"Graham K." wrote ...

I have just been given a small lemon tree. It is bearing small green
fruit which presumably developed last year. Do I remove these or will
they develop into ripe fruit this year?
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Citrus can take almost a year for fruit to grow to useful size, so no, do
not remove them as they should be big enough to use later in the year,
probably nearer Christmas. The only exception is if your small tree has too
many fruit growing and whilst they usually abort excess fruit, sometimes
they don't and it can weaken the tree. We had this with a Tahiti Lime which
then took two years to recover.

Do you know how to grow it? Ericaceous compost with added drainage material,
no water tray underneath as the roots in water will surely kill it. Lots of
feed too as gross feeders.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK