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Unhappy Grapefruit plant!
onis_uk
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in Fruit & veg
Hi all, I've been trying to grow a grapefruit tree from seed in a large container and it shot up, started out quite well and lately the leaves have gotten pale and don't have that dark green waxy leaf you'd expect from a citrus plant! I've been feeding baby-bio citrus and no change... any suggestions?
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Just standard mud for pots i think, should i change for something more suited to citrus plants?
I would. Yon can get soil suitable for citrus plants. I got a bag last year from homebase in the sale for 50p. I will get around to repotting my calomondin
It looks like it could be magnesium deficiency where the veins of the leaf remain green and the rest of it fades to yellow.
A change of compost would likely help and I would do that first and give a seaweed extract drench every 2 weeks in the growing season.
If after a couple of months there's no improvement, then get some epsom salts and dissolve 1 T-spoon in a litre of water and drench with that. You should only need to do this once.
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