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- Help! My mandarin tree loses leaves - What to do?
- lack of light
- Avoid leaf shedding in winter
- waterlogging
- First aid for root rot
- Tips & Tricks
Help! My mandarin tree loses leaves - What to do?
The bushy, awake tangerine with its elliptically shaped, dark green, glossy leaves and the bright orange fruits is a fine tree, which is wonderful for the attitude in the tub and conjures up an exotic flair on the local balcony. However, the tangerine is not easy to maintain.
lack of light
When the tangerine tree throws off the leaves, usually care mistakes are the cause. In particular, lack of light gets the tropical plant little. Especially at the end of the winter season, when the tangerine is already weakened, it often loses its leaves. In such cases, it can help to provide more light. Optimal is a special plant lamp that provides light for at least eight hours a day. As soon as the days get brighter and longer in the spring and the plant is outdoors in June, it will be able to drive out quite reliably.
Avoid leaf shedding in winter
Mandarins like to spend the winter in the coolest of places - optimally around 10 ° C - and bright. As a rule, the warmer the plant, the brighter it must be. Of course you can also winter your tree in the well-tempered living room, but then you have to provide for a permanent extra lighting by a plant lamp. In this case, the lamp should deliver about 10,000 lux, so that the tropical tree is sufficiently supplied.
waterlogging
Like all citrus fruits, the tangerine tree is very sensitive to waterlogging. If the substrate is too moist, the roots rot and the plant discards its leaves. These can no longer be adequately supplied and therefore represent ballast. You should only water the tangerine tree if the top soil layer has already dried. In addition, care must be taken to ensure that excess water can flow away unhindered and quickly. That is why a drainage layer several centimeters thick is needed in the pot, and the soil should also be loose and permeable. In any coasters, the water may not stand.
First aid for root rot
If your mandarin tree is affected by the root rot, you can save it with a little luck by the following first aid measures:
Tips & Tricks
Often, a newly purchased mandarin casts many or even all the leaves.Although this is annoying, but quite normal - so the sensitive tree reacts to stress. To reduce this, leave the pot with the tangerine once in peace: do not repot, do not constantly change and also do not turn or turn.
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