I would say leave it in bright shade until it starts to perk up a bit. Carefully un-pot your tree. I left the wick in and watered it well. Many of the newly forming fruits fall off well before they can begin to grow. Over time, you can learn to provide the tree exactly what it … Again, I can't thank you enough. You may have to refill the saucer 3-4 times depending on its capacity... water top down too. The wick is still wet but I am watering it now. un-cupping / unrolling after watering is a tell-tale sign that the tree was dehydrated. Are you familiar with the term? This lack of fruit set may be due to an excess of fruits, too much water, low nutrients or exposure to cold. That correlated to 3 times per week or so. I find it more successful using this method than to do a repot while your tree is in this state than what I use to suggest...Emergency repotting works most of the time, but wicking almost always works better.. By the way, if you decide to repot, Patty has really steered you in the right direction...Her plants thrive in her mix and mine in mine..We know the concepts of a well draining mix suited for our trees in our environments.. They look like they may be new because how thin they are but there are brown spots. Re-pot. The view is outstanding, so the panels at the windows are perfect. Mike, thank you - i really liked your wording: "It may even lose most if not all the leaves if left to wilt just once,,,but it doesn't mean certain death..Just a slow recovery if properly cared for after that.. Remove any dead or dying leaves. Mike - I did transfer the old soil surrounding the root from the nursery when I originally potted it. Watering your citrus trees may seem like a simple chore but it is one of the major problem areas most growers encounter regularly. Dig down several inches into the tree's root zone, in the area between the trunk and the edge of the tree's canopy. You mentioned taking it out of the sun, it currently get sun from 7am-12p only. The fruit is also soft. So now that it is wicked for almost an hour and the wicks are still dry. So far from your description you have lead us to think the mix is staying wet too long..Please double check..If it's dry at the bottom and then dry again in a day or two, then we are dealing with something entirely different.. JenG: there is some very good input here for you from the experienced growers! follow the evidence. I have similar situation and I am also in Phoenix. what does the rest of the tree look like? If it is a matter of the potting medium drying out to a hard ball and becoming hydrophobic, you are constantly going to have this issue. The place I had my tree in was receiving about 8hrs of sun and I started to see the fruit show signs of sun burn. For the DynaGro and/or Osmocote when should I start using those? This post was edited by meyermike_1micha on Thu, Jul 31, 14 at 15:55. I am assuming it was potted into that mix a year ago? They look great in sheers too. Oh well- here's to many more years of perfect lemons! Stick your finger in the pot to check for moisture. ". Should the soil cover these main roots? Ok so pulled up the tree and the rosts were bone dry, even after watering yesterday. GREAT news. Prune away any rotten roots. Life lessons... sometimes costly, but always worth the cost. Are they wet? So I went out this morning to check on tree and it looked marginally better. Yes! These should be easily recognizable. Trees are flourishing. Maureen Malone has been a professional writer since 2010 She is located in Tucson, Arizona where she enjoys hiking, horseback riding and martial arts. She is an outdoor lover who spends her weekends tending her raised garden and small orchard of fruit trees. And this tells us there is a nutrient deficiency - leading back to soil health right? OK, that is a huge data point. They tell me to give it once a week as it "brings trees back to life" according to them. I didn't take off all the soil on the roots just now because I didn't want to disturb them too much. You need to see what is going on at the bottom of your pot and in the soil. When I barely pulled on them they fell off so I removed another 5 lemons this morning.It has only lost two more leaves since Friday and they don't appear to be getting any yellower, however they are still cupped. Very good. Wait until the tree starts to perk up, then start providing more sun, but give it afternoon shade, as your sun and temps in the afternoon can be brutal. Resume a steady watering regimen to keep the soil moist but not soggy and everything should return to normal. Remove the mix from around the roots by soaking in a bucket of water or by using a gentle water stream. If you notice that water is puddling, you may be irrigating too often. Either way, both due to the density of the potting mix. - I also echo John's comments and can tell you that i have citrus in a variety of soil (dirt, regular potting mix, the worst stuff), and always had to water water water in the hot summer months. I would look for a solution to those brick corners. Added to that a picture cannot distinguish between over watering or under watering; the symptoms are the same. It is a matter of suffocation from not enough air movement. Depending on the severity, it may or may not drop more leaves, and it may or may not go into a profuse bloom. Water does run out the pot almost immediately so I let that happen and water it a bit more until I feel it's deep enough. Not inserted properly maybe? Our weather has been a bit mild, only 100-105 and some humidity, but shouldn't it be dry by now?The lemons are still soft and a few started to turn yellow (not ripe, just not green). Finally, should the soil come up right to the base of the truck or should it be just below? I haven't watered it again since last Friday because the wick is still wet. There was mention of sunburn damage; and based on that, my first guess would be lack of water in that hot sun. And yes, it was potted last spring so almost a year and a half ago and it is the same soil. It was a14" string and 4-5" are hanging out of the bottom. Finally - what signs should I look for if it worsens or gets better? It is not bone dry but definitely not wet. I could tip it to insert the wick but does it need to hang? When wicking, I think I understand you put a string (or something) up through the drain hole but my pot is VERY heavy and sits on concrete. Or can it be flat against the concrete under the heavy pot? I know you have a ton of sun, but a pattern will break up the long wall and add interest. Foot rot, which is an infection of the tree trunk by Phytophthora gummosis, causes the leaves to turn yellow and fall off and may also cause lesions on the trunk, advises the University of California, Davis. This post was edited by jen_g on Thu, Jul 31, 14 at 18:12. If it is left to dehydrate more than once to the point of wilt, then it will die.". Simply Beautiful Hanukkah: Make an Easy Citrus Menorah, Tearing Down a Wall? This is important for all varieties of citrus trees, including lemons, limes, grapefruit, Calamondins, Kaffir lime, and Australian finger limes. You mention your plant is only 3 years old; hence, its root system is small and easy to dry out. Should I take off the leaf or wait a bit? Trimming the windows would be nice.... if its done well it would improve it. Then, I prefer to use a time release fertilizer (I use Osmocote Plus, as it has a very good NPK ratio for citrus, as close to 5-1-3 as possible, plus a full complement of micros), and then water about 1 or 2 times a month with DynaGro's Foliage Pro. Now it’s all dry and loosing its leaves. See pic, I will say it again and again, everyone's willingness to help has been so amazing. Since I moved the tree it has dropped about 50% of its leaves, which are cupped, pointed down, yellowing and then falling off. I'm open to suggestions. Also I have river rocks about an inch high in the bottom of the pot, should those remain? Don't move. The wick may be wet after the soil has started to dry out. Last fall I even got 12 really delicious lemons and this year have over 30 golf ball sized fruit on the tree. upgrade the soil to what has been suggested earlier and if it was me, i'd set the pot into a big saucer of water and let the water wick up into the root ball. Remove all fruit. Still a dry wick so I think I put it in wrong. Or would that add additional stress? it's definitely odd. Should I leave it? The lemons at this point probably should all be picked off, as the tree is trying to survive at this point, so really, all its energies should be put to that effort, not in producing fruit.

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