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Tahiti (Persian Lime) questions.
Hi - in the UK, I have a Tahiti (Persian) Lime in a pot on the kitchen
windowsill plenty of afternoon sun - It's in citrus soil ( well draining mix) and is watered every 1-2 days, basically when the medium feels dry. I am feeding with citrus fertilizer twice a month. Any idea why leaves have been dropping recently and I'm not seeing any flowers or fruit this year? This is the second year I've had the plant, and I've had very little fruit at all so far. What might I be doing wrong? Any ideas? Crossposted to rec.gardens. Thanks for any ideas, Mike |
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Thanks both for the suggestions. I'm fertilizing with a liquid feed,
the label on the bottle suggests twice a month in the growing season, and once a month in the winter. I think I'll halve the amount in the growing season and not fertilize at all in the winter, and see what happens. This weekend, I'll give the soil a real good soaking to try to get rid of the built up salts. I'll report back here in a couple of weeks if there's any change. Loki - do you get much fruit? At the moment, I have 0 flowers. Thanks again, Mike |
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Your tree is probably losing leaves for lack of light. Its called the leaf
drop syndrome. Move the plant to a better lighted location and reduce the fertilizer to once a month. Citrus is extremely sensitive to the amount of sunlight it requires. Have Fun Jim wrote in message ups.com... Hi - in the UK, I have a Tahiti (Persian) Lime in a pot on the kitchen windowsill plenty of afternoon sun - It's in citrus soil ( well draining mix) and is watered every 1-2 days, basically when the medium feels dry. I am feeding with citrus fertilizer twice a month. Any idea why leaves have been dropping recently and I'm not seeing any flowers or fruit this year? This is the second year I've had the plant, and I've had very little fruit at all so far. What might I be doing wrong? Any ideas? Crossposted to rec.gardens. Thanks for any ideas, Mike |
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It's about 2 feet tall. I have had 1 lime from it before, but this
year, I've only seen 1 flower, which fell off. I've given it a good soaking now, so we'll see what happens with 1/2 rations of fertilizer. I'll let you know - thanks again for your help. |
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Thanks Jim - unfortunately there's nowhere in the house that I can move
it to. But I am going to cut the fertilizer down and see what happens. However - your post set me thinking - there must be some way of reproducing the chemical reaction of photosynthesis without actually providing more light - I'm thinking of some sort of additive that could be made available. Are there any microbiologists etc. out there that might be able to comment on this? Thanks, Mike |
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il 7 May 2005 05:31:43 -0700, "TheBadGerman" wrote:
It's about 2 feet tall. I have had 1 lime from it before, but this year, I've only seen 1 flower, which fell off. I've given it a good soaking now, so we'll see what happens with 1/2 rations of fertilizer. I'll let you know - thanks again for your help. I had a look at my lime and it had a lot of yellow leaves and some scale. it seems I haven't been looking after it properly. Altho with winter on the way I can't do much about the colder days. They prefer warmer weather and not below 15°C. But it has lots of limes :-) -- Cheers, Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ] |
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il 7 May 2005 05:35:09 -0700, "TheBadGerman" wrote:
Thanks Jim - unfortunately there's nowhere in the house that I can move it to. But I am going to cut the fertilizer down and see what happens. However - your post set me thinking - there must be some way of reproducing the chemical reaction of photosynthesis without actually providing more light - I'm thinking of some sort of additive that could be made available. Are there any microbiologists etc. out there that might be able to comment on this? Thanks, Mike Just buy some lights. -- Cheers, Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ] |
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Get this - I gave it a good soak over the weekend, and already, new
shoots have started popping up and even a few flowers! This suggests to me that teh position is good, as is my watering, but it was teh fertilizing which was the problem. Question is then, how often to fertilize with a liquid feed? Thanks, Mike |
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