Blood Orange Leaf Curl and Drop: Fruit Load Stress in Heat

5-year-old blood orange, first good fruit set. Leaves curl, droop, drop.

Explanation

In hot, dry climate, tree stressed by first/second fruit crop drops leaves to support fruit. Natural response.

No disease; just resource allocation.

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