Growing Citrus

[Aria]

Do you have to plant more than one tree to ensure pollination? Or does that
have nothing to do with it? I really want a lemon tree but don't know if I
need to buy two....

[V_coerulea]

Most all citrus are self-pollinating. The usual do not need more than 1.
Gary

"Aria" > wrote in message
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> Do you have to plant more than one tree to ensure pollination? Or does
that
> have nothing to do with it? I really want a lemon tree but don't know if I
> need to buy two....
>
>

[David Ross]

Aria wrote:
>
> Do you have to plant more than one tree to ensure pollination? Or does that
> have nothing to do with it? I really want a lemon tree but don't know if I
> need to buy two....

Not only are citrus self-pollinating, but they are also apomictic.
This means some of the flowers will set fruit without being
pollinated at all.

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[Aria]

Hey thanks....that's good to know...

"David Ross" > wrote in message
...
> Aria wrote:
> >
> > Do you have to plant more than one tree to ensure pollination? Or does
that
> > have nothing to do with it? I really want a lemon tree but don't know if
I
> > need to buy two....
>
> Not only are citrus self-pollinating, but they are also apomictic.
> This means some of the flowers will set fruit without being
> pollinated at all.
>
> --
>
> David E. Ross
> <http://www.rossde.com/>
>
> I use Mozilla as my Web browser because I want a browser that
> complies with Web standards. See <http://www.mozilla.org/>.