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Adelaide_Gardener starts with ... Hi guys. I'm new to this forum so hope I am posting in the correct spot. I'm also fairly new to gardening so I'm hoping someone can help me with an issue I am having. About a year and a half ago I planted 2 citrus trees in my garden. I guess they would have been 1-2 years old at the time? One is a dwarf Mandarin Emperor and the other is a double grafted Lemon Eureka and Tahitian Lime. Prior to planting I dug the hole quite well and put in some good quality potting soil plus compost. In retrospect I believe I should have mounded the trees to allow for better drainage. The Mandarin trees leaves all started to curl about a year ago and have stayed that way ever since. Now that Spring has come new healthy leaves are coming through. The Lemon/Lime tree shows signs of some kind of deficiency or issue as some of the the leaves (maybe 40%) are slightly yellow with green veins showing. I have tried to give them citrus fertiliser, trace elements and epsom salts but don't see any marked improvement. My question is, do you think I should transplant these trees into a better position now while they are still fairly young or will this damage the tree and roots? The position they are in gets plenty of sun even now in early Spring I guess it is 9-10 hours per day. In Adelaide we can get regular mid-summer temperatures in the high 30s- low 40s so I would like to move them sooner rather than later if you think this is the best choice. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you :) Brendan | About the Author Adelaide_Gardener Adelade 25th September 2019 11:42am #UserID: 20937 Posts: 1 View All Adelaide_Gardener's Edible Fruit Trees |
Pauline Staff of Daley's Nursery says... It could be that your lemon is only yellow from the winter as the rootstock is more or less deciduous and this causes yellowing in the leaves If epsom salts or even chelated iron doesn't fix the problem then wait a little bit to see if it picks up with the warmer weather. Having said this you may want to look at drainage. Dig a similar sized hole to the trees holes and fill it with water and see how long it takes to drain. If it still has water in it after 1 day then its not great if after 2 days then yes moving it might be a good idea. Hope this helps | About the Author Pauline Staff of Daley's Nursery Kyogle 2nd October 2019 3:47pm #UserID: 19813 Posts: 87 View All Pauline Staff of Daley's Nursery's Edible Fruit Trees |
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