Editor's Note: This blog post originally appeared on the Master Gardener Program of Alameda County website. Do you have space for a tree in the parking strip, that no man's land between the sidewalk and the street? If you do, there are many advantages to having trees grow in that space.
Spring is here, and it is time to think about fertilizing citrus and fruit trees, berries, flowering ornamentals, and vegetables. Decisions need to be made about whether to fertilize, what to fertilize, how much to fertilize.
In winter it's a normal process to see yellowing leaves and leaf drop. When we see this in other seasons, it indicates a problem. When we see the yellowing leaves on our citrus, we often jump to the conclusion there is an iron or a nitrogen deficiency, but there can be a variety of causes.
Help! My lemon tree has yellowing leaves and is dropping leaves that is one of the most frequent requests we get at the Help Desk, especially in late winter and early spring. When we see yellowing leaves on citrus, often we leap to the conclusion that it is nitrogen or iron deficiency.
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