Tag: potash

Does Potash and Epsom Salts Really Make Citrus Fruit Sweeter? Garden Mythbusting!

valencia oranges on tree

Is the advice to “use potash and Epsom salts to grow sweeter citrus fruit” based on scientific fact, or is it just gardening folklore? Adding potash (potassium) is only helpful when citrus trees are suffering from potassium deficiency, which is rare in healthy soils, and […]

Citrus Problems, Why Citrus Fruit Drops and Flowers Fail to Develop

lime flowers becoming fruit

Is your citrus tree dropping its fruit before they reach full size, or even worse, dropping the flowers before fruit even begin to form? This problem can happen to oranges, lemons, lime, grapefruit, mandarins and all other citrus. Trees photosynthesise to produce carbohydrates such as […]