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Old 17-02-2015, 08:35 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Martin Brown Martin Brown is offline
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Default Mini lemon tree dying?

On 17/02/2015 07:58, Bob Hobden wrote:
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Hi all,
I went to vietnam for three week, and the person in charge of my plant
at home did not do a good job...
My lemon three, started from the seed a few year ago did not got any
water for a bit more then a week (as far as i know...) when i got home
the leave where all dry and looked dead but the steam seemed ok...
Then i deeply water it... the three seem to recover a little, with a
few leave retaking normal apperence, but most of theem are still
srinkeled and dry...

I love this three and will like to rescue it, any advice are welcome =D

he is in a container inside (Québec canada) 6 inche pot he did not got
any fertilizer recently and never carried any fruit wet, he is about
60 cm tall

thanks in advance for any advice about what to do next...

The shrivelled leaves will drop off but keep your normal routine and it
will recover eventually, mine did. Strange plants citrus, overwatering
(letting them sit in water) will certainly kill them but under watering
takes a lot longer as they seem to just go into dormancy.


So long as you don't leave it standing in water it will regrow leaves
again quite happily even if it has been dry enough to drop them all.

They tend to drop their fruit first if short of water.


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Regards,
Martin Brown