This started to happen when I put it outside on our south facing patio.

Sep 13, A: Citrus tend naturally to drop some leaves during blossoming and fruit formation, but the tree should not drop the majority of its leaves during this time. Some common causes of leaf drop Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Dec 24, Meyer Lemon Tree - Dropping All Leaves and Blooms # Asked December 24,AM EST I bought a Meyer Lemon tree online three months ago, after what felt like extensive online research I thought I'd be prepared to take care of this tree. There is nothing wrong with your tree.

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Falling leaves from citrus is quite common at this time of year, and for the next month depending where you live. The leaves in question are just old leaves that have lived out their life span A citrus leaf has a life span of 20 - 24 months. Citrus trees tend to be extra sensitive to that shift and what seems like a minor change in light intensity or the amount of humidity or water it receives can cause leaves and developing fruit to drop almost overnight.

Sunlight: Lemon trees need eight hours of direct sun per bushdig.bar: Gayla Trail. 5 minutes at 1 gallon per hour is 10 oz of water every 3 days. Livermore averages 86F in the summer, and we've had lots of heat waves where it's gone into the 90F quite often.

It was in a very tiny 5 inch square pot that I re-potted into a 24 inch pot.

It also looks like you've lost leaves too. I suspect that is not enough water for your tree in your climate.