Just offering food for thought Anton. You would know better than anyone else what conditions the tree might have experienced prior to the problem. I hope your plant is ok, and sprouts new leaves soon!

I will point out that putting 2 inches of chips in the bottom of the pot does nothing for drainage, and in fact, causes the effective depth of the pot to be 2 inches shorter than it would be without the chips. Millet is well versed in this subject, in fact, it was the topic of his very informative presentation at the expo.

I am new to citrus, so I dont know if this is the most effective method. I have had outstanding results with my figs(17 varieties) for 5 years, using this method.

If you guys have fig questions, im pretty good, lol. Now I just need to learn about those darn citrus trees!

Anton, I also put my fig trees in the garage during the winter. Citrus are nowhere near as hardy as figs. Citrus stop all growth at 55.4F, and can die at temperatures <28F. I would be afraid of leaving citrus at 32F for more that a very short period of time. - Millet

Anton, I hope you visit the fig thread started in 'fruits & tropicals other than citrus". I'm sure we can use some of your advice there. Some of us are expecting our UCDavis fig cuttings soon. I ordereda about 16 cuttings,...besides the 6 trees I have dormant in basement.

I didnt order from uc davis this year. im a little mad, but I couldnt take on the project. I am moving to santa barbara in 2 months. anyone live or have been there? anything you can tell me about it?

I just learned that bringing certain plants into CA is forbidden. I called the CA usda, and they said the figs will be no problem. Citrus, however, is strictly forbidden...

what is the link to the fig forum? i am always willing to trade. I have many varieties that i have propagated from my trips to europe. particularly Greece. I go every summer.

ciao,
Anton

Anton, go to the main page here (index) then down to "Fruits & Tropicals other than citrus". I started a post there about 1 yr ago LOL - "My fig trees are waking up". There must be 10 -11 pages -- Idon't expect you'll read all, but we had a lot of questions there.
I brought 3 really nice citrus home from Fl trip last March. Here's a pic of how big they were.
a Ponderosa (one in my hand), Persian lime, & Honey Murcott. Got a great deal at WallyWorld there.

Well I removed all of the dead leaves, took off the remaining lemons, and pruned back some dead ends of branches.

Its already starting to sprout new leaves! Theres about 30-40 sprouting all over the tree!

Phew, I was scared for a bit! Thanks for all of your info everyone!

ciao,
Anton<----freezing his butt off in this noreaster!

Anton. I hope that your tree is doing better. The boys at Beleclare seemed to use the same technique, by putting it in the garage in the winter. I do remember going by there in the spring and seeing some of their citrus in the same shape but a month or so later new leaves would be starting. What's the name of the restaurants in LI?- Vinny

Patty

From what I recall you have an unheated room that you keep our citrus.

Do you get a lot of WLD and do you grow Meyers?

Thanks Frank

Hi Frank, yes I grow 2 Meyers, one is a 4 yr old grafted that has NO leaves on & I never got fruit off. The other is a rooted meyers that i got by mistake last summer that I got 8 - 9 fruits from. It is healthy & kept most leavess, but the grafted one has NO leaves now but a ton of blossoms that are falling off. Will be interesting to see how they both do this summer.
I kept my unheated sunroom at min of about 45 - 50* night tempts this winter by opening the doors to kitchen to get house heat.
I do not understand Meyers lemons!

thanks,

I have another lemon that lost all its leaves, they started to come back and I place it on a heater mat.

It then lost all its new leaves....

any ideas?

Frank

Maybe too much bottom heat? Try to keep soil temps above 60* to 80* with good sunlight. Don't overwater... let soil almost dry out. It's all I can think of for now.