On 05/08/2010 22:32, keith kent wrote:
Are acid loving plant feeds designed for use in tap water ?.
I have a lemon tree & calamondin bush which i struggle to get a nice
green color they go a patchy green /light yellow and i feed often ,i
used a citrus winter feed & now a summer feed in rain water .
If you have a Lemon tree and can keep them with lovely green leaves
,then can you tell me what feed you use & what water .

Many Thanks Keith

You may be feeding too often then. Patches of yellow indicate the plant
is struggling to find enough iron or magnesium for chlorophyll.

I feed mine from time to time and always water with rainwater. I use
whichever of orchid feed or citrus I have going at the time and never
bother swapping between winter vs summer citrus feeds. They tend to look
at their most ropey in early spring but rapidly grow new leaves and
flowers as the day lengthen.

It is a bad idea to use tapwater on any lime hating plant (although I
do sometimes for my blueberries when I run out of rainwater).

Regards,
Martin Brown