Dear all,

These are my some of my citrus plants. You will see I have two 'Flying dragons" and a citron. They are very small as you can see. I have a problem!

all these plants are more than 1 year old...But they grow very very very very slow. Can I do something to let them grow a little bit faster?

Thanks in advance!

Hello,
to be of help:
In what media you grow the seedlings, how often do you water them and what you sue to feed them and how often you apply the fertilizer??

Sincerley,

Stef

Dear Steve,

I grow them in normal ground and water them like 2 times a week (it is winter). During summer i gave them fertilezer (NPK), but because it is winter i stopped doing that. Should i continue doing just so?

I am getting frustrated.

Flying Dragon over a year old should be at least a foot high. I would wait till spring & plant them directly in the ground. Once established they should be winter hardy in your area.

Not fertilizing during the winter months applies only to outdoor plants and not to container plants growing inside a warm house. Fertilize your plants. Growing seedlings in plain ground is not a a good medium. Again, Fertilize, your seedlings must be starving for sure.

Looking at your picture, they look like they are in course bark, not soil. Of course that could be some kind of mulch you are using. I would say you might be watering too much. Water only when the soil is dry an inch or more deep, not on a fixed schedule.

Use a fertilizer with micronutrients, you can find suggestions at this forum, as to type fertilizers, if you do a search. Though opinions differ a little, you will find that most people, who have been doing this a while, will be making basically the same suggestions. Pot culture is treated as a special topic and there are excellent suggestions offered. I prefer osmocote, but that is just my opinion. Some use the type with micronutrients and some apply those seperatly.

If you decide to grow them in a pot look for one that is tall relative to width, and not too large in relation to plant size, so that the plant is not sitting in a wet media for long periods.

All of this information is available in past posts in detail. You will have to do some homework.

Ned

I agree with Ned about Osmocote. In fact it has long been proven that adding 18-6-12 Osmocote, (no substitutes due to the method of nutrition release of this particular formulation), directly into the seed germinating medium into which the seed will be planted, has benefits to the tree long after the tree is transplant into the next container.

Thank you all very much.

I think the problem is that I give them too much water and little fertilizer. I will change both....Hopefully, they will grow!