Conservatory plants.

I've had a Calamondin (miniature orange) plant in my conservatory for 3yrs, I water it once a week, I trim it in the growing season, I give it liquid feed when I remember to. At the moment it has more fruit on it than its ever had, my problem is, the leaves have taken on a yellowy tint around the edges, I think the term is "veriagated" if I've spelt it right, some of the leaves appear to be slightly burned at the tips as well. Am I over/under watering/feeding? The leaves have not done this in the past 2yrs.

Could just be thats its a result of the larger fruit show taking its toll. Remember that there are different ratios of the ingredients of feed. High N, low N and natural. Each one aimed at a different part of the plan, root growth, leaf growth etc.

It could be that the leaves are scorched from the sunlight and the is made worse if the leaves are getting wet.

Watch that the pot you have it in isnt restricting the root growth and putting the plant under stress.

There could be other reasons of course. Mabey a search through google images at your plant type with similar problems will shed some light on the matter.

Hope this helps.

It's not variegation - that's a natural colour form of particular plants. Your plant is under some kind of stress if the leaves are turning yellow. It could be too wet, too dry, in a draught or too low temperature, insufficient feeding........ Pull the rootball out of the pot and check the roots - are they healthy? Too wet/too dry? Is the room temperature high enough, especially overnight? Any draughts? If all of these are OK, get into a better feeding routine. When you remember isn't enough. There are specialist citrus fertilisers available. It should really be potted on each Spring before it comes into active growth too.

Cheers guys, given the hot weather we've had down here in the South East I'm inclined to believe its under watered, the soil and root ball were real dry.

Its important to use a specific feed for indoor fruiting plants like this. Not everytime but at least occasionally. They tend to contain micro nutrients like magnesium iron etc which are important and not normally in a growmore balanced type feed.

Ok, i'm back asking for more advice about my Calamondin, last year it was left out on the patio all Winter. (don't ask) It was bought back in last month, I repotted it and it has healthy new growth appearing, but, no blossom or fruit though. Have I done permanent damage by leaving it out all Winter?