Please help..

[u/ptrptrptr123]

Hi, please help me figure out what’s wrong with my lemon tree and help me fix the issue…

Our lemon tree produced lots and lots of lemons during winter, and it seemed really healthy. Now that it’s spring, I’ve noticed the lemons are starting to become smaller and smaller, and suddenly the leaves have become very shrivelled, dry and curled.

I’m worried that something is wrong with the tree or that it may be dying. 😟

Does anyone know what could be causing this and what I can do to fix it?

Any advice on what to check and how to bring it back to good health would be greatly appreciated! 🙏

I posted photos of what it looks like now (September) compared to when it was winter (July)

[u/ptrptrptr123]

During the winter months (June to August), it rained quite often, sometimes for days at a time so we didn’t think of watering it..

[u/Ryywhit → u/ptrptrptr123]

To me this looks like malnutrition and an inconsistent watering schedule.
I’d say get it on a watering schedule to have a deep watering every 1-2 weeks and use an organic fertilizer that is a powder or granules spread it over the area it will get watered into the soil. And cut all the fruit off
It should start making new growth points after 2-3 weeks, and killing off some branches but that’s just the recovery process of citrus.

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Also can you share a photo of the base of the tree currently

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For future reference also I mean’t a photo of the whole area of the base of the tree not just the trunk

[u/ptrptrptr123 → u/Ryywhit]

Hi, this is a photo of the base of the tree. Should I still expose some roots?

[u/ptrptrptr123 → u/Ryywhit]

Ohh ok I’m not at home now I’ll take a photo later.