Silvasy recommends spraying leaves—healthy ones and curled ones—with an organic pesticide like neem oil or insecticidal soap. Left untreated, the insects will kill your lemon tree.

Question: I have a small lemon tree growing in a large container. I now have many small lemons on it, which seem to be getting larger. My problem is that the leaves are a sickly, yellow color.

Yellowing leaves can be a sign of overwatering, and leaves that drop can mean root rot has set in. "What a lot of people do, which kills their lemon tree, is they prune it and begin dumping ...

Yellowing problems? Give plants some space Aug 15, 2014 Aug 15, 2014Updated Oct 17, 2019 0 ...

Some leaves gradually turn yellow and drop. The tree is about 18 years old and overall, I think it looks healthy (no leaking sap, visible insects, black spots on leaves, no soggy soil areas under ...