On 5/13/2009 12:00 AM, butterflygirl wrote:
I have a "lots of lemons" which desperately needs to be repotted into
its lifetime pot but it is always in fruit or flowering. I don't want
to kill it what will I do? I have L Plates.

Lemons are ever-bearing. They have no season but flower and produce
fruit year round.

Just repot it. You might lose some fruit; but in a home garden, even a
dwarf lemon can produce more than you can use.

For a do-it-yourself recipe for potting mix, see my
http://www.rossde.com/garden/garden_potting_mix.html. Also, see my
http://www.rossde.com/garden/dwarf_citrus.html.

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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary