new to fourm! bought a meyer lemon tree and is this fungai?

9 years ago

Hi, guys im new to fourm and i just want to say hello. Couple of days i bought a meyer lemon and key lime tree potted together from homedepot. I believe its about year or two old? It already has three walnut sized lemon and lots of flowers, some of them already has little fruit in it, so i guess this is a good sign for me to harvest lemon this season? The only thing that concerns me is that about 20% of leaves has some brownish dot and black spot on under leaves. It doesnt show any spots on top of the leaves but only leaves on under. Im not sure if this is fungus or any other diseases? Other than that plants looks very healthy with lot of healthy green leaves and blooms. Please help me out guys! Thank you.

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johnmerr

9 years ago

Mike is right. Whenever I bring a new tree into my garden I make it a point to go over it leaf by leaf and wash each one; that way you don't bring any unwanted critters or diseases into your environment.

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myermike_1micha
9 years ago
Looks more like pest residue...Maybe mealy bug or spider mites? Not sure but not fungal...
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marantzaux1212
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you guys for answering! So guys should i wipe all the leaves with water? Or buy a spray for fungus and pest. I also saw ants and some green looking bug.
johnmerr
9 years ago
Water mixed with a little alcohol works fine. Please do control your ants; because if you have ants, you will have aphids.
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dnedd1 zone7 LI NY
9 years ago
Judging by the pictures it looks like your climate allows outdoor year round. If you had to take it in then it would be a bigger concern. I wish homedepot had tropicals for sale in the North East, where are you located?
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marantzaux1212
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you johnmerr will definitey try some alcohol rub
marantzaux1212
Original Author
9 years ago
i live in florida, its very hot here all year i can definitely keep this plants outdoor all year around. The only was is to order them from online but i believe its very hard to maintain plants healthy on winter time.
Denise Becker
8 years ago
For some reason this old posting showed up on my ipod this morning. I was surprised that this is almost exactly what my older trees have. Too bad this is an old thread because I would have liked to ask the OP if the spots washed off.