Remember that potted citrus trees need less fertilizer since they have a finite.

There is nothing wrong with your tree. Falling leaves from citrus is quite common at this time of year, and for the next month depending where you live. The leaves in question are just old leaves that have lived out their life span A citrus leaf has a life span of 20 - 24 months. A: It’s typical for a Meyer lemon to lose leaves during winter indoors. There are three usual causes: lower light levels than it prefers, low humidity and soggy soil. To give it. The leaves started turning yellow in the first week.

It starts from the base of the leave and is mottled over the leaf. It appears to be on old/new growth. Gave it. Q: I recently purchased an 18″ tall potted Meyer lemon tree. It was loaded with buds and had four 3/4 inch lemons. I placed it in a screened porch that gets light most of the day. I fertilized it with an acid fertilizer and watered per instructions.

Recently the lower leaves have yellowed and fallen off, the buds are falling off and the lemons are turning bushleaning.bar: Gayla Trail. Meyer lemon trees are evergreen, but just before the spring flush of new leaves, Meyer lemons will drop old leaves. Since they're about to be discarded, the leaves have often lost their color and gone partially or completely yellow.

Meyer lemons may also flush in fall, and you may notice yellow leaves. Apr 13, Yellow Leaves on a Lemon Tree. Often, lemon tree leaves turn yellow when the plant is experiencing some kind of major change in nutritional intake.

Any fruit with green should be left on the tree to continue to ripen, where it will drop in acid content.

This might mean that the plant has a parasite or it could indicate a need for improved feeding techniques. Here are a few of the most common reasons your lemon leaves are turning yellow.