I have some question about my calamondino leafs.
it's about two weeks now, my plant falling leaf 1-3 leafs every day, what can be happens? can it be there are new leaf and the old one falling down.?
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 999 Location: Port Royal, SC (Zone 8b)
Posted: Mon 30 Jun, 2008 11:48 pm
Welcome to the forum - where are you located?
You will need to provide more data to get good feedback of what this problem might be. Was the tree like this when you got it? What is the medium (potting mix) being used? Fertilizer? How often do you water? My first "shot in the dark" guess would be root damage caused by overwatering. A picture that includes the pot, where the trunk enters the soil, might be helpful.
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
Posted: Tue 01 Jul, 2008 12:57 am
I don't think it is a nitrogen deficiency because the symptoms are on the newer leaves. Nitrogen is a transferable element within the plant (this means the plant can move it around as needed). If a plant is not receiving enough Nitrogen from the roots, then it will rob Nitrogen from the older growth, and give it to the new leaves. This is why nitrogen deficiency shows up on older leaves. Iron is NOT transferable within the plant, that is why iron deficiency always shows up on NEW leaves. I believe the problem is an iron deficiency. Iron deficiency shows up on the NEW leaves. The visual symptoms for iron deficiency are NEW leaves with green veins on otherwise yellow leaves. Further the green veins will have NO BORDER area around the vein, as can be seen in the picture. When there is a border area around the veins then the deficiency is normally, a manganese deficiency. A tree that size, losing a leaf a day is not all that usual. - Millet
I stay my plant front of the windows, sun shinning from north east every morning.
I got this plant last sommer and repot to another trunk and add with spagnum, muld and sand together.
(read it from net)
I water my plant every day and Fertilizer every week.
but the old leaves falling down every day now, it can be I need add iron?