TJAnonymous
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Happy Halloween everyone
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My Meyer Lemon is probably 4 yrs old and it has yet to fruit at all. I nearly killed it last winter by leaving it outside below freezing. It lost all its leaves and the wood died. I thought it was totally done for but to my surprise it popped up new wood from the root ball. Considering most Meyer Lemons are grafted, I'm holding out to see if this stays a dwarf lemon or if it becomes something different altogether. I got a lot of growth over the spring. Slowed down over summer due to excessive heat and drought. It's about 4 ft tall now and bushy like a Christmas tree. Losing leaves (predictably) because I moved it indoors due to the freeze last week. We'll see if it flowers in the spring.They are self pollinating, I have just the one and it does fine. Age about 3 to 5 years it should start making nice fruit. Finiky as lemon, I am going to have to say no it's been pretty robust. got tore up a few times by caterpillars and some other nasties but kept trucking along. They can take some frost, this one took the bad frost last year of 18 degrees,but single digit, yah that might do it in so yes wheel it in for that. The only real problem is if it gets a LOT of water, like heavy rains for a day or so water, some of the oranges may split on the branches, but other than that it's pretty easy that I have seen so far.
Aaron
Sounds like a Good day.A day late, but finished cleaning out the garden, split the last of the wood for the winter, cooked and canned the apple butter, processed down my pie pumpkins. and took my son out trick or treating. A long day..
awesome find especially if it's working,but there's a reason it's in the trash. That sob will drag you across the lawn kicking and screaming trying to turn it off it will @!!I need someone else to appreciate my trash picking find today.
Ain't they Great! One of them started right up! Been looking for one for my raised beds. These'll be PERFECT!
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They need consistent water. My tree is about six feet tall and the branches are dripping with fruit. They’re yellow so it shouldn’t be long, then I’ll be juicing and freezing for a while. I have to make lemonade by the pitcher, the little dude loves it! I water every two weeks and feed with stakes per the instructions. Water is a slow trickle so it goes deep. I water for 24 hours at this point, enough for the water to soak all the way around out to the tree line. Keep in mind I’m in the desert and it’s very dry here, so I keep my trees on this schedule year round.My parents had a Meyers lemon the thing was always just loaded down, itd break the branches off it'd have so many lemons on it. My mom used to squeeze them into ice trays, freeze the juice and bag the cubes. When she wanted lemonade she'd throw some cubes in a glass, add water and a bit of sugar and viola.
I have one here, its bushy, first year so can't tell you if it's going to be bratty or not, probably bratty since I suck with citrus in general.
Aaron
Sure thing
That’s quit a big one though, it used to be part of the tomato farm, but it’s too old, and isn’t covered with plastic on top, just mesh. View attachment 3307401View attachment 3307400
Behind the green house wall, it’s possible to see one of the other green houses.
Each of them has a name, mine is called “the crooked”, and the one in the background is called “number three”.