r/Citrus

Hi we moved to AZ from MN and are totally new to citrus. This tree is in our backyard. What type of tree is this? Are those suckers?

I have an issue,(actually several) with my Lisbon tree. I am in Texas zone 8b. It is usually brought into the garage for winter, but it is rather large (the top hits the top of the garage door opening) and I didn’t have my regular help when I brought the others in so I decided to try something that I read others had had success with. I had a tree/plant cover and some old school Christmas lights so I strung the lights throughout the tree and covered it. It worked fine until it ripped while watering it and I began having to constantly try to keep it closed during the wind, cold and precipitation.

So when it got warm enough and I uncovered it, there was some damage to the lower portion and some of the upper leaves so I trimmed the damage and it seemed to be okay. It bloomed and began to produce fruit. As stated I know that it has other issues some of which are it needs to be repotted and leaf miners, but I do as well. 2026 has been unkind to my health.

The latest issue is what I am hoping that I can find answers to from the wealth of knowledge here. Some of the fruits began to develop small brown spots. A few of them have turned completely brown. It is still flowering at times and has had a growth spurt which began in September. Actually all of my citrus trees did, which is something else I need to figure out. But for now I am trying to hopefully save this tree because it holds a Great Sentimental Value to me.

Sorry for being so wordy. These are photos from just after it was trimmed in April up until yesterday. Thanks in advance for any and all the information and resources given.

Hey,

About ⅓ of our lemon tree is producing GIANT green fruits that have very thick rinds with weird pulp (color, texture, taste). They never turn yellow, and are the size of a large grapefruit or pomelo. The leaves on that part of the tree are also different, larger and lighter in color.

The tree shares a root system at the base, but the tree splits into two distinct branches at the ground level.

The healthier side of the tree has some lemons that still have some variation in size and rind thickness, but are all yellow when ripe and taste good.

Believe it’s a meyer lemon tree as the lemons are definitely sweeter and slightly darker/more saturated than average lemons. 

We first noticed a few of these massive unhealthy lemons a few years ago, but gradually as become much more. Now it is a full ⅓ of the whole tree.

For reference, in the photo with the two halves, it’s the smaller lemon that is in the other photo comparing size to the healthy lemons. The larger lemon is only shown in the halved photo. Ruler and American quarters provided in that photo for scale. We're in northern CA, plant zone 9b.

What’s wrong with that side of the tree? And what do we do about it?
Thanks in advance!

Edit: thank you all for the info and advice! I’ll go through and reply where it makes sense.

While I’m here, upon further research it looks like Meyer lemons are NOT supposed to have thorns. Our Meyer lemon part of the tree does have thorns. Could that be a result of the grafting? Is it a different varietal of lemon?

According to my daughter:

"​The center of the leaves become yellow, leaves start to thin and lose their gloss, then fall off with the slightest touch. The newer leaves begin withering and curl up. They feel leathery but are extremely thin. All of the plant is droopy, but roots are not mushy. There are no signs of pests and neem oil has already been tried. The citrus tree fertilizer didn't help either. The amount I'm watering, amount of light, and temperature are all correct. I'm running out of options here."

My daughter has carefully tended to this little tree every day for 3 years, since it was a seed (along with a couple other lemon trees​.) She also has an entiire room full of other ​plants. ​She takes her plants'​ care very seriously and is​ attached to them. We've been looking up plant conditions, to try to find a solution, to no avail If anyone has any ideas, we would​ be very grateful.

Improved Meyer lemon has had great growth over the last year and has fruit on lower branches. I’m not trying to fruit-max but want to have a nice well balanced and larger tree at the end. Should improve the top branches down to achieve a more tree-like shape? Or just let it go for a while?

Th leaves are curling up, shriveling and being eaten. Also what looks like leaf miner damage. What can I do to help them?

Lots of late fruits so dedicated her a space to concentrate on herself ❤️

I have two lemon trees that came from grocery store lemons. We planted them in 2022 and this is what they look like now. I’ve been fertilizing them every 6 to 8 weeks during the summer with Citrus spikes. They outside all spring and summer and inside in the fall in winter because I live in New England. I have them in grow bags on a drip tray because I have read that they like heavy watering and then to dry out. We have not seen flowers or fruit yet.

Any recommendations to set them up for success during the winter?

Lots of acp i noticed in my terrace garden .This Washington navel is almost stunted .It was also neglected for waterering during scorching summer times of 45c temps .

I pulled the tree out of the pot and I’m looking at the roots. I honestly don’t know what I’m looking at. This is an update to my previous post regarding the top of the tree dying back.

I don’t see anything that looks like rot or distress, but I admit I’m very new to plants and unsure what root rot would look like if I saw it. Again, any advice is welcome!

I have a mandarin plant.. it has a lot of ants crawling on it, but I don't see any aphids or scales. What should I do, or should I leave it as is?

2 years ago when it did grow some mandarin.. the ants seemed to have gotten inside one of them.