Citrus Growers Forum

beno · Posted: Sat 20 Nov, 2010 10:15 am

Hi,

after nearly killing my tree, its now starting to grow again. Whats interesting is its not growing single leaves, but growing new shoots and stems.

Why is this and will the tree eventually grow leaves where the others once were?

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Thanks for your answers.

Malcolm_Manners · Posted: Sat 20 Nov, 2010 11:04 am

All plants work that way. They never replace leaves on stems that have lost them; rather, they grow new shoots which have new leaves.

beno · Posted: Sat 20 Nov, 2010 11:14 am

So it will never grow any new leaves on old branches? The tree will look odd Smile

Malcolm_Manners · Posted: Sat 20 Nov, 2010 7:38 pm

Correct. Although new shoots may come out lower on the branches.

Darkman · Posted: Sat 20 Nov, 2010 9:02 pm

Malcolm_Manners wrote:

All plants work that way. They never replace leaves on stems that have lost them; rather, they grow new shoots which have new leaves.

Thanks. I have a Little Gem Magnolia that dropped its leaves from transplant shock and grew back new stems and leaves. Now I understand what happened.

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