"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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I just moved into a new flat in Canberra, Australia. There's a lemon
tree in the garden, which is nice, but it's not in the best of health.
Alot of the leafs look chlorotic. Some have brown patches and holes.
Some of the fruit has whiteish stuff on it. I've seen a couple of
white fly type things as well. I sprayed with a pymethrin/oil mixture
to get rid of any insects. I was just wondering whether there maybe a
fungal or bacterial problem as well that may need attention. Here's a
link to some typical leafs and fruit from the tree. Any help would be
appreciated.

Cheers


Ah Canberra! How I yearn! Cold in winter, hot in summer, sterile all
year round.

:-)) Obviously you've never lived there. It's a great place, but don't
tell anyone.


1981-4 Kambah

It had all manner of good things including: a stroll down the walkway was
a suberb adventure playground along with multiple playing fields, picnic
areas etc etc all courtesy of the taxpayer. But no soul.

:-)) You should have tried one of the older suburbs. We lived in Holt for
about 7 years then moved to Watson and there was a world of difference
between the two. Nappy valley vs a mixed and diverse age group of
residents. Since Kambah and Holt would have been of a nearly similar age, I
can imagine why you didn't enjoy Kambah. After a few years in Watson, we
then moved out to a small rural village and it was similar to living in
Watson. We've moved on since then.

Citrus are pretty marginal in the Canberra winter. Little ones can be
killed by frost and even mature trees can be knocked back severely
unless sheltered. Fungus problems are not common due to the low
humidity. My guess is that this one is weak from general neglect and
suffering all sorts of damage. Citrus are not really 'plant and forget'
type trees.

It now being after the last frost (isn't it?)

Snort! It's never safe to assume there will be no more frosts on the
Southern Tableslands till after you know who won the Melbourne Cup.
Another month to go yet to be sure, to be sure.

But you could renovate now and have a good chance that new growth would
not be hit, couldn't you?

You could certainly renovate the lemon tree. Now is an ideal time to do it.

And just to prove my point, we had a filthy frost this morning. All the
spuds that had escaped harvesting had started to poke through the ground and
while they looked great yesterday, they are all blackened today. I had an
elderly chap and his daughter visit my garden today - he had moved here
recently from out west. he was complaining about the frost and how it'd
done for his recently planted tomatoes.

David