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I've killed my lemon tree 😭

spookessspookess Posts: 63
in Fruit & veg
I moved my dwarf container lemon tree into one of those pop-up tomato greenhouses over winter, and it has been absolutely fine. Nice green leaves and plenty of buds. I held of watering it over winter (as I read to) and it looked fine the last time I watered it but I have just gone to water it again and the buds have all dried up, as have some of the leaves. The leaves that are still green are not as healthy and some drop off as soon as you touch them. 
Is it dead and beyond all hope? 😫

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Try watering it, keep it protected from frost and wait and see.

    I move my 3 citrus plants to a polytunnel for winter and they do get watered occasionally as they are evergreen and, tho they slow down, are still transpiring and photosynthesising.  They need feeding too with a specialist citrus feed thru winter so they can produce healthy flowers and fruit and then a more nitrogen based one the rest of the year to keep the foliage healthy.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • spookessspookess Posts: 63
    Thanks Obelixx. I will keep going with it an see. I didn't give it any citrus feed through the winter (as I didn't know that was a thing until I went to the garden centre last week and saw it) but did get some citrus feed for spring. Will give it a bash. Fingers crossed. I'm hoping my dwarf cherry starts producing leaves soon. All leaves dropped (its a deciduous variety apparently) and there are loads of buds but there's no tinges of green yet. I'm impatient lol. Just want the prettiness of my spring garden NOW 🤣
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Patience!  Essential gardening virtue.  Any early blossom is likely to be blown away or frozen by contrary March weather.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • spookessspookess Posts: 63
    🤣 Patience is something I have yet to learn, in many aspects of life (e.g. I think I will get my hair coloured.....*rings round various hairdressers until finds one with an appointment that day* 🤣).
  • MsCatFlyMsCatFly Posts: 68
    Same thing happened to me! Except all the leaves shrivelled and fell off! I brought mine in before the frost. It was quite sodden so left it to dry out, but I think I left it too long! I gave it a light prune and now waiting, fingers crossed. Currently it's completely bare! 
  • MsCatFlyMsCatFly Posts: 68
    I can't get Citrus feed anywhere around here, I've been looking for over a year, and I can only seem to see it on UK websites. It doesn't seem to be a thing here!  :(
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Try online in Europe.  "Engrais agrumes" in French.  Plenty here.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I've looked at its composition and they don't give the proportions but it's high in potash for fruit and flowers and nitrogen for foliage.  It also has magnesium and trace elements so I reckon you could use some good slow release tomato fertiliser and add some Epsom salts in solution to get the magnesium.   15ml in 5 litres of water makes a great foliar feed.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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