My Little Tree

10 years ago

Hello and thanks in advance. I grew this from a seed I found in my mouth while eating a "seedless" tangerine. It's been growing for little over a year here in eastern WA state. It was inside all winter and did quite well, come spring when I thought it might be nice enough I moved it outside and put it in a larger pot. Used miracle grow gardening soil and I have added a few banana peels to the soil over the summer. The new shoots and leaves seem a lighter green and curl in on themselves regardless of if I leave it in the sun or shade. I really know nothing about this plant and now its started to get these brown markings on some of the leaves. Any tips or info on what I can do to make this tree flourish would be greatly appreciated.

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cory (Zone 7a, NJ)

10 years ago

Brian, I think you need a fertilizer with micronutrients like, calcium, iron, magnesium, etc.. I don't think the Miracle Grow has them, so that is why most members here use Foliage Pro made by Dyna Gro. You can find it on Amazon. Also Osmocote Plus, a slow release fertilizer which you put in the medium mix, has the micronutrients. The "Plus" in the name means it has micronutients. Many fertilizers do not contain the micronutrients, including plain Osmocote, and most of the Miracle Grow formulas. Citrus are heavy feeders so they will show various leaf patterns and spots on the leaves when they are deficient in some of the micronutients as well as the NPK nutrients provided by most fertilizers. Your trees are young, so you might need to move them to part shade if they are getting sunburned....brown, dried, scorched marks on the leaves. Otherwise you tree looks good and the new leaves will turn a dark lush green when fed and they begin to mature.

Cory

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Brian Helios
Original Author
10 years ago
The darker leaves were what grew in winter, while the light green is everything from this summer.
myermike_1micha
10 years ago
Brian, how long has that tree been in that mix? Do you fertilize it and with what? How much sunlight does it get? How do you know when to water and what is your method?

Mike
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Brian Helios
Original Author
10 years ago
Hi Mike, thanks for the quick response. I've been kinda switching it up with how much sun and water I give it because im not sure what it likes, Usually I keep the dirt moist, and around here that means I give it water every other day or so. It's been in the same soil since late may I think and I added some miricle grow "plant food" blue powder stuff to it in small doses maybe twice since then. Oh and then a few months ago I had added a bit of "bayer advanced rose and garden" stuff for spider mites that I had seen at the time. Theyve been gone since then. Other than that just the banana peel chunks.
Laura LaRosa (7b)
10 years ago
Brian, I think the general advice here is that the best potting medium is either the 5-1-1 mix or the gritty mix. If you search for those here on this forum, you will find the ingredients. The other big piece of advice is to regularly fertilize with Foliage Pro. It's a nice little tree!
Brian Helios
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks for the advice, but I am still a little concerned about the brown spots appearing on the leaves as well as if the curling of the newer leaves is something to be worried about. Thanks!!