The branches still have a bit of flexibility in them, so hopefully that's a good sign. I've checked the roots - not really sure how to tell if they're dead or not so I've taken a pic.
You may have a chance at reviving it.
As advised above, repot in a better pot - terracota breathes too so that's a great option. Use some high quality compost too.
Flexibility in the branches again is a good sign.
As it's got a bad start this year, it will take weeks/months to get itself back on its feet but next year it will make better progress.
Thanks for the bump Dove. I do indeed have calamondin, mandarin ( 4 lemons and a grapefruit,) where do you live? What have you done with the tree so far? A calamondin is a small fruit orange,it's not a lime. It shouldn't look like it does.They are the more tender of the citrus,ours live over winter in a north facing conservatory, they hate central heating....too dry,you have to spray the leaves. A house won't be too cold,keep them moist, but only a little water over winter,and left to drain, never leave the roots in water. Any branches showing no green (when scraped) cut off
I would say, leaves, top too dry,roots too wet,you can't tell whether they are alive by looking at them, they wouldn't be green. What has your feed/water regeme been so far. Yes, Phillipa is right, they aren't house plants,and they are not easy bedfellows! Ours are 50/50 soil based and citrus compost.
If you purchased that citrus in the pot as shown, it's yet another example of a forced, pretty plant which GC's excel in. Unfortunately, they rarely explain how to keep them in order for them to thrive and continue to offer totally unsuitable plants to the public. Citrus in the UK do need rather more thought and don't make suitable House plants in the long term. They are trees and need to be treated as such. If you can picture where they are successfully grown and try to emulate those conditions, it is possible. It will at least be worth your while to re pot in a recommended medium and see if you get new growth. Once the weather warms up, it will be happier outside ( depending on your location of course ) until the first frosts threaten. Best of luck with it anyway
I'm in Caerphilly nr Cardiff, East facing window ( we only have East or West ), central heating has been on a lot, but we've also got a dehumidifier as it suffers from damp and condensation a little. Over winter when the CH isn't on, the temperature drops quickly and it's cold.
Sounds like our place is far from ideal for the poor thing! I will look to repot and prune the dead parts - hopefully that leaves me with more than a stump.
Watering regime was to mist it every couple of days and water a little when it seemed dry. When it started going bad I think we panicked and ended up over watering.
When we lived in Southern Spain where orange and lemon groves are in abundance, we had plans to grow a lime tree, when we asked at a garden centre the said it was too cold to grow lime trees where we were.
I know Bloom and Wild are blooming expensive. I doubt if your house will be very cold for a long time. we're in the SE UK,on a frosty night the (north facing conservatory will go down to 8c. They're perfectly happy with that, for short periods. Do you feed it? At the moment Lidl if you have them in your area, have nice specimens from £15 to £19.99 depending on size. Most of ours came from there or Aldi
Just to be clear,I don't work for either store. The other citrus are in a greenhouse, bubble wrapped, tubular heater on frosty nights and extra layer of bubble wrap. Beast from the east,we had 2 days and nights at -12, unheard of here, they lost their leaves and bounced back in spring. Have actually just picked all the calamondins to make a flourless orange cake!
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As advised above, repot in a better pot - terracota breathes too so that's a great option. Use some high quality compost too.
Flexibility in the branches again is a good sign.
As it's got a bad start this year, it will take weeks/months to get itself back on its feet but next year it will make better progress.
Ours are 50/50 soil based and citrus compost.
Citrus in the UK do need rather more thought and don't make suitable House plants in the long term. They are trees and need to be treated as such. If you can picture where they are successfully grown and try to emulate those conditions, it is possible.
It will at least be worth your while to re pot in a recommended medium and see if you get new growth.
Once the weather warms up, it will be happier outside ( depending on your location of course ) until the first frosts threaten.
Best of luck with it anyway
I'm in Caerphilly nr Cardiff, East facing window ( we only have East or West ), central heating has been on a lot, but we've also got a dehumidifier as it suffers from damp and condensation a little. Over winter when the CH isn't on, the temperature drops quickly and it's cold.
Sounds like our place is far from ideal for the poor thing! I will look to repot and prune the dead parts - hopefully that leaves me with more than a stump.
Watering regime was to mist it every couple of days and water a little when it seemed dry. When it started going bad I think we panicked and ended up over watering.
Excuse my naivety @philippasmith2, but what are GC's?
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.