Hi there! Thanks for the response! I do not use miracle grow soil, I hate the stuff honestly, I had basil in it, but after about a month it would just hold water on top and had absolutely no aeration. Anyway, the soil is called promix, I usually get the vegetable herb version as that's mostly what I have and there really isn't a difference in that vs the standard promix, I added some sweet peat mulch, but it has a lot of pine bark bits, the result is a nice rich soil-less medium with very good drainage. I have a moisture meter as well, I haven't used it recently, but it dries out well and also irrigates well. When I water I usually do so until it is draining from the bottom for a min to irrigate, usually once a week or so, the rain has been out of the ordinary for the season here. I'm in ohio, the Columbus area. It's been in the 80's ish. Yesterday and today it has been mostly dry, some rain overnight. I had used miracle grow fertilizer with a watering can, I haven't done so in about two-three weeks D/T the rain and not wanting to add to possible over-watering. But I was doing so once a week with great results and lots of new growth and the first buds. The first new growth I had seen as well. It honestly grew so fast I wonder if that is part of the problem. They are also just in black plastic pots that have extra drain holes drilled in the bottom and no saucer, usually also on a stand elevating them from standing water, but I took them off a few days ago D/T high wind gusts. I had a chipmunk or something dig into the soil a bit, and put it back in, there wasn't any visible root damage. Side question Could I put a couple rocks on the top to discourage that?

if you need any further info let me know!

Thanks!

If you have had a lot of rain, your problem is not lack of water; and the rain has a lot of Nitrogen, which contributes to flower drop in Meyers. Your trees look magnificent. Keep doing what you are doing.

Thank you! I wasn't concerned about lack of water, more so about too much water and that possibly making the potted soil need more food? The tree overall has been doing wonderful! Lots of new growth, leaves are a deep green, was just wondering about the curling on the leaves. I honestly expect a lot of fruit drop with how many buds it has, there's no way it can carry all of that fruit, and I've read that fruit trees will naturally drop what they can't carry, so that wasn't a huge concern either. I appreciate the help!

Here's a picture of the little trees I have on my front porch. A blueberry bush toward the front on the left, the tallest in the back is my first Meyer lemon, a key lime in the middle, and another Meyer lemon on the left. I JUST added the rocks hoping that keeps the critters out of my soil!

Courtney,

Curled leaves can mean too much water or too little water; the symptoms are the same; and the only way to diagnose is with a finger in the soil.

What kind of soil did you say you were using?

It's called promix with a little bit of sweet peat mulch which is mostly pine bark chips

From what I have read, Promix is 75%-85% Canadian peat moss.

I just wanted to give a comparison. This is shortly after I got this tree, I ordered it from lemoncitrustrees.com during the Mother's Day sale and got it about a week after Mother's Day. It has grown quite a bit