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Lucuma yellowing leaves

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Seanny:
Some leaves on my tree are turning yellow and dropping.
Probably time for the old leaves to go.

NateTheGreat:
Looks like a weird potting mix. My lucuma love water. I don't think they'd enjoy being in a wood-chip-based mix.

gacevedobolton:
What potting mix do you recommend? Alex from Papaya tree nursery had it in similar mix when I got the tree from him. I did add the chelated iron and zinc, let's see if that helps.

NateTheGreat:
Well he probably knows best. I'd recommend something soil-based if possible. Ideally just in the ground. I have mine in a mix of peat and soil, and a bit of sand and gravel. For a while I worried since it would feel so heavy, like it was waterlogged, but cutting back on watering made them less happy, IIRC. This was a few years ago. Not sure if it's ideal, but the leaves look so different. Maybe it's a soft one and mine is firm or something. I keep thinking yours might be a feijoa.

gacevedobolton:
Definitely not a Feijoa! It's the Pecan Pie variety that Alex sells. It seems to be putting out some new growth and also what looks like potential flowers buds. The soil itself was a mix of potting soil for acid loving plants and some regular potting soil. There might have been some wood flakes in the mix. Looks to have stabilized, so perhaps the iron/zinc and moving and sheltering from the wind helped.

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