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#156418 Nov 29th, 2007 at 09:20 PM
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Hi, Big Jim here:

I bought a Carambola (starfruit) back in April, and it has done great so far. Grew 3 feet since I got it. However, I noticed the leaves are beginning to yellow and fall off starting from the lower branches and working their way up. Once branch at a time.

I put down some citrus fertilizer tonight with trace elements that I read the carambola needs, but I am wondering if anyone might know more from looking at the leaves. Interveinal chlorosis? Magnesium deficiency? I also read that some carambola trees can lose their leaves in winter, but I only read that in one place (and it really hasn't gotten too cold here as of yet. I wonder if these are just leaves dying because it is time for them to fall off. Any thoughts? Oh, I live in Tampa, FL.

Thanks in advance,

Big Jim

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BigJimSlade #167674 Jan 3rd, 2008 at 08:22 PM
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To add to this, I have noticed a few of the smaller stems which lose the leaves snap off as if they were brittle.

If it makes it through to spring with some leaves left, I will call it a success. grin

BigJimSlade #183663 Feb 19th, 2008 at 10:33 AM
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Carambola growing in the Florida Home Landscape

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG269

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Drought. Carambola trees have only limited tolerance to drought. Symptoms of excessively dry soil conditions (drought) include leaf folding, leaf wilting, yellowing and browning of leaves, leaf drop, reduced flowering and fruit size, stem and limb dieback, and in severe drought, tree death.




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