![]() The misting of the leaves, use water, not fertilliser unless its one that says you can mist the plant with it ( some burns the leaves ), the same some fertilisers can burn the roots so its best to use the citrus one, make sure it contains micronutrients listed on the tub such as magnesium etc, some dont and citrus need the micronutrients more than some plantsĪt a guess i would think that it is probably a lack of air humidity and the gas fire, citrus dont like to be in the house but need to be in the UK for ease of care they always look ill after the winter if kept in a warm houseĪre you spraying anything on the leaves?, try misting them with water for a bit, the tips of the leaves looks more like too much fertiliser, If you have drops ( not fine mist ) on the leaves keep it out of strong sun till it has dried, fine mist is ok in sun It could be root damage ,most citrus die within about 6 months of buying due to lack of oxygen caused by overwatering and/or the type of compost usedĮven though the compost used may grow the plants its not good for them, you need something that drys out very quickly, you can even grow them in the 1/2 inch bark chips used for orchids, on the top of the pot its best not to put anything as it holds moisture in, and never leave a saucer under the pot, if you do to catch drips make sure the water can not touch the pot by lifting the pot out of the saucer on something, the pot must never sit in water ![]() The fire you have had on, is it a gas fire?, If i light a gas fire even once in the room with citrus in the leaves go like that on mine, eventually they fall off Have you checked them for spider mites?, Ive had leaves look like that with spider mites, check for tiny webs or white or red dust on the leaves, usually on the bottom of the leaves Purple leaves on new growth are normal for lemon trees, the curled leaves could be many things They are fed with the same water and feed. I don�t know if its related but the leaves on my outdoor trees aren�t looking too great either. ![]() The room is quite dry, I have only started misting them last week. They were both re-potted in April this year with no improvement. They are both potted with John Innes No3, I was feeding them with a general fruit and veg liquid feed, ive recently switched to a citrus feed. A small number of leaves on the lime are now starting to go a little hard and curled. I recently bought a lime which looked so much healthier. Both are sending out lots of new growth with purple leaves � which I understand to be good? The last of the new growth last year was, and still is yellow/light green. It is worth noting that neither plant has lost any old leaves as yet, just a couple from the new growth. ![]() From around December the appearance of the leaves has been slowing deteriorating, they feel hard and dry with some curling. I tried my best not to let them fully dry out but also took note not to overwater. I left the plants on a south facing windowsill away from a radiator in a room with the heating off most of the time, I did have the fire on occasionally. They arrived quite small but soon started sending lots of shoots and tripled in size. I purchased two 1 year old Citrus trees (Citrus lemon and panama orange) around April last year. ![]()
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