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Problems with a Tahitian Lime
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Posted by Gordo_01 NSW Aust (My Page) on Tue, Jan 3, 06 at 21:13
| Hi, I was wondering if some could tell me what is wrong with my Tahitian Lime. I have recently planted a citrus garden consisting of the lime above, a Lemonade tree, Eureka lemon and a Emperor mandarin. All seem to be doing well, the Eureka lemon and the lime have put the most growth on in the 3 months that they have been in. Sounds good so far, BUT the new growth on the lime seems to be limp and the leaves are curling. The rest of the tree looks as health as but all the new growth is where the problem is. The leaves are curling up to form a U shape and are green. All the bed were prepared the same. A slow release fertiliser was mixed in at planting. They receive 16lt of water every 3 days from drip line. Have mulch and just this week have been given a mix of Seasol and Powerfeed. When the soil was preped I mixed in a 10lt of cow manure. They have a wind break and are in full sun. We have been experiencing very hot weather lately. Thats about all I can tell you. So if someone can help it would be great! |
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RE: Problems with a Tahitian Lime
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| No expert on citrus, but limp growth could be just water shoots. These are very soft shoots that I prune off. Citrus should put on an autumn growth spurt too. Sounds to me like you've done a great preparation job and they get well looked after. My advice would be to prune the water shoots, mulch heavily, give them some chook poo early autumn, and forget 'em. |
RE: Problems with a Tahitian Lime
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| I agree with Ray, so long as the rest of the tree is healthy don't worry too much, the new growth may just be sensitive. I'm sure from such an accurate description that if there was anything else, such as leef miner, that you'd have noticed it. |
RE: Problems with a Tahitian Lime
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Wed, Jan 4, 06 at 5:36
| Did you check for leaf miner? They love new young growth. Look for tiny white trails on the leaf, like little squiggles. |
RE: Problems with a Tahitian Lime
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| Hi, Guys thanks for the help sorry I have not replied sooner but have been away. Sarah and Finbar I have looked for leaf miner but there was not a sign of it. In addition, Ray thanks for the advice. However, I think I might know what the problem is. It could be a copper deficiency. I have just spent about 1hr looking at what the department of Ag's web site and there is mention of deficiencies. I looked at all of them and think it could be copper. Here is an extract "The leaves are often dark green and smaller than normal, except for a few giant leaves found on vigorous S-shaped branches which emerge from stunted bushy trees. Twig growth is weak and likely to die back. "(from http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/citrus/h2311.htm) This seems to fit the bill but I am still not to sure. |
RE: Problems with a Tahitian Lime
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Sat, Jan 7, 06 at 5:00
| Odd that only one would be suffering a deficiency if they're sharing essentially the same ground. Have they had any citrus food? Good citrus fertiliser contains micronutrients like copper. |
RE: Problems with a Tahitian Lime
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| Thats what I was thinking! All of the trees were planted with a slow release fertiliser that is designed for Citrus.I have since added Seasol and Powerfeed. All the others look great. I have added a trace elements package (that contained copper) since my last post and it looks to be turning and the limpness seems to be improving. Let you know how it turns out. |
RE: Problems with a Tahitian Lime
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Tue, Jan 10, 06 at 5:05
| Mmmm. Re-reading your first post, they've been in the ground for three months. Citrus are very hungry beasts, especially when young. Give 'em another citrus feed. I never subscribed to the two big feeds a year for citrus theory. Less, more often, was my go, once every six weeks or so. |
RE: Problems with a Tahitian Lime
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| i have problem with my lime fruit going soft flower end skin breaking down and falling off |
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