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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I've seen the same thing a couple of times, but didn't stop to think much about it.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">My guess is that the original potting mix had a lot of organic matter. After a few years that broke down and well, evaporated.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, May 1, 2020, 12:58:11 PM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">I lost one small lemon tree in a big ceramic pot, over the past year, <br clear="none">strictly through inattention: There's a citrus 'dell' behind the hedge,<br clear="none">and I failed to look after the needs of some of the potted trees back<br clear="none">there. I notice that, for reasons unclear to me, the soil in pots<br clear="none">appears to compress or wash out or something, such that in any event the<br clear="none">plant sinks in the pot as the apparent depth of soil between the surface<br clear="none">and the bottom of the pot decreases. This lemon sank until it had only <br clear="none">about 50 cm of soil height, and died. I should have noticed the problem<br clear="none">earlier and repotted it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Nearby, I'd seen a rangpur lime tree and a tangerine tree in similar<br clear="none">distress, repotted them, and they recovered -- but I failed to act in<br clear="none">time to save the lemon.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br></div>
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