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Old 20-06-2006, 08:50 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren
 
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Default Citrus Leaf Yellowing


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"GKN" writes:
| Hi there.
| Could anyone please give me some advice on the yellowing between veins on
| the leaves of my Lemon tree.
|
| The tree is about two years old and has flowered well again this year with
| medium sized Lemons which are still green.
| It is fed with a citrus liquid fertilizer on a fortnightly basis but still
| exhibits this yellowing in the leaves, mostly between the veins. Any ideas
| anybody what this apparent deficiency could be?

Check over-watering, use of alkaline water and something eating the roots.
You are probably overfeeding it, too - citrus do fairly well on benign
neglect.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.