What to do from here? Is this normal?

10 years ago

I am a newer citrus tree owner. I purchased a 3 year old Nules Clementine in September. It was going great! I even started to get some blossoms at the beginning of December. I was ecstatic! By December 30th, they were everywhere. Now, the petals are starting to fall, which I understand to be normal. But some of the teeny, tiny green fruit (I presume) are turning black and falling off all over the tree. I'm not sure what to do from here. When I received the tree, there were a number of places that appeared to have had fruit picked off at some point, so I was assuming that this tree had produced fruit in the past.

What do I do? Is there anything that I should/should not do? Is this normal?

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amywhipp
Original Author
10 years ago
This is what the same branch looks like now, as of this morning.
mes111
10 years ago
Just sit back and wait.

Little fruitlets will start at the base of the flowers. light, Light and ... when did you last fertilize?. Citrus are generally heavy feeders.

But wait... others with much more experience than me will chime in soon.

Mike
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meyermike_1micha
10 years ago
Oh yes, perfectly normal...In fact, if it was in it's place where you bought that tree or still being raised by the place they bought if from, it would be putting out lot's of fruit!

Someone at one time fed that tree real well at one time and provided lots of sunlight, and now it's up to you to follow in their footsteps...

I would be just happy to get that many flowers but you probably want lots of fruit. I am not sure if it is a self pollinator but someone will tell us. Many potted citrus are including the Meyer.
It is also natural for trees to shed most fruit if held captive indoors, and for lack of the better word,less than ideal conditions...It looks very healthy though. Beautiful!
Must of smelled great too.

Mike..