Hi Joanne,

thanks for your post.
At the moment the lime is not dropping any more leaves. It has about 50%
cover.
It gets enough water and is growing on the back lawn. We did have a lot of
rain in the past month so maybe it got too wet???
I have a few strawberries and irises growing under it. Could they cause the
problem as I heard somewhere that there should be nothing growing under a
citrus?
What should I feed it with?

Thanks
Kate





"The Lady Gardener" wrote in message
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Hi Kate

I am in Perth and have a mature Tahitian Lime, about 12 years old by now.
They can be temperamental buggers and drop leaves and/or fruit crop on a
whim. Mine is currrently covered in leaf and fruit.

They are voracious feeders and like water - could yours be suffering from
lack of water - if it is in a pot it will be stressed - they need dirt and
lots of it.

Hope that helps,

Joanne

"Kate" wrote in message
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We have a Tahitian lime, about 4 years old.
It has been dropping leaves over the last month or so, and is about 50%
bare
now.
Has some small fruit and a little new growth appearing.
Is it normal to drop so many leaves?

Thanks
Kate