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My citrus plants

littlehaillittlehail Posts: 7
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Hi, I'm hoping someone can help before it's too late for my poor citrus plants. I originally planted them in ericaceous compost with grit, they seemed happy until about a month and half ago when all the leaves started curling and dropping I wasn't sure if I'd over watered. So I bought westlands citrus soil and I've repotted both but the leaves that were just curling trying and dropping seem to be begining to turn yellow. I'm so confused as this compost is meant to be the right ph I have only watered once and the top of the soil is now dry but it's still just damp so everything should be right for them now.  Any ideas please?  
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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Is your plant in the house, outside in the garden or in a greenhouse. Because, in extreme cold and also in warm rooms with central heating, they can start to lose their leaves.

    If you are growing them indoors, keep them somewhere with lots of natural bright light and away from warm radiators. They really only need a cool space with light. Also, cut down with watering in these months.
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Depends if they are lime or lemon. I have lime and cold below 5° will make them loose most leaves, but not to worry they bounce back well. Lemon tend to loose leaves in winter, so if it's been inside a warm room maybe you have prolonged its season so it's now doing its winter season. They do need bright light.
  • littlehaillittlehail Posts: 7
    Thank you, they are both I  my greenhouse which isn't really cold and I've used a parrafin heater when it was below freezing, may be it is just the weather then, hopefully once it gets better they will bounce back. I have a Tahitian Lime and Eureka Lemon as I know both of these varieties weather a bit better. Will just have to hope for the best then. Thankyou x
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Even a heated greenhouse could get cold enough to stress the lime, which would make it drop its leaves. Is it in flower, if it is then it need feed and water, I find my lime doesn't have a 'down' time and is almost in flower/fruit year round. It was in flower over Christmas and has grape sized fruit now.
  • littlehaillittlehail Posts: 7
    No it's not in flower, I only bought them last year, I covered them in frost covers for a couple of cold nights then ended up moving them into my greenhouse over winter in the hopes it would protect them. X
  • littlehaillittlehail Posts: 7
    Your really lucky to have yours in flower and growing all year round, I'm hoping if I can keep them alive this year hopefully I can work their quirks out for next winter before hand 
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    It's not been easy as they are funny things. Like lots of growth, then suddenly dont like the temperature so all the leaves drop. So you cut back ( it did need a trim but with fruit on you have to jump in when you get the chance) and that's when it decides to flower! So now feeding for fruit and lots of new growth appearing just when a cold snap could hit it again. (Mine is in the conservatory) Have had some lovely fruit from it and they are much more juicy and fragrant than shop bought just not quite as big.🙂
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    The top pic is what it's like now, the bottom one is during the hot weather when it sulked. You can see all the middle leaves have dropped,  but there was still fruit on the end of the long branches, which have now had a trim.🙂
  • littlehaillittlehail Posts: 7
    Wow it's lovely, really hope I can cheer mine up i don't have a conservatory just the greenhouse or outside so as soon as it's warmer they'll come back out. I thought I had bought bushes when I first bought them but they came through and were trees 😂
  • littlehaillittlehail Posts: 7


    So this is now my lemon and lime, they just don't seem to be improving, the soil feels dry but I have a tester that says its still moist/wet so I'm really concerned as it doesn't feel it don't know whether to feed them and see if that's the problem. Their in citrus soil so I wouldn't think that was bad and it's not too hot or cold in the greenhouse, any suggestions please? 


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