Hi Mentha,

Toni (HopefulA) hasn't been around for abt a month, she's got a lot going on. Just thought you should know, in case you hadn't noticed.

I don't grow any citrus, so sorry I can't offer any help at all.

Here's a link to the "citrus forum" (you probably already know it was there) where you can probably find the answers your looking for until Toni gets back, which I hope will be soon.

Billy Rae

Here is a link that might be useful: Citrus forum

Good to see you Mentha! I'd asked about you a month or so ago over at TGF, but noone had heard from you since August. Good Luck with your Citrus.

GH

Good heavens, but we miss Toni! She is just a powerhouse of info on plants, and her specialty, as you obviously know, is citrus. I also don't know squat about citrus, so let's all keep our fingers crossed that Toni will soon reappear. She's sorely missed.

Randi

Thanks all for the nice notes, I'm sure Toni will be happy she's been missed. I did find some info online, so I'm a bit more citrus savvy now.

Hello
My first answer would be to stop moving the thing. You won't be able to figure out anything if it's constantly moving. Next modern commerical growers use hydroponics of ebb and drain to grow plants. Even citrus. So you bring a hydroponicly grown plant home and try and grow it like it's in soil. That what causes the leaves to turn yellow or your not leaving the water you use on your plants to sit long enough. Now if your leaves are turning yellow from the veins that a nurtrient problem. If the whole leaf is turning yellow that's an enviroment problem that started with the move out of the growers greenhouse,over state trucking to finally the showroom of the seller. After two weeks of that everything is dying. But that's the fun of being a plantperson. Those discounts they give on plants where they go from $10 to 50 cents. And really the best thing is to go and introduce yourself to the dept manager. Say my name is and when do you expect to discount your plants. Leave them a card. Take them to lunch. Hell even a lunch from Mac Donalds is cheaper than most houseplants. But more over no one bought you what you wanted here's somebody that'll be pushing them off on you.

Thanks georgeiii,
You gave very good advise. Sometimes the very adept at plant rescue missions need to be reminded of the basic plant care. I've been rescuing plants for a very long time, however this is my first attempt at citrus. I usually visit my local nusery daily-weekly-monthly depending upon the time of year. I go so often sometimes that they tell me before hand when they're marking down a hoya or some other plant I'm interested in. These were end of the year, before frost mark-downs.

I do have a sucess with my new citrus, I gave them some Eleanore's VF-11 and the color is back on both and one has three buds. They just needed to be given a little TLC.

My first answer would be to stop moving the thing. You won't be able to figure out anything if it's constantly moving.

Ah, duh! I finally figured that one out, I always quarantine plants in the bathroom, and when I find they are bug free, I move them into whichever room they were bought for. It's easier to battle nasties next to a water source, than trucking them back and forth.