
repotted my lemon tree in baked soil and it’s dropping leaves :(
I had a bad fungus gnat infestation in the soil and heard that people bake it to kill the larvae/eggs. I did that and about three weeks later, it’s still steadily dropping leaves with no new growth :((
There’s no yellowing, I’m watering when my moisture meter reads dry (I topped the soil with a layer of horticultural sand as another gnat prevention layer), I’m aerating the soil by poking through it and making sure the root ball is getting water, full spectrum led grow lights for 12 hrs, but nothing seems to be working. Same issue with my lime plant.
Is it doomed? Do I have to repot with untreated soil? I feel super shitty about this so no rudeness please lol </3