Tobes77 wrote:
Hello everyone, I am quite new to gardening! Iv only grown some easy
things like runner beans and some strawberrys before!

I like in Yeovil, Somerset and have just bought a seedling lemon
tree!! just looking for some advice on keeping it please??? Never had
one before, dont no if it needs to be inside or outside or anything
else!!

it is literally a leaf at the moment!

Any help appreciated!!

toby

A lemon tree needs to be outdoors in a frost-free position in full sun if at
all possible. If you get light frosts you can get it through its first few
years protecting it on clear winter nights. It will be more frost hardy as
it gets older. Plant with the bud union a few cm above ground and regularly
trim off any shoots below it. If placed in a good position with good soil
it will grow 4-5m high and as wide. If the drainage is doubtful (eg heavy
soil in a gully) then build up the position rather than dig a hole, it will
die if it is waterlogged for any length of time. One established feed with
chicken manure or a citrus mix of fertiliser in spring and summer - do not
overfeed this will also kill it. Do not feed except in the growing season.
Water deeply (ie few long waterings not many short ones) if it dries out
especially in the growing season, it will survive inadequate water but will
not thrive and fruit well if too dry.

A hint for the futu get this kind of information before you buy as it is
silly to spend money on plants that don't suit your soil or climate or
situation and watch them die or struggle. Check the local library for
relevant books.

David