On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:54:12 -0500, hlk wrote:


I thought Meyer's bloomed throughout the year. I have a small one
that has green fruit on it at the moment, as well as some buds that
are about to open. I haven't done anything special to it.

This is my experience also. I have two Meyer's lemons. One is
variegated and it flowers about four times a year. This year I didn't
put up the greenhouse, but I clustered huge containers of my
brugmansia's and tropical trees together and used tons of sheets and
covered it all with a tarp. When I removed the tarp there were TONS
of flowers waiting for some sun and now both trees have dozens of
fruits. The variegated form give pink flesh, thus pink lemonade.

I do prune out anything growing in toward the center, anything which
is rubbing against another branch, or any dead or decayed stems. There
are many web sites on pruning citrus for container kept plants.

I don't recommend you continue using Miracle Grow of any sort. Go buy
a good bag of fertilizer called Sustaine or LadyBug Brand. Actually
they are the same, but LadyBug Brand has molasses which gives microbes
something to nourish on in the container. Follow label instructions
for application rates.