Lemon at home looks like a small tree with dense dark green leaves with a shiny surface. Indoor lemon blooms for a long period of time and produces fruits that are slightly smaller in size than store ones, but just as healthy, aromatic and pleasant to the taste. With proper care and ideal keeping conditions, 18-20 fruits can be harvested from one such tree.
Proper care of citrus fruits consists in timely moistening of the soil, regular feeding, maintaining the required level of air humidity, lighting and temperature conditions. Full growth and development, as well as the future harvest, depends on compliance with all the requirements of the plant. In case of insufficient nutrition and untimely introduction of the necessary fertilizers at a certain stage, the lemon will certainly give a "signal" in the form of falling flowers, an ovary, or just starting to form fruits. Without taking any rescue measures, the lemon can die.
Abundant watering is one of the most important rules for caring for an evergreen plant. Irrigation water should not be cold and must be settled. But watering not only contributes to the moistening of the root part and the growth of the culture, irrigation water also flushes out useful substances, passing through the entire earthen lump. A lack of nutrients is a minimal and low-quality crop. Lemon needs additional fertilizing with nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus for all twelve months. For example, poor growth and abundant flowering require nitrogen, and poor flowering and rapid growth require phosphorus.
Nitrogen fertilizers
Nitrogen is a vital substance for citrus fruits, on which the growth of the leafy part and the quality of the stems, full flowering and the formation of the ovary depend. With its lack, external signs appear on indoor lemon: yellow leaves, pale and poor flowering, ovary falling off, growth retardation or cessation.
Phosphorus fertilizers
Phosphorus is a nutrient that affects the formation of fruits, their further quality and external characteristics. Its insufficient amount is indicated by the leaves, which change their green color to brown, then gradually dry up and fall off, and the fruits of an irregular shape with a thick, rough skin.
Fertilizers with potassium content
With a lack of potassium, the entire blow is primarily taken by the leafy part of the plant. The leaves change their green color to bronze-yellow. Their size increases significantly, the surface can be covered with small light spots and droplets of gum. With a prolonged shortage of this useful substance, the plant sheds foliage and dies.
Experienced gardeners recommend the use of complex fertilizers, which contain all the nutrients necessary for lemon - these are not only potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen, but also a large number of microelements important for the full growth and development. Such feeding is especially important from the beginning of May to the beginning of November. Mineral fertilizers can be applied alternately with organic fertilizers.For example, organic feeding from 1 part poultry manure (or manure) and 9 parts warm water has proven itself well.
Water the plant before fertilizing. Top dressing cannot be applied to dry soil. The nutrient solution is applied gradually in small portions until it has saturated the entire earthy lump. Its temperature should be as close as possible to the temperature of the potting mix in a container with lemon.
The quality of the crop depends on the attention and care of the plant!
