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Calamondin tree loses lots of leaves 😢

isabellabubolatq0VKgMZisabellabubolatq0VKgMZ Posts: 1
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Hi, I purchased a little calamondin tree from Ikea about a month ago. It bloomed, and it looked like it was doing fine!

3 days ago leaves started looking more miserable and started falling off in huge numbers! I'm not sure what's wrong. I keep it in the sunniest part of the flat even though it hasn't been sunny in London much. 

I'm not sure if I'm overwatering or underwatering it - I tried to feel the top 2 inches of the soil. It's certainly not wet, but it could be a little damp (not sure).

Anyone knows what to do to make my little tree happy if it's not too late?

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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Most of our citrus came from Aldi or Lidl
     I have bought plants from IKEA. Agreed they aren't specialists,but these things cost so much more from specialist nurseries. I have a calamondin (4 lemons, grapefruit which are in the green house overwintering) the calamondin and mandarin,both very tender are in the conservatory.  It's north facing, occasionally goes down to 9c at night. They are trees, they don't like full sun or central heating,it's too dry! Move it somewhere cooler. Spray the leaves with rain water. Ours get a little water over winter, just on the surface. We keep a can of rainwater indoors,do it's not too cold. Good advice from my mate Pansy👍
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    How are you watering it @isabellabubolatq0VKgMZ ?
    The reason I'm asking is because I can't see a saucer under the pot, and it seems to be on a desk or similar. The water would run out onto that and damage that if there wasn't something to catch it. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    It looks like dryness of air and/or soil to me, especially as the whole tree is affected. It could have been allowed to get very dry in the shop and you are just seeing the results now. It takes time for a plant to totally collapse like yours has, like two or three weeks. You could be a very unlucky customer.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited March 2023
    It could also have got too cold in transit somewhere as well, eg if it was delivered to the shop in cold weather I can't see them keeping the lorry at 13 degrees, or it could have been in a cold warehouse/loading bay area for a while before being brought into the shop. You could be seeing the effect of something like that.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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