Ohhhh, soooo sad! They must be quite resiliant to survived so long in a box and still recovering so well. I wish you continued good luck with their continued growth.

Oh that’s devastating but it looks good for being in a box for over a month! I believe it will make a full recovery! Good luck!

For future reference, your plants were in shock when they arrived and by you transplanting them you added to that shock, for now I'd keep them in partial shade until they recover, keep the soil moist but not wet. Good luck, they are fighters to have survived being in limbo for so long.

I don't need that reference Christine, I am aware the trees were in shock and transplanting them at that point wouldn't matter and I repot all my trees in my preferred mix upon arrival as a SOP. Babies go bare root. The post says they are in morning sun only, which means afternoon shade.

If it makes you feel any better, the Post Office once lost a shipment of small live lizards coming to me. They were lost in the mail for TWO WEEKS! I figured them for goners, but then the package finally arrived. Unbelievably, all the little guys were just fine, just thirsty and hungry. Glad you finally got your plants.

I would have potted them up immediately to.

They were not root bound by any stretch of the imagination and I'm a bit perturbed on the graft which is sideways if you zoom in.....but they have flushed so ......

Your tree's trunk will swallow that sideways graft in a few years. It won't be a weak spot in your tree.

Steve

look like they might possibly need water

I think I found Bryan

Bklyn, I am sure they will bounce back in your care and in that mix buddy!!

Can you let me know what you use for the mix, what exact ingredients, and do you sift or use straight from the bag? Do you soak the mix first/

That mix looks wonderful and I would like to have a try again with it...Thanks a bunch!

that happens until we get things right enough to work the way we want

Mike: Its a 5-1-1-1 mix, Thats reptibark new (5), new perlite (1), and seasoned leftover 511 which I dump in a big plastic tray to dry out (old 511 mix has has 1 part bagged cactus soil (sand/perlite/peat, I haven't used straight peat moss in years)and 1 part of Stan McKenzies soil mix the tree came in which appears to be some sort of bark and sand mix. No sifting with reptibark. No soaking either. Its only a one gallon pail so I just repeatedly watered in and Stan's soil mix (well packed box) was amazingly wet after a month in transit (I got 2 California Costo trees in under a week that were bone dry yet pure rock hard sludge)......must work for him down South but I doubt it would work for me indoors in winter - too water retentive.

I'm using clay soil in my flowerpot whare I Got my lemon seedlings sence I been using homemade liquid fertilizer out of grass clippings my lemon seedlings are now starting to pick up in growth because of the high nitrogen levels in grass clippings