I posted this on the tropical fruit forum but someone over here might know what the problem is.
Water?
Fertilizer burn?
Bugs?
Fungus?
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/843361/
Anyone know citrus trees?
If you checked the underside of the leaves and didn't find any pests, then overwatering or soggy soil may be your problem.
http://fourwindsgrowers.com/growing/containers.html
Scroll down to watering.
No pest found and no it's not over watering. The trees are planted in full sun in fast draining soil with about a 6 ft circle of dirt around them. No mulch. I don't have irragation in that part of the yard so I've been hand watering and I probably should be watering more than I do.
Consistency is the answer to watering problems.
I with oldude on the other forum. Looks like thrips to me. Not a problem, just unsitely.
I'm having trouble ID'ing who's the trouble maker. Might be aphids but they may be thrips. The time I got a look at something on the leaves I just went a head and sprayed the tree down with soapy water. Whatever it was is gone for the moment. I just don't want it to end up in an endless cycle.
Either way both are fairly harmless. Still the same I would like to figure out what exact bug it is and get rid of it if possible. Last year was drought and it stopped raining about two weeks ago so maybe we'll have another year of drought. Drought and bugs are not a good combo for fruit trees.
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