Dwarf lime dropping leaves like crazy

16 years ago

Hello all.

I got a dwarf lime in the mail from direct gardening last week. It looks pretty twiggy and it had about 8 leaves on it. Two days ago i put it into a slightly bigger pot (roots were coming thru the bottom of the small pot it arrived in) I used african violet soil and I watered it throughly (I dont think i overwater the plant in general because i know citrus like to be dry before rewatering but i wanted to give it a good start in the new pot. Now earlier today I barely touched the plant and 2 leaves fell off and shortly after all the leaves but one fell off. Anybody know whats going on? I took a pic of the plant but I dont know how to post it here.

Thanks!

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Comments (4)

meyermike_1micha
16 years ago
Guessing why you leaves are falling off could be anything..:-(
It could be from just shock...Dehydration,a lack of light in shipment, overly dry roots to overly wet ones...?

As for posting pictures...

I can help you..:-)

Just upload them to photobucket for free..

When you do, let me know..

Mike
oppalm
16 years ago
probably transplant or shipping shock. I had a similar thing happen this spring with a lemon tree I orderd. Keep the tree out of direct light at this point. Place in a protected area (don't let it freeze) and wait until the tree recovers (maybe 2-4 weeks) before moving into direct sunlight.
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quiverws6
Original Author
16 years ago
Mike,
Its a pretty pathetic specimen. It looks like the Charlie Brown Xmas tree. I live in MA too, so if you have success with citrus I have hope.
I uploaded a pic to flickr. I can create a link, but wow do i embed it here?
citrusfreak
16 years ago
try putting the link of the picture right into the message box