A local radio expert nurseryman/horticulturist (SF Bay Area 560AM)
provided the answer that you can always just watch the stem to the
base of the lemon, when it begins to turn from green to darker color
the lemon has reached it's peak of maturity (ripe & ready for tea)!

-DF

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:43:59 -0800, "Bill Moats"
wrote:

How do you know when a Meyer lemon is ripe? I've had a plant for a couple of
years in a pot and it has a couple of lemons on it that are turning yellow.