"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message
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Hi,

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Stewed apples are particularly nice with lemon zest - perhaps a lemon
leaf
instead?

The leaves are fine, and give an interesting flavour not really the
same as lemon zest. Best to pick a leaf at a time as you need it,
rather than store dried ones, I think. I lost my two-footer owing to
absence of mind just before moving house, but for anybody less idiotic
they're easy to grow from a pip and keep going on a southerly
windowsill. They exhaust the soil in the pot, but don't at all mind
having it changed every year or two: John Innes is best, and I'd soak
all morning before changing.

Mike.

Mike,

Can you describe how you go about changing the soil, do you mean just the
top inch or do you simply repot, knocking some of the old soil off as you go
?, or do you do a complete rake out, ala bonsai, and repot in fresh compost.
?

Only I've got a small collection of citrus, some several years old from
seed, other store bought rescues!, I'd just like to know whether disturbing
the roots and repotting is likely to succeed.

Cheers
Duncan