There are few things that compare to the scent of citrus blossoms on the warm evening air. Every garden has to have at least one of these trees, in my opinion.
I bought my lemon and lime trees from the local nursery and planted my lemon tree in a bed near the pool while the lime tree went into the very first bed that I’d made when I started out. Both areas in full sun with good drainage.
Lemon and lime afflictions: leaves yellowing and dropping off (usually an iron deficiency)
I planted lavender, gazanias and rosemary as companion plants for my lemon tree. They all like a Mediterranean climate so it’s not too serious if I’m not watering them regularly.
As time went along, I started seeing the regular ailments and pest afflictions that occur to lemon and lime trees. Firstly, the leaves yellowing and falling off as well as a few hungry munchers (the ‘pillars) and those small flat buggy things that like the underside of the leaf and cause leaf shrivel and leaf pox.
About 90% of my lime tree’s leaves fell off before I decided that I needed to add more iron and Epsom salts to really have an effect. Both my trees now are looking good and we’ve had some good G & T’s compliments of our little lemon tree (so many and quite large, I was impressed). My lime tree though has struggled a bit (we had 2 limes when I bought it, and then no fruit at all thereafter when the leaves started falling off) but now that it’s looking healthy again I’m hoping that we’ll get some fruit soon.
Lemon and lime trees looking healthier
What has worked for me so far (care for lemon and lime trees, every 2 months or so):
- Epsom salts, 1 cup per bucket of water
- Multiflora, 1 spoon per bucket of water
- Iron filings (you can buy these in a plastic bottle from your nursery); sprinkle out as much as it takes to cover the base area near the stem of your tree, dig in and then water.
If your trees are looking and feeling healthy, there’ll be fewer pests about (pay attention to the companion plants and feed if things are looking out of balance in the colour and state of your trees).
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Hi Niks,
Wow! lovely blogs really enjoying reading them all.
proud mom.
Lilian