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Old 21-03-2007, 10:07 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Why won't my lemons grow??

On 20 Mar 2007 16:54:52 -0700, "Ivan" wrote:

Hi there..


Thank you all so much for your reassuring replies.
They've been green for a while now, and we've been having some really
hot and dry weather, which made me assume would cause the lemons to
ripen earlier .. I guess I was mistaken though.
The tree has lotsof lemons of different sizes so I will be looking
forward to its fruits all year.. I recently bought this house with the
lemon tree in the back.. It was almost dead with no fruits nor any
flowers when I got here .. The tree had fallen to its side and was
being held up with a plank of wood..
When I got here I started taking care of it, watering it, cutting off
dead branches, and a few months later it's flowering like I've never
seen before.



I had no idea lemon trees flowered.
Can I assume this is a good sign of a healthy tree?


(Chuckle) How do you think little lemons get born?

You have been a wonderful nurse/midwife. Congratulations!

(First tree I put in when I bought the house, dern near 40 years ago,
and it's still putting out so much that I have to give them away in
droves.)