Northeast Gardening: Tragedy - averted- (I hope) for Meyer Lemon Tree, 0 by brooklynbird

brooklynbird wrote:
Hi friends. Have been worried lately about my indoor lemon tree. It was dropping leaves and had horrible flying gnat-like insects surrounding it. I added another grow light, but it still looked sad. I think it had the beginnings of root rot.

Yesterday, I removed it from its beautiful terra cotta pot with just one drainage hole and repotted it in a funky plastic pot with a ton of holes. New much lighter soil, with sand and perlite mixed in. Coconut husks bits on top (came with the tree back in October), and skewers to keep the kitties from invading.

It is holding on to all its leaves, the tiny flying insects are gone and I think things will improve from here. Meanwhile, it is awaiting warmer times when it will venture outside. Wish us luck.