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Old 31-07-2003, 03:02 AM
M. Tiefert
 
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In article m, Kirkyboy wrote:
Me and my mum palnted a lemon pip a while ago.
It has now grown to a fair size (about 2-3 feet).
We are now unsure of what to do with it, e.g. does it need pruning,
feeding, flowering, pollinating, etc.


All citrus trees are heavy feeders - you can probably get citrus food.
If not, rose food might do. But you shouldn't prune or feed just before
winter, unless, perhaps, you have it in a heated greenhouse.

Don't expect to get lemons exactly like the lemon you got the pip from -
citrus trees are usually propagated vegetatively.

But you'll have fun growing it anyway.

cheers,

Marj

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