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It sounds like the conditions could be too warm and dry. In winter, Citrus plants are better kept cool (but frost free) in an environment with some humidity...a frost free greenhouse or a conservatory are ideal. Even though you have watered the pot, the humidity (or lack of) might be why the plant is shedding leaves. A daily misting with water might help. If you can move it to somewhere cooler, this will also definitely help.

Evergreens do shed leaves at certain times of the year - a Mangletia of mine suddenly dropped half it's leaves last winter but it turned out to be a natural shedding. It may just be this with your Kumquat, but I would think that my first thought is along the right lines.

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Good luck - I hope it survives. I'm all too familiar with the feeling of losing a cherished plant.

<blockquote data-quote="MarkEE" data-source="post: 2104903" data-attributes="member: 64921">It sounds like the conditions could be too warm and dry. In winter, Citrus plants are better kept cool (but frost free) in an environment with some humidity...a frost free greenhouse or a conservatory are ideal. Even though you have watered the pot, the humidity (or lack of) might be why the plant is shedding leaves. A daily misting with water might help. If you can move it to somewhere cooler, this will also definitely help.Evergreens do shed leaves at certain times of the year - a Mangletia of mine suddenly dropped half it&#039;s leaves last winter but it turned out to be a natural shedding. It may just be this with your Kumquat, but I would think that my first thought is along the right lines.Read this helpful link.<a href="http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0101/citrus_cultivation.asp" target="_blank">RHS Advice</a>Good luck - I hope it survives. I&#039;m all too familiar with the feeling of losing a cherished plant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarkEE, post: 2104903, member: 64921"] It sounds like the conditions could be too warm and dry. In winter, Citrus plants are better kept cool (but frost free) in an environment with some humidity...a frost free greenhouse or a conservatory are ideal. Even though you have watered the pot, the humidity (or lack of) might be why the plant is shedding leaves. A daily misting with water might help. If you can move it to somewhere cooler, this will also definitely help. Evergreens do shed leaves at certain times of the year - a Mangletia of mine suddenly dropped half it's leaves last winter but it turned out to be a natural shedding. It may just be this with your Kumquat, but I would think that my first thought is along the right lines. Read this helpful link. [url=http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0101/citrus_cultivation.asp]RHS Advice[/url] Good luck - I hope it survives. I'm all too familiar with the feeling of losing a cherished plant. [/QUOTE]

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