Good evening all. My name is ZEEK. I am new here on the forum. Thank you for allowing me to engage and ask questions. Here’s a little bit about myself. I am a 43 year Old husband/father who recently moved to SoCal a little over 2 years ago. I had a heart attack in 2016 and since then I have been put on a heart/lung combo transplant list. I am improving and at this point they may remove the lung portion of the transplant.
I started eating a plant based diet before moving here. Once we moved here I couldn’t believe the abundance of citrus trees I saw in people’s yards, it blew me away. I purchased my first eureka lemon tree one year ago this month.
A few months after that I purchased a Mexican lime tree. It has been growing vertically and there are 5-6 very small limes that have grown on it. Here are my issues:
Many of the leaves have the bright yellow discoloration as you see in the pictures attached. I also had many leaves curling under. Another thing I’ve noticed are ants. I removed what looked like hard honey the size of a jolly rancher. I hosed the tree off and sprayed neem oil all over the leaves(over and under mixing it with the right amount of water required. I fertilized it in September(as the instructions on the bag suggested) with a citrus fertilizer. In the past I have sprinkled egg white shells, coffee grounds, and some rabbit manure in the soil. I do not over water them. Both trees, and the new Dancy tangerine tree I got for my birthday are all growing in pots. I TRULY love my new found hobby. If you guys have any suggestions regarding what I need to do to help my lime tree I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much!
