Carambola (Starfruit) Leaf help!

My young carambola tree is showing signs of distress through the leaves and I am not sure what to do. It’s got plenty of water and the pH doesn’t look imbalanced. The leaves are curling up and falling off. Any help?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 03/29/2016 @ 2:03 am

It appears that your young tree has signs of iron chlorosis.

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#2 Comment By DrewGatchel On 03/29/2016 @ 2:07 am

I’m still not convinced because it has seemed to be fine all winter until now, where they’ve been rapidly drying up and/or curling and then falling off at an alarming rate. I thought that Iron Chlorosis was more of just yellowing that would cause them to drop.

#3 Comment By MajorAntidote On 04/04/2018 @ 6:20 am

My Carambola looked like that in it’s first winter when I was overwatering it. The colder it got, I realized, the less water it needed. Maybe temp fluctuation is the problem?

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