Well, I have had this tree for about 2 months. It is a dwarf eureka lemon tree that I bought at Lowes. It is about 3 feet tall and has no fruit. I was watering it too much at first, but after reading the forums for the past couple weeks, I toned down the wattering and added a little bit of steer manure to the top and now their are little flowers forming EVERYWHERE!!!! I am soo happy!!! But I am a little bit worried about the health of my tree. in about 3 spots on the tree their is yellowing of the leaves. Does my tree need some fertilization, or is the steer manure that I put on the top layer of soil last week, enough? The only insects i see in my yard are the occasional spiders, mantis, and fruit flies and i dont think they are the ones turning my leaves yellow. It gets direct sun from about 12pm-dusk. I live in southern california. So I would appriciate any advice you all can give me on fixing the yellowing of the leaves, and if I need to give it more fertilizer besides the steer manure. Thanks!!!! I would like to keep it as a potted plant untill I know I will be staying in one spot for a long tim

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Manure is both a soil conditioner and a fertilizer, but because of its high content of soluble salts manure is not suitable for use in pots and containers, as it is too easy to cause leaf burning. Generally, manure is only used in soil beds. Manures vary greatly in nutrient content. The age and the type of manure create many variables. This makes it almost impossible to know how strong it is. As a rule the older the manure, the less nutrient value. I think the leaf damage is from the high salt content in the manure that you applied. - Millet

Wow! thanks for such a quick reply... Well I just put the manure on there a few days ago and the yellowing was happening before then. I only put one handful of it too. Should I take it off, its only on the top layer of dirt.

So what would u recommend I do? I was looking at your suggestions for fertilizer, and I havent done that yet. I'm thinking about getting the dynamite fertilizer or osmocote. Would the 1lb dynamite all purpose 9 month plant food 18-6-8 help out my little guys, because they dont have the citrus one at my Home Depot? Or should I order the Dynamite Palm & citrus Food 13-5-11 online? Id prefer to just go to Home depot and pick it up there.

I never realized how much time and effort it goes into creating such a healthy, fruitful plant. I look at the pictures of some of the peoples trees, and im awestruck with how much fruit they have, and how nice their trees look. I hope mine look like that one day :]

Oh yah one more question: Do these non-organic fertilizers have any affect on the taste of the fruit?

Should I flush the pot with water?

Flushing the growth medium, never hurts, whether the medium requires doing so or not. All containers should be flushed 2-3 time a year as a matter of course. When flushing a container, apply clean clear water in the amount of 4 times the volume of the container. - Millet

Hi, and welcome to the forum!
I had some of my plants in the same light, shade in the morning, then sun from about noon on. As the summer went on, I could tell they didn't like that at all. I wondered about food and water, but then realized how "I" felt in the hot summer sun. Cool and shady until the hottest part of the day and then standing out in the full sun? No way!
So, I moved mine to where they would get morning sun and some shade in the afternoon. They got very green and started growing much better.
The yellowing on your leaves doesn't look like sunburn per se, but I think your plant will be much happier with it's sun amounts reversed (sun in morning). That light color wall also reflects a large amount of light back at the plant, maybe making it too hot.
I like the Dynamite food, I also use water soluble food, such as Miracid, Fish Emulsion, and Seaweed extract.