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Death of citrus trees.?

I am caring for a property in the hot Southern California desert near Palm Springs. The mature orange and lemon in the house seems to be slowly dying. No leaves are forming new and old ones have fallen. I have also planted 3 other baby citrus trees (Grapefruit, lemon, lime) and only one of those grapefruit () is to browse and flowering. The other 2 lost their leaves and the trees look like green sticks in the ground. I have been watering every two days and the removal of some dead branches. Does anyone have any advice on saving the remaining trees and some tips on keeping baby citrus trees healthy and growing? Do I need a specific fertilizer? Any response would be helpful. PS All the other plants on the property are thiriving --- But most of them are drought and heat tolerant. (Cactus Bougainville, fig, oleander, palms.)

As "LJAY" that mention in your response, your citrus were likely damaged by frost and are now losing their leaves. Since you mentioned that "The trees look like green sticks on earth ", that is a good indication that trees are alive. My advice is to buy a couple of bags of compost in bags and a bag or two steers / manure chicken and then spread around the trees followed by irrigation to move the beneficial microbes in the root zone of trees. These microbes will help to take food more available in the trees and assist in their recovery and protection of them from insect-borne diseases and different-ground. Another little known fact that many homeowners are unaware is a beneficial fungus called Mycohrrizae. " You can buy this fungus and apply it to the ground as if a liquid fertilizer immediately followed by a good watering. Once established in the roots, helps the plant forever, without re-treatment. Mycohrrizae joins the roots of the plant and start sending "microscopic roots" on the ground, acting as an extension of the roots of plants. These microscopic roots are able to absorb water and nutrients much better and at higher rates than regular roots, while making it more drought tolerant and resistant to disease. Citrus respond very favorably to this benefit fungi and you begin to see an improvement within 3 to 4 weeks after treatment. I recommend this application of this fungus to every home gardener. Just remember that citrus is not well in extremely wet conditions. Keep the soil moist, not saturated. There are several good fertilizer designed specifically for citrus / avocado but most nitrogen fertilizers high in work. 6 To apply fertilizer every 4 weeks from now until August. Here are a couple of sites that sell the "mycorrhizal" online; http://www.planthealthcare.com http://www.fungi.com/mycogrow/index.html / Fungi.html Hope you found this information useful and helps in the recovery of citrus trees. It's good to see reflexive property managers, as you, who care. GOOD LUCK! Certified Professional Crop Consultant with over 30 years experience and a BS in Plant Science

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