Not a silly question at all. We've grown citrus for many years,they are labour intensive,and can be temperamental devils. We use the same summer/winter feeds. In summer they are dunked in a bucket,left for about 15 minutes,then left to drain. They need a lot of water,you can check this yourself for fun. Give the pot a whole watering can full,then carefully lift the plant out of its pot and look,it will be dry! We give the occasional winter water ..and spray to keep the bugs at bay, always rainwater. No reason why it won't get it's leaves back.
I used to water with filtered water, but since moving we haven't set up the water filter so it's been getting straight tap water, wonder if that's a factor it doesn't like. I'll attempt to collect some rain water. I've noticed little white dots on the leaves, is this damage left from scale, or possibly another pest, or just what a normal leaf looks like? I just noticed it looks like little pin prick marks. These are its only leaves left
Nanny Beach said: It doesn't need a grow light,it. wants a winter break.
My lemon came from the specialist growers, The Citrus Centre. They say that citrus trees need light, even in the winter. Indoors is darker than you think, even in the window. We cave dwellers have evolved to cope with dark, and don't even notice it; citrus trees have not.
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Give the pot a whole watering can full,then carefully lift the plant out of its pot and look,it will be dry!
It very much depends on the compost. With soil-based composts, if water runs out of the bottom the whole root ball should be wet. Unless there are free channels. Not so with many peat-free composts, which once dry will not rewet.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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I've noticed little white dots on the leaves, is this damage left from scale, or possibly another pest, or just what a normal leaf looks like? I just noticed it looks like little pin prick marks. These are its only leaves left
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"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
It very much depends on the compost. With soil-based composts, if water runs out of the bottom the whole root ball should be wet. Unless there are free channels. Not so with many peat-free composts, which once dry will not rewet.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."