Hi Everyone, been lurking here for a while, but just now posting.

I have a Meiwa Kumquat that I got a couple months ago, the first month I had it, I kept it in the original pot until I got around to repotting it. After repotting, most of the small kumquats and blooms fell off, and then some of the older leaves fell off. I just figured it was stress from being repotted. Now a few weeks later its starting to put out some blooms again, but now another set of leaves appears to be yellowing and getting ready to fall off.

The tree is next to my house on my driveway, facing east, so it gets direct sunlight from morning till noonish. After noon it gets lots of indirect light.

It is potted in a mix of
5 parts pine bark mulch
1 part perlite
1 part sphagnum peat
1 part oil absorbant

I water when the upper surface seems to be dry down to 1/2 to 1 inch, which isn't very often, especially with the rain we've been getting here. I have noticed that even when the top is dry, I can see some dark areas on the bottom of the terra cotta pot. so I'm sure the lower levels are still wet.

Below are a couple pictures.

Thanks for the help!

Welcome to The Citrus Growers Forum, we are please to have you as a valued member. Generally, the tree looks to be healthy enough. However, the tree is deficient in magnesium. A magnesium deficiency on citrus shows up as a dark green delta shape appearing in the lowers center of the leaf, with the tips and side of the leaf remaining yellow, and always up on the tree's older leaves. Dissolve 1 tablespoon of Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulfate) in a gallon of HOT water, and then pour the COOLED solution over the root zone. Do this every week until the symptoms disappear. Magnesium is water soluble, so a little is leached out every time the tree is watered. Therefore, every 3 to 4 times you fertilize the tree add some Epsom Salts to the mixture. - Millet (903-)

hi Millet, thanks for the quick response.

I've already mixed the epsom salts and am waiting for them to cool.

When I got my tree I got a bag of citrus-tone, which I haven't started using yet. I remember reading here that it was not the best fertilizer to use.

Can I get by using it following the directions in addition to the epsom salts? I'm willing to buy something better, as long as its relatively cheap, money is tight right now.

thanks!