Hungary, zone 6, so my only option is to overwinter my trees in the house. Unfortunately my options are really limited, since I don't have a greenhouse. I'm growing them for the last 3 years, and they usually survive the winter, but I've always experienced a lot of leaf drop. My other, more interesting problem is leaf curling. When I take my trees into the house, they usually keep gorwing (or even start growing again), but the leaves are wavy and curly, as can be seen in the attached images.
After a few deformed leaves they usually stop growing, and start dropping the leaves, than around March, they start growing again. How could I prevent at least the leaf curling, considering my not so ideal circumstances?