"Jangchub" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:26:23 GMT, "Jonny"
wrote:

My 2 lemon saplings, still growing in a small planters, are 4" tall.
Grown
from seed.
When should I bring them in to the house?

I have a variegated Meyer's and it is okay outside all winter as long
as I water it. When we were going to have temps of 35 or lower, I
bring them (I have two in containers, four feet each) into the shed
with no extra heat. When the temps to below freezing I cover them
with light blankets and plastic on top of that. I picked a ton of
lemons this year.

We're putting the greenhouse up this year so I can sell some stock to
the locals in spring. I will try to grow cuttings of my lemons
because it seems they can't get enough to keep in stock. I'm also
growing all types of ornamental grasses and Phormium.

Candidly, I don't know the type of lemon. Got lemon fruit from my brother.
He lives on the north shore of Canyon Lake area. Lemon trees were there
when he bought the house years ago. Since I knew the fruit was not
irradiated, thought I'd try to grow some myself from its seed.

One is in a planter primarily of mulch content. The other is in a planter
with native and purchased soil mixture. Both have received mild plant food
additive in water from time to time. The one with the mulch seems to lack
any leave failure, the other has a couple bad looking leaves as these are
curled and dry looking. No bugs on either. Had two failures. One in
planter left in direct sun. The other in mulch like the other one on the
porch rail. All received same treatment as others that survived. Was touch
and go the first two months after sprouting for all of them.
--
Jonny