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1:51 pm
December 26, 2008 |
Tom
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| | Post edited 7:57 pm – December 26, 2008 by Tom
Here is a picture of it. The leaves are curled and seem to be drying out. The soil is very moist from when I received it. I'm not watering it yet as I heard you should let the soil dry out between waterings .
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7:16 am
January 6, 2009 |
Red_Icculus
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| | The soil needs to be kept moist on plant rootss that are acclimating. Also, what is your humidity? Lleaf curl happens when there is moisture loss. A clear garbage bag over the top should help keep in moisture. It can slowly be taken off over the course of a couple weeks. |
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7:30 pm
January 7, 2009 |
Tom
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| | I heard citrus hates to be too wet. People say not to water it until it is dry down to about 3 inches. The humidty is about 45 or so. I think the current crop of leaves are dead now. They are still green, but kind of stiff and not pliable. Would covering them rejuvinate them in their current state or should I just wait it out and hope for some new growth? |
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6:51 am
January 12, 2009 |
Red_Icculus
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| | "dry down to about 3 inches" That's perfect. I gave my mom a sweet basil plant for Christmas. She promptly killed it because she doesn't understand how to water. If the leaves are crispy, you might want to wait for new growth. Acclimation is tough. Keep us updated! |
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5:20 pm
January 12, 2009 |
Tom
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| | I've looked around on the internet, but I can't find any picures of what the beginnings of new growth look like. Where would I see the new growth? Does it happen at an existing node? Normaly for me I see new growth as an extention of a branch. But with this plant all the tips of the branches seem to end at flowering points. Is there a way to encourage new growth? Should I cut off some of the tips of branches? Also, should I remove all the crunchy green leaves or keep them on? |
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4:35 pm
January 16, 2009 |
Tom
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| | I got an e-mail from John at Cliftons. This is the second time he asked me to call him to talk about the tree. I finaly gave him a call and we talked about the tree. He basically told me to to scale back the light to be more like how much light it would get naturaly. I was at around 12 to 14 hours of light a day. Way to much it seems. Also, my lamp was a bit close to the tree so he told me to not have it so close since it could dry out the tree (or something like that). He said lower temps are better than higher temps at this point, because the most important thing is humidity. And he reminded me that humidity goes up as temperature goes down. He also said that when the plant gets new foliage things will be different. But for now cooler temperatures and less heat from the grow light are better than using a heating pad on the soil and blasting it with a hot light bulb. I paraphrased him a lot and am reporting from my understanding and memory. If something sounds wrong it is probably a misunderstanding or translation from me. I hope this helps. I guess I just have to be patient. I'll post a picture soon so we can have a before and after picture when it gets healthy. |
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7:55 pm
January 17, 2009 |
Tom
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| | Here is a current picture of the plant. 
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5:30 pm
January 21, 2009 |
Red_Icculus
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| | It's crispy, but the stems are still green. That's a good sign. Sounds like dude knows how to acclimate trees. |
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9:58 pm
January 21, 2009 |
Tom
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| | I'm sure he probably deals with this problem several times a week in the winter/fall. He definitely gets a thumbs up from me. I bet in another month I'll be posting a picture of new leaves growing on that thing. |
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9:00 pm
March 2, 2009 |
Tom
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| | Today I brought the humidifier up from the basement (I wasn't using it down there anyway). It brought the humidity from 28 to 30pct to 45-48. I have it set on low now. Is 45 okay for humidity or should I set it on a higher setting? |
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10:12 pm
March 18, 2009 |
Tom
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| | Super news today. They Meyer lemon tree has come back from the dead (well, I knew it wasn't really dead). Today I was looking at it and found a few little sprouts comming from the trunk. One of them is around the graft line but looks to be coming from the meyer bark and not the root stock. Another is higher up on the tree. The picture is kind of blurry so I circled them. It is so nice seeing life from the barren twig. Meyer lemon tree new growth |
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12:47 pm
June 7, 2009 |
Tom
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| | One of the leaves is turned upside down? What causes leaves to turn upside down? Also, the leaves are about 3 or 4 inches now, should I be fertilizing? No new leaves are developing. Also, I pruned off all the dead wood. I don't know if that was a good or bad idea. |
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12:46 am
June 13, 2009 |
Tom
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| | Well, the leaf either turned right side up or fell off without me noticing it. All the leaves are facing up again. Also, I think I see another branch starting. |
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11:30 pm
June 17, 2009 |
Tom
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| | Post edited 3:34 am – June 18, 2009 by Tom
This is a current picture of my meyer lemon tree. I've circled where the new growth is. I'm hoping it is going to be a nice branch to get more leaves on the tree.  |
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12:14 am
August 10, 2009 |
Tom
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| | It did turn out to be another branch. That branch has about 7 leaves on it. As you can see from the angle the branch grew pretty much horizontally. Today I put a tomato steak next to the main trunk to make the branch stand up vertically. Hopefully it will grow stronger and be able to hold itself straight in the future. |
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9:55 am
October 18, 2009 |
Red_Icculus
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| | It's awesome that you revived it. I think the humidifier was a good touch. I'm happy for you. |
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10:31 pm
October 23, 2009 |
Tom
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| | Another three areas are sprouting off of the same branch. The tree seems to keep going. My only wish is that I would get new growth growing up to start a new trunk. |
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1:08 am
November 16, 2009 |
Tom
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| | Ouch. Well the dwarf meyer lemon tree is just a stick again. I put in one of those tree fertilizer spikes and it was too much for the tree. The leaves shrivled and dried out in a few days. I pulled all the dead leaves, removed the spike, and gave a few flushings and I'm hoping the dwarf meyer lemon tree comes back with more growth. I do have the branch training to try to get it to grow up. I don't know if the branch is going to survive or not because of this latest set back but hopefully it will and I will have a nice tall tree again. |
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