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The little lemon tree will be quite alright after some water has been given. Two or three days will be enough.
Important things not to do: don't overwater; do not change the position drastically, a bit of shade (umbrella) is enough; don't fertilize; most importantly: don't panic!
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Drought - 3-5dl of water with high temperatures, even twice a day, is not sufficient, especially as the plant has got bigger with a bigger root system since you first potted it up. Give it a litre or two now, then another litre in an hour or so, so it has a chance to get soaked right through all the soil. Then you'll need to cut out dead areas, but first ...
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This looks like the insect pests like spider mites have gotten to it. They hide under the leaves and sometimes fungus can develop brown spots on plant leaves. You can remove the infected part of the leaves and increase air circulation to get rid of the fungal diseases. Keeping it dry and maybe adding some chemicals to keep the bugs away can help
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This is mechanical damage, so in other words something fell onto the plant or the plant fell itself on the floor. Maybe ask your partner or other people in your household what happend here.
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Peppers like warm, mulched, soil (ideally not clay, either, especially as clay insulates and locks in coolness well), and they don't prefer cool nights. Soil can be a lot cooler in the north, as can be the nights. Also, peppers seem to like the sort of consistent moisture that comes with mulching, but I imagine that's not any bigger of an issue in New York ...
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You need a greenhouse to grow peppers north of Zone 8 or so!
It need not be expensive or complex. A cloche (single-plant greenhouse) or cold-frame (old window over a raised bed) will do nicely.
Whatever you use, peppers like soil heat. They won't be happy if you can't get the soil over 21°C (70°F) or so. Ideally, you want as high as 30°C (86°F). So a raised ...
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Pelargoniums (which is what "annual" geraniums actually are) take more than eight weeks to flower from seed, which is why many gardeners either root cuttings from the previous year or start seeds indoors, in mid-late winter. In fact, this site and this site both give a range of 12 to 16 weeks. Your plants will eventually bloom, but maybe not until ...
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I thnk the basic problem is that they are much too crowded together, so they are growing to try to get more light.
Even small flowering plants need to be 8 or 12 inches apart to develop normally to their full size. If you sowed the seeds straight into the container, you need to sow more seeds than that since they won't all germinate, and then thin out the ...
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Dependant on the species you have there, is it feasible to coppice, [cut down to the ground] some of the trees in front and then 'lift' [clean the lower branches], from the taller trees.
Coppicing does not work on all tree species, but when it is possible, it prolongs the life of the tree by keeping it perennially young. This would allow you to periodically ...
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You can't - it's just a genetic thing. The genetic programming for each branch and leaf may have minor variations, so some will be highly variegated, others less so and some may be yellow or even plain green. That's assuming the plant is healthy and growing well - if it's not, the yellow leaves may be about to shrivel and drop off.
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Yes, they are "just" overcrowded and trying to reach some daylight.
When the only leaves on a branch are at the end, because the rest is too dark for anything to grow, the weight of the leaves will naturally pull the branch down.
The solution is to fell maybe half the trees or even more, to give the others room to grow properly. Or fell them all, ...
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Citrus can be hard to keep nice... I live in Utah where summer humidity can get down to 5% rh ... in the past when I tried to keep container citrus, it would get too dry and the leaves would drop, but the tree wouldn’t die.. I also know that they don’t like to be overwatered. You have a bit of a balancing act.. so things that make your life easier:
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