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| This winter I got a Sweet Kumquat tree from Costco grown by Saxon Becnel and Sons nursery. The plant tag doesn't give the variety name, since it is a sweet Kumquat, I assume it to be a 'Meiw' variety after checking the Saxon website. Kumquat may not survive the Dallas winter, so I grow it in a container. It has already flowered and I see tiny baby fruits. I started to notice few leaves turning to light yellow, not sure whether it is because of watering issue, usual suspect being the pH level or lack of fertilizer. I was told not to add fertilizer for one year as the potting mix is already mixed with slow release fertilizer. If it is a fertilizer issue, I would like to get fertilizer recommendation for this Kumquat. In Home Depot, I saw Espoma Citurs-tone, please let me know whether it can be used for Kumquat. Thanks Attached is the picture showing couple of yellow leaves. |
This post was edited by yaso on Tue, Jun 11, 13 at 20:06
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- Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on Wed, Jun 12, 13 at 7:55
| IIR, the citrus tone was a great fertilizer. I have 3 potted citrus (one meyer melon, one tango mandarin and one seedling lemon, from I think a meyer). They seem to need a bit more babying then most plants, and need a ton of micronutrients to do well, other wise youll see discolouring of the leaves, and lack of vigour. Many citrus trees ive seen in pots are a bright yellow, usually meaning lack of nutrients. Unfortunately, citrustone is unavailable here, other wise id use it on everything for the most part.... |
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| Thanks canadianplant, Espoma claims the Citrus-tone to be an Organic fertilizer, so it looks good for me. I just have only one Citrus plant and Citrus-tone comes in 4lb bag, not sure how long the potent of the fertilizer stays or I may have to check whether it can be used other fertilizers. |
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- Posted by poncirusguy micro(Z-6.8; AHS-8) (My Page) on Sun, Sep 8, 13 at 16:05
| VIGERO -------------------------------------TOTAL----------- SOLUBLE BORON-------------L------------- 0.02%----------- 0.02 COPPER-----------O------------- 0.05%----------- 0.01% IRON ---------------W -------------1.60%-----------0.90% MAGNESIUM----------------------1.50%----------- 1.50% MANGANESE------P------------- 0.05%----------- 0.01 MOLYBDENUM----H -------------0.00%-----------0.0 SULFUR----------------------------5%---------------5.0 ZINC-----------------F------------- 0.05%----------- 0.01% n---------------------O-------------10% P---------------------O------------- 8% K---------------------D------------- 8% and Miracid 30-10-10 The vigero was mixed in the soil at planting and the miracid is used for watering and foliar feeding. ,the trees are dark green and growing fast. I saw your thread before I got help with the same issue. the advice I got is click below. You may have seen it. |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/citrus/msg062354098834.html
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