Lemon, like other citrus fruits, is a conditionally deciduous plant in our climate. This means that in winter it can dump leaves if the conditions of its content are far from natural. The fact is that in nature lemons grow and bear fruit in a subtropical climate with mild winters and relatively hot summers. Provide him with this content in the apartment can not every florist, so do not be surprised if your lemon leaves fall in winter. However, all have specific reasons - let's look into them.
Why does the house lemon have leaves?
The main reasons for this may be:
- insufficient lighting;
- improper (insufficient or excessive) watering;
- finding a flower in a depleted, nutrient-deprived soil;
- hot and dry microclimate in the room;
- too cold wintering.
How to save a lemon if the leaves have fallen off?
If you notice that foliage on lemons begins to turn yellow and fall off after the light day began to decline, it is recommended that these plants be lightened with fluorescent lights. It is desirable that the tub with a lemon stood on the southern window. This will help keep the remainder of the leaves green.
Often fall leaves in winter and lemon, which is excessively watered. This is because the earth's clod is denser, it's worse than letting air in to the roots. Lemon can not "feed" the entire green mass and discards part of it.
No less harmful and a long absence of watering. As a consequence, the sap movement is slowing down in the plant, and it can simply dry up. So do not forget about watering - it is they that give the opportunity to feed roots, trunk and branches of citrus. But in any case, do not fill your lemon after a long period of drought, otherwise it will respond to you with such stress by completely releasing the crown from the foliage.
Changes in the color of the leaves, their deformation and subsequent falling off are usually the result of a lack of nutrients in the pot, such as zinc, molybdenum, selenium, cobalt, iron, etc. Since the lemon actively absorbs in summer
To protect the lemon from heat and dryness, in the heating season it should be sprayed once a week and regularly showered. Thanks to such care for the home lemon, its leaves do not fall off.
Although in winter, the lemon needs coolness, it is not recommended to lower the temperature below + 10 ° С. Subcooling, as well as drafts, harm the lemon, and on them it responds with a similar behavior - it will immediately discard the leaves.