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Q: My lemon tree was covered with lots of little tiny green lemons but now they are all drying up and turning brown. Can you tell me why this is happening?
A: There are several reasons that would cause the fruit to dry up on the tree. If it’s just a few fruits that are drying up, this is normal for citrus as they self-thin their fruit. If it’s most of the fruit, then that’s not normal and may be caused by one or more of the reasons below.
1. Extreme temperatures
Extreme weather can cause fruit to dry up or drop from the tree due to weather stress. This can be weather changes, when temperatures suddenly change from hot to cold or from cold to hot in a short period of time; or just extreme heat or cold for an extended period of time. We have experienced some extremely hot weather in the past couple of weeks. Lemon trees prefer a climate with temperature range being between 70-100 degrees. Once temperatures rise above 103 degrees the lemon tree will stop growing,
Heat can squash your zucchini before it fruits. Here is what to do
Leimone Waite
Master gardeners
Q: My zucchini squash won t bear fruit. The plant is big and lush and is producing lots of flowers even some tiny baby squash that wither and fall off without developing. I have heard the gardener jokes about how zucchini plants produce so much that you resort to forcing squash upon all visitors. What is wrong with my squash plant?
A: Plants in the cucurbit family cucumbers, gourds, melons, pumpkins and squash tend to have pollination problems, especially if you only have one plant or few pollinators.
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