Lemon is a small tree from the citrus family. As a rule, it is cultivated in special gardens in areas where subtropical and tropical climates predominate. Recently, you can increasingly find lemon in the homes of amateur flower growers, and this is not surprising, because a small tree can not only please its owner with an aesthetically pleasing appearance and a citrusy fresh aroma, but with proper care it also bears healthy and tasty fruits.
At home, they grow both special tub varieties (Pavlovsky, Ponderosa, Lisbon, Novogruzinsky, and so on) and standard lemon trees, pruning the crown and sometimes the roots to avoid excessive growth. However, many gardeners are faced with a problem when a lemon blooms, but flatly refuses to bear fruit. The solution to this problem will be discussed in detail.
Reasons for lemon blossoming without fruiting and ways to solve problems
- Violation of temperature and light conditions. In autumn winter period since the beginning heating season indoor plants receive excess heat when there is a lack of natural light. It is optimal to put lemons into a state of rest at this time, that is, transfer them to less warm room. The second way to solve the problem is to increase lighting by using special lamps in order to minimize plant stress.
- Inconsistency between the number of buds and the number of leaves. As a rule, lemons bloom wildly. At the same time, the leaf system on the tree is insufficiently developed, and for fruiting it is required that there be at least ten full-fledged leaves per bud. In this regard, it is necessary to remove excess buds from the calculation described above, leaving the largest and most viable ones.
- Poor soil. Lemon requires stable feeding with special mixtures, since with a lack of nutrition it is difficult to achieve the ovary and full development of the fruit.
- Incorrect pollination. Not all lemon varieties require natural or artificial pollination, but, nevertheless, it is better to play it safe once again (especially if the tree was grown from an ordinary citrus seed purchased for eating). Can be used for pollination homemade device from cotton wool wound around a match. And now you need to transfer pollen from bud to bud.
These methods will help to achieve stable fruiting of indoor lemons.
Light, temperature and humidity are the main conditions for growing a citrus tree. Create favorable conditions for lemon it is possible at home.
A sharp change in the conditions of maintenance is unacceptable, for example, rearranging or moving it outside - the plant may stop blooming.
Health and immunity
Viruses and bacteria are one of the causes of tree disease. Some of them are carried by insects, others are spread through the air and can appear in a plant pot due to lack of oxygen. Weakening of the immune system is the most common disease of homemade lemons, and the person himself is often to blame for this.
Main reasons:
- Poor quality soil.
- Unfavorable conditions such as elevated temperature or humidity.
- Improper watering and/or fertilization.
Correct conditions of maintenance and care
- Lemon prefers long daylight hours - for this it is necessary to correctly position the tree in the apartment (for example, east or west windows). In winter, the plant should be placed closer to the window and illuminated with a phytolamp for 5-6 hours a day. In summer, the tree should not be exposed to drafts or direct sunlight.
- The plant does not tolerate heat. Optimal temperature V room conditions- from 18 to 20° in summer and 12-15° in winter. Lemon does not tolerate sudden changes in temperature, so during the winter dormancy period, the tree can be watered with lukewarm water.
- In the room where the citrus is located, the air must be well humidified; for this, the room must be systematically ventilated, and a container of water must be placed next to the plant.
Lemon should be sprayed once or twice a week.
Flowering and fruiting times
Many people wonder when indoor lemons should begin to bloom and bear fruit. It turns out that it can bloom already in the first year of life, however, it is recommended to pick off the flowers while still in buds, since flowering greatly depletes young plant and could destroy him. It is recommended to allow fruiting when the tree already has at least 20 leaves.
Myself the period from the beginning of flowering to fruiting takes 6-8 months(depending on the variety) while maintaining the necessary conditions. Homemade lemon blooms twice a year - in winter and autumn. After planting, the tree will be able to please with fruits only after three to four years.
With proper care, lemons at home can bloom and bear fruit for about 40 years. The main factor in the life of a plant is your concern, since the life of a tree can always be extended with the help of air layering, cuttings and grafting onto other plants.
Why doesn't the plant at home produce a harvest?
There may be several reasons for the lack of homemade lemon fruits, for example:
- If citrus is grown from a seed, the plant must be grafted and wait several years before flowering begins.
- Pests and bacteria.
- Dry air or high humidity.
- Poor soil, lack of fertilizers and minerals.
Improper care
However, the main reason why indoor lemon does not bear fruit is the wrong conditions for keeping the plant:
- Increased or decreased indoor air temperature. The optimal indoor temperature for growing a lemon tree is from 18 to 20 degrees Celsius.
- Incorrect watering. You need to water the lemon regularly with pre-settled water so that all the chlorine has time to disappear from it. In summer and spring 2 times a day, in winter - 2 times a week. The temperature for watering should be room temperature.
- Lack of fertilizers. Homemade lemon is fertilized during the period of active flowering from March to September, once or twice every two weeks, otherwise the tree will lose color. During winter dormancy and in the presence of diseases, the plant should not be fed.
- Incorrect location and lighting. It is recommended to place lemon closer to sunlight. Great option there will be rooms with windows facing west or east; an insulated loggia will also be suitable.
But it is worth considering that citrus fruits are afraid of drafts, especially during flowering. During the hot period, the tree must be shaded. It is unacceptable for the plant to be exposed to sunlight, as this will lead to burns of the leaves.
- Wrong soil.
- It is better to prepare the soil yourself (soil, leaf humus and sand in equal proportions).
- It is impossible to pour different parts of the soil in layers.
- The soil should be loose, without lumps.
- Drainage can be added to the soil to provide the roots with oxygen.
- The soil acidity level is not more than 7 (pH = 7), determined using an ion meter.
- The soil must be fertilized regularly.
- Every two years, the citrus tree is replanted with a complete replacement of the soil.
- Poor pollination. Lemon fruiting will occur without any intervention on your part. If you want to get bountiful harvest, you need to use a cotton swab to shake the pollen from the stamens onto the pistil.
You should proceed with caution, as there is a high risk of damage to the flowers. The procedure should be repeated in the next couple of days. The tree can bear fruit either with or without pollination, but in the latter case, no seeds are formed in the lemon fruit.
- Excessively abundant flowering. A large number of flowers takes a lot of energy from the plant. It is necessary to periodically remove excess ovaries so that the citrus can bear fruit.
When will a crop grown from seed produce fruit without grafting?
A lemon tree grown from a seed without grafting will become fruit-bearing only 12-14 years after planting. To speed up fruiting, the plant must be grafted.
How to get vaccinated?
There are two ways to graft a citrus tree:
- Budding- the safest method. A young and strong lemon bud is placed under the bark of a young seedling. This method has a high survival rate.
- Copulation- a more traumatic method for the plant. Cuttings of the fruiting lemon and the mother tree are cut under acute angle with a special, disinfected instrument and fix them together. It is important that there is no bare wood after grafting.
Could the age of the crop be the reason for the lack of yield?
An old lemon may not bear fruit for the same reason as a young one - improper growing conditions.
A lemon tree lives and actively bears fruit for up to 40-50 years., the main thing is to properly care for it.
A young plant, on the contrary, will not bear fruit for the first few years. Grafted lemon grown from cuttings the right conditions will bear the first fruits in 3-4 years, and the one that has sprouted from the seed may not bear fruit even after 10 years.
Is it possible to force a lemon tree to bloom or not and how?
Proper care contributes to the proper development of the lemon tree. There are several ways to make a plant bloom:
- Extreme conditions can be created. For example, perform short pruning or slightly damage the bark of the lemon tree by tapping it with a stick or other object. You can also hang small weights on vertical branches so that the branches assume a horizontal position. In this case, the tension of the bark will promote flowering in a stressful situation.
- Crown formation. At home, it is recommended to form the tree into a flat shape. To do this, you need to cut and carefully break off the shoots to the windowsill. After the dimensions of the window opening and the crown become the same, pinching or even pruning is carried out. With this type of crown, the lemon will feel great and will be able to give good harvest. The main thing is to have time to form the crown before fruiting begins.
- Pulling branches. The branches need to be tied together with soft wire at the beginning of sap flow in order to concentrate nutrients in them that will be useful during the next flowering. In November, the plant is freed from the garter.
What to do when buds appear?
With the appearance of the first flowers, the citrus tree should be kept at the optimal temperature (16-18 degrees). Also, you need to regulate the number of ovaries and avoid overloading, especially during the first flowering. From the beginning of flowering until autumn, the plant is given light feeding using organic and mineral fertilizers. It is necessary to water the lemon tree twice a day during flowering.
Reasons for the fall of the ovaries
There are several reasons why a plant blooms wildly but does not bear fruit.:
- Inappropriate temperature and lighting.
- The age of the tree - perhaps the lemon is still too young to bear fruit.
- Too poor soil, lack of complementary foods and fertilizers.
- Inconsistency in the number of flowers and leaves (one flower for two dozen leaves; pick off the rest while still in buds).
- Dry soil or, conversely, overwatering.
- Incorrect pollination (carefully transfer pollen from bud to bud with a cotton swab).
Thus, It is quite difficult to make lemons bloom and bear fruit at home., but interesting. If you follow all the recommendations described above and take the cultivation of the plant seriously, it will definitely thank you with lush flowering and many fruits.
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Citrus fruits are grown at home both to obtain healthy fruits and decorative purposes. In addition, during the flowering period they fill the entire room with their aroma, making staying in it like a fairy tale. However, it happens that a planted lemon does not bloom for a long time. What to do and how to get fruit from the plant?
There may be several reasons why a lemon tree does not form flowers or bear fruit. You need to thoroughly understand whether mistakes have been made in care, and also whether pests have appeared on the tree.
Incorrect vaccination
If the seedling was grown from a seed, then you should not expect a harvest or flowering from it. A fruiting lemon must be grafted. For these purposes, they mainly use the Meyer and Dioscursia varieties, which are capable of producing crops the following year. The rootstock can be an orange or grapefruit grown from a seed.
Incorrectly selected temperature mode
Lemon does not tolerate temperature fluctuations. If there are sudden changes, the plant may bloom profusely, but then lose color. It is recommended to grow the tree at a temperature of +20 – +24 °C. Heat negatively affects its growth and development, especially indoors.
Insufficient humidity
The lemon tree enjoys a humid indoor climate. Otherwise, buds with flowers will not form at all or will crumble. To humidify the air, use special devices or simply place an open container of water in the room. The plant is also regularly sprayed.
Abundant flowering
There are times when a lemon blooms but does not bear fruit. Experts recommend normalizing the number of flowers, removing unnecessary ones. If there are a lot of them, the tree will lose a lot of strength and there will be no more left to form ovaries. You can determine how many flowers to leave by counting the number of leaves on the plant. For every 10 leaves leave 1 flower.
Lack of vitamins and minerals
During flowering, lemon requires good nutrition with a high content of vitamins and microelements. They come along with feeding.
If you do not fertilize the soil, the tree loses color and does not form ovaries.
Diseases and pests
Lemon, like other indoor plants, can be affected by pathogens and pests. During the flowering period, fungal infections are considered the most dangerous. To prevent their appearance and development, it is necessary to control the level of humidity and regulate watering. Among the pests that attack the plant are:
- thrips;
- spider mites;
- Scale insects.
If a tree is sick, then it will not bloom, much less form an ovary. It is necessary to immediately take measures to destroy pests and pathogenic flora and improve the health of the lemon. Only after this will he be able to please with abundant flowering.
How to make a lemon bloom and bear fruit?
What to do if you want to see your homemade lemon blossom and enjoy its healthy fruits? It is necessary to stimulate flowering, provide proper care, improve the health of the tree and eliminate possible errors in care.
Vaccination and feeding
If the grafting is done correctly, then within 3 years the indoor lemon will be able to please its owners with a harvest. The most commonly used method is eye grafting. The cutting is grafted only if the branch contains a small number of leaves. You can perform this action in a split or behind the bark. The work is carried out during the period when the lemon begins to actively flow sap. As a rule, this occurs in April or May.
For the rootstock, strong seedlings with thick branches are used, the bark of which comes away well from the wood. The growth should contain about 5 leaves. To ensure a high-quality operation, use a clean and very sharp knife. Strong alignment is achieved by tightly tying the grafted lemon. If after 3 weeks the petiole of the leaf near the eye turns yellow, then the graft has taken root successfully. Failure in this matter can occur when the bark is poorly separated from the wood.
Cultivating a lemon tree in an enclosed space requires that it be provided with proper nutrition.
The amount of fertilizer must be dosed correctly and applied to the soil. During the flowering period, the plant is fed 2 times a month, and in winter the application of drugs is reduced to 1 time per month. Organic and humic fertilizers are well suited for growing citrus fruits. There are natural supplements that contain a full range of essential microelements. To achieve abundant flowering, they must be added from February to August.
Crown formation
To homemade lemon bloomed, it needs regular pruning from the first year of cultivation. First, the tops are cut off so that after 3 years a crown with 7 main branches is formed.
It should be remembered that flowers form just at the tips of thin branches, so there is no need to constantly shorten them. Otherwise, flowering will never occur. When properly formed, the tree throws out flower stalks within 2 years after planting. The lower shoots must be pruned as soon as they begin to appear. Flowers do not form on them, and such shoots take moisture from the tree.
Pulling branches
With the onset of sap flow, the branches of the lemon tree become flexible. At this time, you can tighten them with soft wire, which will allow you to concentrate the supply of nutrients there. This will contribute to the active formation of flower stalks next year.
Keeping the branches in a horizontal position gives the lemon crown a spreading shape, which is somewhat similar to a fountain. The garter is removed around November, when the period of sap flow stops. The procedure should be repeated after 1 or 2 years.
Lemon is characterized by significant polymorphism. Even with vegetative propagation, many forms appear, differing in biological and morphological characteristics. Of the varieties and clones cultivated indoors, we should name Novogruzinsky, Villa Franca, Udarnik, Genoa, Lisbon.
The best variety for cultivation in closed ground is the Chinese dwarf Meyer lemon, the characteristic features of which are: high yield, precociousness, short stature, increased frost resistance and resistance to malsecco disease.
Meyer lemon is a small, easy to shape plant with a round, compact crown and a small number of spines. Buds and flowers are collected in clusters. The fruits contain 2.8-3.5% sugar, about 4% citric acid and 40 mg% vitamin C.
The plant begins to bear fruit in the second or third year after planting in a permanent place. The fruits are round-oval, weighing 80-120 g, the flesh is light yellow, very juicy, with a large number of seeds.
Every year in early spring, after removing the covers, all fatty shoots are removed, and all newly appearing shoots are cut into a ring on the trunk. In the spring of next year, the grown skeletal shoots are shortened by 10-15 cm.
In the future, routine care is carried out: very elongated thin and weak shoots are shortened, diseased and broken branches are removed, and branches that thicken the crown are cut out.
Due to low winter hardiness, lemon is in most cases grown in protected ground.
As a rule, the first pruning is done when planting plants in a permanent place. In the second and third years you form a crown. This is where the formation of plants ends.
Due to the high intensity of lemon cultivation in greenhouses, plants require increased nutrition.
Before the age of five, 10 kg of organic matter is added per plant, from 10 to 20 years - 20-30 kg. The application of mineral fertilizers is also differentiated depending on the age of the plants and the condition of the plantings. Phosphorus and potassium fertilizers are applied to the soil based on its agrochemical analysis.
The first application of nitrogen fertilizers is carried out after deep tillage of the soil, at the beginning of the growing season, before budding and flowering of plants, at the rate of 40% of the full dose.
The application rates of nitrogen in pure matter are differentiated depending on the age and condition of the plants (1-3 years -50-60 g per tree, 4-5 years - 80-100 g, 6-7 years -150-200 g per tree) , and for full-aged trees - depending on the yield level (5-10 kg - 200 g, 11-15 kg - 250 g, 16-20 kg - 300 g, 21 kg and above - 450 g per tree).
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I bought my first lemon on vacation in Anapa, in 2005. It was a cutting with two cut leaves, rooted in a disposable cup.
Arriving home, I transplanted it. But after transplanting, my lemon did not grow at all, did not overwinter well and constantly dropped its leaves.
I already despaired that this plant would be able to recover. And then I even decided that I would no longer bring lemon home after spending the summer on the veranda.
And in 2009, I was again in Anapa and brought from there a small lemon tree.
But what was my surprise when I walked onto the veranda and saw that my first lemon was covered in leaves and blooming!
Now I know about mine main mistake in caring for this plant. Lemons should never be rotated. But I, on the contrary, used to always turn it around - I thought that with even lighting of the lemon its crown would be more luxuriant.
As a result, my first lemon did not overwinter on the veranda; I just brought it into the house in the fall later than all the other flowers (in September).
It turned out that before flowering I left it alone for a while. I haven’t moved or turned over a lemon pot on the veranda for more than 3 months. So he answered me with lush foliage and flowering...
Now I have a mark on the pots with lemons (so that, for example, after spraying, I place the pot correctly).
Both lemons grow on east window, and there is no radiator under this window.
After I started caring for lemons properly, I now have no problems with them. I regularly harvest them.
For now, I leave only one lemon to ripen on each plant. The fact is that if the lemon tree is small and has few leaves, then it cannot be overloaded with fruits. Moreover, if the fruits are quite large and heavy. For example, last year the largest fruit of my lemon weighed 420 g.
I have both of these lemons now, in December (2011), overwintering with ripening fruits.
Natalia Egorova (Krasnoyarsk region, Boguchansky district)
Lemon does not tolerate sudden temperature fluctuations
I started growing a lemon tree several years ago, when I became interested in indoor Pavlovsk lemons. My friends gave me a lemon cutting.
I planted the gifted cuttings in a pot of sand and created a favorable microclimate for the lemon to take root. Soon the cutting successfully took hold and began to grow.
Every spring I transplanted the developing lemons into suitable larger pots.
This lemon has grown to a meter in height, with a very spreading crown - it even no longer fits on the windowsill.
I had to transplant such a large plant into a 10-liter galvanized bucket, making several drainage holes in the bottom.
I carefully looked after the lemon in the house, regularly moisturizing its leaves. And then, 2 years later, my lemon blossomed for the first time - I was so happy!
However, all the lemon flowers soon fell off without forming ovaries.
The next year the lemon blossomed again. Then I suddenly remembered how my mother hand-pollinated plant flowers. And I decided to do the same with my lemon.
After artificial pollination of lemon flowers, the first fruits began to appear.
But here again there was failure: only three ovaries did not fall off and began to develop further.
My first lemons ripened for exactly 9 months - until they turned yellow and fell off on their own. I didn't deliberately pick off the fruits. I was waiting to see how long it would take them to ripen and how much weight they would gain.
The lemons from my tree tasted the same as those bought in the store. And they weighed about 150g.
Inspired by such success, the next year in the spring I put the lemon on the balcony. I thought that here there would be more favorable conditions for this light-loving and heat-loving plant than in the house.
And indeed, my lemon bloomed profusely on the balcony, and a lot of ovaries had already formed on the tree.
But then autumn came. And when I brought the lemon into the room, all its leaves and fruits fell off. My tree has dried up.
At that time, I could not understand why my lemon, completely healthy and bearing fruit, suddenly died. Then I read the reason for this in a library book.
It turns out that the lemon tree does not tolerate sharp fluctuations in temperature.
Therefore, when moving a plant to the garden for the summer or placing a lemon on the balcony, when autumn approaches, you need to carefully monitor the weather. If there is a threat of cold weather, it is necessary to bring the tree indoors in advance so as not to expose the lemon to dangerous temperature shock.
I hope that my experience in growing lemons will help other citrus plant lovers avoid making a similar mistake.
Favorable wintering and natural feeding of lemon
Beginning citrus growers are often faced with the fact that their plants lose leaves in winter and rarely bloom.
I would like to tell Gardenia.ru readers about the winter conditions for keeping my lemon. I don’t know its variety; they once gave me a cutting.
Now my lemon has become a tree about 60 cm high, growing in a 5 liter pot.
In winter, the lemon stands on my kitchen windowsill, where there are no radiators. The window is constantly open for ventilation. And so that the tree on the window does not fall under the stream of cold air, I protected it from the draft. I attached a cellophane film, using it to block off the corner with the lemon.
I water lemons about once a month in winter, but I water them well. At the same time, I remove the film for a day and spray the leaves.
And I try not to rotate the lemon relative to the light source.
By the way, in winter it is very convenient to prepare natural fertilizer for lemons in the house. I have a jar of soil for this purpose. I put scales and bone remains there from raw fish. I periodically stir the contents of the jar; unpleasant odor No. This jar, closed with a lid, stands on the battery pipe. And yet, an earthworm lives there.
So, during the winter I get humus rich in phosphorus, which is an excellent feeding. I re-sow it, and then replace the top layer of soil in the pot with lemon with this nutritious humus.
My lemon really likes this treatment. It blooms and bears fruit constantly, and the tree never loses its leaves.
Problems when growing indoor lemon
When growing indoor lemons, in some cases problems arise related to improper care and the maintenance of this whimsical plant. By eliminating the cause of tree disease, you can regularly obtain a rich harvest of fruits. Failure to follow care recommendations can lead to the death of the citrus.
Why do lemon leaves turn yellow, fall and curl?
Often gardeners are faced with the fact that lemon leaves turn yellow. There may be several reasons why a lemon turns yellow. Possible reasons could be lack of light or nutrients, since nutrition is very important for citrus crops. For full development, growth and fruit set, elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and calcium are necessary. Nitrogen affects healthy leaf color. Calcium is responsible for the development of the root system. Phosphorus is involved in the construction of plant cells, improves the quality of fruits, and increases their sugar content, vitamins and microelements. Potassium promotes better nitrogen absorption, accelerates the ripening of woody shoots and fruit ripening, and increases lemon resistance to disease. Timely application of fertilizers containing the above elements will help prevent yellowing, wilting and falling of leaves. At the same time, the taste of the fruit will increase significantly.
Lighting plays an important role in the formation of a healthy tree. Citrus, like any other plant in the tropics, requires 12 hours of daylight, so lemon is placed on southern, southwestern and southeastern windows. If necessary, use additional lighting.
Another reason why lemon leaves turn yellow is excess light. When direct sunlight hits the plant, or its prolonged exposure to the sun leads to the formation of yellow spots– miniature burns that the tree can cope with on its own if it is placed in a shaded or semi-shaded place. If this is not done, the lemon will completely lose its leaves and die.
This culture is moisture-loving. Needs regular, abundant watering and high air humidity (70-90%). In extreme heat or when the air in the room is excessively dry, the edges of citrus leaves begin to turn yellow. To prevent this, you need to spray the tree daily with a spray bottle and also use a humidifier. You can place a container filled with water next to the lemon.
Dry air is often the reason why lemon leaves curl.
In some cases, the leaves turn yellow at the base and then fall off. This can be facilitated by moisture accumulating in the soil and negatively affecting the root system. With prolonged stagnation of moisture, the roots begin to rot, and the soil acquires an unpleasant odor. In this case, it is necessary to transplant the plant into another container filled with fresh soil. Pebbles or expanded clay are preliminarily laid on the bottom, which will ensure good drainage. Before transplanting, roots that have rotted are removed. Then the root system is treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate to destroy putrefactive bacteria. After this, the lemon is planted in fresh soil.
Sometimes lemon leaves turn yellow at the edges and curl when there are sudden changes in room temperature. In the same way, citrus reacts to drafts, so a pot of lemon should not be placed near a window or door.
Turning on heating appliances can also cause yellowing of lemon leaves.
Why does a lemon drop its leaves?
At different times of the year, citrus sheds its leaves, but more often this can be observed in the autumn-winter period. The reasons why lemon leaves fall off are usually related to unfavorable conditions tree content.
With a lack of light, the plant becomes depleted and begins to lose foliage. Quite often this happens in winter. In this case, additional illumination with special lamps is required.
Other reasons why a lemon drops its leaves are dry indoor air, lack of nutrition, insufficient watering, a cramped pot, overcooling of the roots, acidification of the soil, a sudden change of location, and premature flowering. To eliminate this problem, you need to provide the plant with regular watering and timely application of fertilizers. If the pot becomes too small, the tree is transplanted into a container larger size. To prevent overcooling of the root system, you should water the citrus with water. room temperature or a little warmer. Do not keep it on a cold windowsill. It is important to regularly monitor the condition of the soil and its moisture. With excess moisture, the roots begin to rot, which leads to the shedding of leaves.
When transplanting a tree into a larger pot, the soil may become acidic. To avoid this, the new pot should be 2-4 cm larger in diameter than the previous one. Often the leaves fall off immediately after transplantation, so lemons are initially planted in spacious containers.
Since the lemon quickly gets used to its permanent place, it reacts negatively to the rearrangement and has difficulty getting used to new conditions, as a result of which it can shed its foliage.
Citrus leaves can fall off under the influence of pathogens and various pests, such as scale insects or spider mites. In order to promptly identify and eliminate pests, it is recommended to periodically inspect the tree.
What to do if a lemon has dropped its leaves? In some cases, the plant recovers on its own. However, it is necessary to exclude all possible causes: prevent drafts, ensure timely watering, optimal air humidity. Fertilizer is applied only if the plant is healthy. If the tree has been moved to another location, you need to return it to its original location.
Why homemade lemons don't bloom?
Sometimes it happens that citrus does not bloom for a very long time. In this case, the tree can be encouraged to flower by grafting with a cultivated cutting. After this, flowers will appear in 2-3 years. The reason why homemade lemons do not bloom may be the lack of a cool winter (at a temperature of 12-15°C), when the plant begins to develop flower buds. IN warm room, without a dormant period, citrus may not bloom. In addition, the tree may lack trace elements.
Lemons grown from seeds very rarely bloom and bear fruit. To achieve flowering, it is necessary to graft a branch of a fruiting plant. Flowering will occur in 3-4 years.
When planting lemons, you should know that some varieties bloom annually, while others bloom once every 4-5 years.
Why doesn't lemon bear fruit?
It happens that a tree blooms, but does not bear fruit. Why doesn't the lemon bear fruit? There may be several reasons for this. The most common of them are lack of nutrients, low air humidity, and lack of light.
With insufficient feeding, the ovary has developed to the size walnut, crumbles. Sometimes, with scanty feeding, the ovary ripens, but the fruits remain small.
The lack of fruiting may be due to poor pollination. In this case, you need to cross-pollinate the flowers using a cotton swab, transferring pollen from one flower to another.
To get a rich harvest of lemons, you need to give the tree everything necessary conditions and provide proper care. For example, in the absence of a state of dormancy, the development of the plant is disrupted, which directly affects its fruiting.
Why do the ovaries and fruits of lemons fall off?
It happens that a citrus blossoms, but the ovaries fall off. Why do lemon ovaries fall off? Most often this occurs due to dry air, drafts, excess moisture, and lack of nutrients. Dropping of the ovary can be caused by scale insects and spider mite.
Why do lemon fruits fall off? During fruiting, citrus reacts painfully to even a slight lack of nutrients, as a result of which its yield decreases.
To get a good harvest, potassium fertilizers are applied to the soil in the autumn. You can prepare a solution from water (1 liter) and wood ash (2-3 tablespoons).
It is also worth keeping in mind that a tree sheds its ovary when it feels that it is not ready to bear fruit. It is believed that there should be 10 leaves for each fruit. If there are fewer of them, after flowering the excess ovary is removed.
It is important to correctly form the load of future fruits. Remove excess flowers, leaving 1-2 flowers on the side branches.
If you follow all the rules of care, the question “why lemons fall off” will no longer arise.
Why does the lemon dry up and the branches dry out?
Gardeners often ask the question “why does the lemon dry up?” This situation occurs when there is a lack of moisture, excessively dry air, stagnation of water in the soil or poor lighting. Should be eliminated possible reason and after some time the tree will recover.
Why do lemon branches dry out? This can occur due to a lack or excess of moisture. Often, dried branches indicate a spider mite invasion.
It happens that branches dry out in winter. In most cases, this indicates that the plant is acclimatizing. In this case early spring Dried shoots are removed and new ones will appear in their place.
Another reason why lemon dries out is a lack of microelements. It is recommended to alternate fertilizing with nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium or use a balanced fertilizer containing micro and macroelements, necessary for the plant. Citrus responds well to the Root Feeder fertilizer. As a result of its use, the tree pleases with a healthy appearance and a rich harvest.
What happened and why lemon does not bloom at home
Improper watering
A lemon will not bloom (or drop the buds that have appeared) if it is not provided with sufficient regular watering. The plant belongs to the category of moisture-loving, so it does not tolerate drying out of the earthen coma. If this happens, the tree will most likely get rid of buds or ovaries, and sometimes even part of the foliage, in order to retain the missing moisture to ensure basic life processes.
Excessive watering is also equally harmful: then the soil in the pot becomes compacted, and root system plants are no longer able to extract nutrients from it. In order for the lemon to bloom, it is necessary to keep the soil in the container with it constantly slightly moist, avoiding drying out or stagnating moisture. It would also be a good idea to spray the tree - the high humidity of the surrounding year will please your pet.
Lack of sunlight
Another reason that answers the question why indoor lemons don’t bloom lies in the violation of lighting conditions. Without enough light, unfortunately, not a single flower will appear on your lemon. Citrus fruits are extremely heat-loving, so the window sill on which you decide to place the tree should be well lit: it is better if the window is oriented to the south or southwest.
During the summer months, it is a good idea to move the plant to glazed loggia, taking care of the absence of drafts. True, you should not place the pot in direct sunlight - you can provoke the appearance of burns on the leaves, and then you will have to think not about how to make your lemon bloom, but about how to save it from death.
Vitamin and mineral deficiency
Caring for lemons, like any other indoor plants, requires mandatory and regular feeding - without sufficient nutrition, citrus trees, as a rule, do not bloom. During the active growth of the tree, nutrient mixtures must be applied twice a month, with obligatory pauses for the period of winter dormancy. Available for sale complex fertilizers, specially designed for citrus fruits, thanks to which feeding and caring for lemons at home is not particularly difficult.
But still, keep an eye on your tree - it will definitely tell you if problems arise: for example, with a lack of nitrogen, a blooming lemon loses its color, and the flowers themselves turn pale, and a lack of calcium leads to a slowdown in the formation of the ovary and the ripening of the fruit.
Untimely transplant
Sometimes the absence of flowers on a tree may be due to untimely relocation of the plant. Young lemons should be replanted annually in the spring until they reach three years old. It is noteworthy that during this time your pet should completely master the earth ball in the pot, and you will just have to transfer it to a larger container. Then the mature lemon is replanted once every few years, and it is better to do this before the beginning of the growing season. If these requirements are not met, the lemon is simply cramped in a small pot - naturally, the answer to the question why such a lemon does not bloom at home is absolutely obvious.
Pests and diseases
If we talk about diseases, the greatest danger to lemons, including during flowering, are fungal infections (given the constantly increased level of humidity necessary for the normal development of the plant). Try to control moisture and watering intensity to prevent this problem from occurring.
Turning to the topic of pests, it can be noted that the home lemon tree suffers from the same insects as other plants - these are spider mites, scale insects and thrips. As you know, there can be no talk of any flowering, much less fruiting, if the plant is not healthy. Need to control pests traditional ways: to get rid of spider mites, lemon leaves should be treated with a solution of Actellik; scale insects and thrips can be washed off with soapy water.
Now you know how to care for your lemon in order not only to wait for abundant flowering, but also to receive such a cherished and long-awaited harvest. Try to comply with all the requirements that citrus puts forward to you, carefully monitor the slightest changes in the condition of your plant, and you will definitely achieve unprecedented success in the difficult task of growing lemons in an ordinary city apartment. And how pleasant it is to drink your favorite tea when a slice of aromatic fruit, grown not somewhere in hot countries, but on your own windowsill, cheerfully turns yellow in the cup with the drink!
Video “How to help a lemon bloom”
From this video you will learn how to help a lemon start to bloom.
Why lemons don't bloom at home and how to fix it
Violation of agricultural technology
Caring for an indoor lemon is quite a painstaking task; you must follow certain requirements and rules in order to see how your pet blooms. The easiest way to make mistakes is in agricultural technology, and in this case lemon blossom you may never see it. Let's take a closer look at why lemons don't bloom at home.
Incorrect watering. Lemon will not bloom if it is not provided with the necessary watering. This plant loves moisture very much, so when the soil dries out it can get rid of buds (if this happened during flowering) or even fruits that quickly set. It does all this in order to compensate for missing resources. Therefore, it is better not to allow the earthen clod to dry out.
However, you shouldn’t flood the tree with water either; it’s no less harmful. These actions cause the soil in the pot to become compacted, in which case the plant is no longer able to extract nutrients from it.
How to make a lemon bloom in this case? To avoid problems with moisture, it is recommended to always keep the soil slightly moist. It is also recommended to spray the tree from time to time to maintain humidity at the proper level.
Untimely transplant. Some may think that it will be enough to replant the lemon once - immediately after purchase. However, this is not true. Since the plant is quite demanding in terms of maintenance conditions, it will require regular replanting every year for the first three years. In the future, the plant is replanted no earlier than once every few years, and this is done before flowering begins and fruits set.
In general, during the period that the tree will be in a new pot, it will have time to take root there and get used to the new place. Therefore, when replanting, simply select a larger pot for it; the earthen lump itself in which it grew before can be left. Naturally, if this is not done on time, your pet is unlikely to bloom in cramped conditions.
Inappropriate conditions
In addition to following agricultural practices, caring for a lemon means providing it good conditions. Otherwise, he will not please you with a single flower.
Unsuitable soil. If the soil where the tree was planted is highly acidic or alkaline, your pet begins to wither and lose flowers. In order to determine the acidity of the soil, it is enough to use litmus paper. If this was indeed the problem, it is necessary to give it a slightly acidic reaction.
Lack of sunlight. This plant is very heat-loving, so for optimal development it needs a sufficient amount of sunny color. You shouldn't expect beautiful flowers without it. It would be best to place it on a window that is oriented to the south or southwest.
And remember that under straight lines sun rays It’s better not to expose your pet – it’s fraught sunburn, and then you’ll have to think about how to revive the poor plant. Then you don’t have to ask why the lemon doesn’t bloom.
Watering with cold water. Flowers and trees are usually watered with warm water. A lemon tree is also no exception to the rule - watering it with cold water will nullify all attempts of the tree to bloom.
A sharp change in conditions of detention. A sudden change of environment has a detrimental effect on this citrus tree. For example, you decided to move your pet to the sun, although before that it was always in the shade. Or they took it out onto the street houseplant without hardening it beforehand. Naturally, if the situation changes so abruptly, the tree simply does not have time to adapt to the new conditions. It is because of this “stress” that it can stop blooming. Therefore, if you decide to change the conditions of detention, do it gradually so as not to provoke stressful situations.
Lack of vitamins and minerals
It is imperative to feed your pet - after all, for full growth and development, he needs the nutrients that he receives thanks to regular feeding. Fertilize the tree twice a month (during the active growth phase), and take a short break for the winter.
The reason why a plant may either not bloom or begin to drop fruits that it has already set is a lack of manganese and boron. You should compensate for the lack of these elements by purchasing citrus mixtures in stores.
Diseases and pests
Fungal diseases can develop due to too high level humidity and treated copper sulfate(late blight), soap solution (sooty fungus) and Bordeaux mixture (mold).
Pests (spider mites, thrips, scale insects) must be removed mechanically or washed off the leaves with a soap solution. You can also use a variety of insecticides.
From this video you will learn how to help a lemon bloom at home.
Reasons for the lack of flowers on homemade lemon
Houseplants not only decorate the house, but can also become a real curiosity in a green corner. Lemon is a beautiful flowering tree that produces healthy fruits. From one healthy tree you can get a dozen lemons in a year. Why doesn't lemon bloom at home? A question that worries both people with experience and beginners who planted fruitful fruit for the first time. decorative tree at home. There are few reasons why inflorescences did not appear on the lemon. The problem should be looked for in the external environment or among possible diseases, after which the tree slowly fades.
Lemon has beautiful flowers, but requires special conditions for their appearance
Why don't ovaries appear?
The lemon tree always stands out in the background ornamental plants, and fresh fruits can be picked and eaten by the whole family. The crop bears fruit in the second year, after a person has properly planted the cuttings and fertilized the soil. Tree care includes many activities that take place throughout the year, and it is difficult to understand all the lemon diseases or causes of wilting. What to do if the first inflorescences do not appear on the green branches?
It is necessary to find out the cause of the disease and eliminate it. The problem of a fruit-bearing tree can arise at any time of the year, both with a young plant and with an old tree that has always bear fruit. The reasons affecting the proper growth of lemon are either temporary or permanent. Changes in care or fertilizers often lead to a sharp deterioration in the condition of the tree. Fading leaves, lack of inflorescences, or the appearance of small bitter fruits - alarms for the grower about the emergence of serious problems.
Sick lemon produces small and bitter fruits
Improper care
Flower growers are proud to plant a lemon tree. Such a plant requires a lot of care and grows for many years before it begins to bear its first fruits. Improper maintenance conditions or pests prevent the tree from growing and bearing fruit. Why doesn't the lemon bear fruit? If the lemon does not bloom, you should consider several possible reasons for this negative phenomenon:
- poor watering;
- insufficient amount of sunlight;
- lack of vitamins or mineral fertilizers;
- improper plant replanting.
Before starting a fruit-bearing tree that can be placed on the windowsill, it is worth studying the conditions for keeping the citrus tree for its rapid and proper growth.
The lemon tree does not need daily care. Lemon loves sun and moisture, but only in limited quantities.
Improper watering
A lemon will not bloom or will suddenly lose its color if a person has not properly watered the plant. Excessive watering damages the root system, and hot weather causes green leaves to quickly wither. But a dried out lump of earth is the worst thing that can happen to the soil in which a lemon rhizome grows. moisture-loving plant needs constant moistening of not only the soil, but also the green part of the tree. Experienced gardeners irrigate the leaves with a spray bottle at least once a week.
Regular watering will prevent flowers from dropping
A tree that does not receive enough moisture sheds its buds so that they do not take the last moisture from the stems. After the buds the foliage immediately falls. From these characteristic “symptoms” it is easy to understand the cause of the fallen inflorescences. The opposite situation can also be observed in cases where a person literally floods a pot with a plant with a large amount of water. Excess moisture causes the soil to thicken and the roots can no longer absorb water. Rotting roots and fallen inflorescences are difficult to save.
Unsuitable fertilizer
Problems with fruiting are often associated with the choice of fertilizer. Make food for the root system with your own hands or buy ready-made fertilizers– the choice remains with the grower, but how the lemon will bear fruit depends on the quality of the selected substances.
Caring for a tree necessarily includes fertilizing the soil at any time of the year. Citrus plants They need constant feeding, otherwise their root system weakens. A bad rhizome does not allow new inflorescences to arise, and good tree does not bear any fruit. The best option– feeding the tree twice a month and constant watering several times a week. In winter, the amount of fertilizer is reduced, because all processes in lemon slow down.
To strengthen citrus, complex fertilizers are needed, which are easy to buy in specialized stores. A strong root system will allow the tree to bloom in due time, and soon a person will be able to harvest the first harvest.
Fertilizers for lemons can be bought at the store or made by yourself.
Lack of sunlight
Impaired lighting conditions are a common cause of the absence of flowers on lemon stems. Without good lighting, inflorescences simply do not appear. The situation can be corrected if you move the tree to another window sill with better natural light. During the cold season, special lamps are installed around the lemon. In summer, the pots are taken outside, but left where there are no drafts. Covered loggias or balconies are suitable for summer ventilation of the plant.
Problems of another kind, leading to the fact that inflorescences do not appear, concern pests. Diseases that harm lemon tree, contribute not only to the shedding of leaves or flowers, but also to the death of the entire plant. The absence of white flowers is a consequence fungal disease, not the main problem.
Infections and fungi multiply quickly against the background frequent watering plants. A humid environment is the most favorable for the activity of dangerous microorganisms.
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