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Citrus tree leaves turning yellow and falling off... need help!

9 years ago

Two of my citrus trees are not doing so well. On the bigger one, the leaves are turning yellow and falling off. On the smaller one, some of the branches are bare and look dead. I don't know if I need to put more fertilizer on them or water them more or what. One of the problems is, I have no idea how old the trees are. They were there when I moved into the house a little over a year ago. I don't have much experience with citrus trees and could use some help!

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evdesert 9B Indio, CA
9 years ago
Looks like your trees might be suffering from some bark disease. You need to remove the landscape rock from near the trunk out a couple feet, it could be trapping unneeded moisture too close to the trunk and be causing that bark splitting. Can you take a close up of the trunk on both trees and post the photos? The one leafless branch on the upper photo looks like it's had twig die back, trim it back to where the branch looks green which could be at the node where it grew from. What is your grow zone? How often do you water and fertilize?

Evan
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