The potted plant on the front patio had a hard summer and lost many leaves. The only real difference in its life is a saucer under it that doesn't let it dirty up the tiles. But that hasn't been wet holding much water, only damp after watering. So, I don't think that's the issue. Over the years, its had white fly issues. I periodically add worm castings to it. I don't think that pattern has changed. I showed it to my mom and she suggested iron. So this weekend, I gave it some liquid iron and an all-purpose fertilizer. Did I also give it some fish emulsion? Can't recall. So much for writing this down quickly.
I also gave liquid iron to the lemon tree. That tree is closest to the house of the recent ones planted and does not get enough sun. I knew the site was suboptimal, but figured a lemon tree could survive that spot. It is doing ok, but not taking off as some others are.
Two star jasmines are acting more deciduous than I like. Is it the variety? Location? It isn't that cold here. And some of the leaves that turned red last year stayed on and continued red. Which is pretty, but I'd rather it be leafy. Wondering if it needed any soil help, I added some humic acid to the incredibly hard soil. Also gave it all purpose fertilizer and fish emulsion to help those leaves. Maybe this is all futile and I'm just expecting it to keep more leaves than that variety does. Other star jasmines around, don't turn as red and lose as many leaves though.
The tangelo had first an aphid problem and now some black residue on its leaves. I've been spraying it off with a hose, which helps some.
All the citrus got a dose of humic acid and citrus fertilizer.
