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Dwarf Meyer Lemon - Care and Feeding Question
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I've got a question about my Dwarf Meyer Lemon tree. Here's my care schedule: I planted my tree in a wine barrel last summer (2002). I live on the moister side of Western Garden's zone 14 (Brentwood, CA). I cut out the bottom of the barrel for good drainage and filled it with bark and potting soil. Since I have VERY good drainage, I add iron and citrus fertilizer on the first of every month. I flood the barrel whenever the soil dries out completely, about once/week. In the spring of this year (2003), the tree bloomed like crazy and I have about 30-40 lemons maturing right now. My leaves are a waxy green and the tree seems healthy as all get out. All sounds good right? Here's my question. I read somewhere that Meyer lemons produce all year round. I haven't seen a single bloom since about April. Do I have to wait until I pick some of the lemons until I see more blooms? I realize that the tree is concentrating a heck of a lot of energy into the massive yield that is coming on, but it concerns me that I haven't seen any blooms since it had the major bloomfest. Should I adjust the feeding since I have so many lemons coming on? Am I starving the tree? Anyway, thanks for your help. GQ |
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Dwarf Meyer Lemon - Care and Feeding Question
GQ wrote:
Hello everybody, I've got a question about my Dwarf Meyer Lemon tree. Here's my care schedule: I planted my tree in a wine barrel last summer (2002). I live on the moister side of Western Garden's zone 14 (Brentwood, CA). I cut out the bottom of the barrel for good drainage and filled it with bark and potting soil. Since I have VERY good drainage, I add iron and citrus fertilizer on the first of every month. I flood the barrel whenever the soil dries out completely, about once/week. In the spring of this year (2003), the tree bloomed like crazy and I have about 30-40 lemons maturing right now. My leaves are a waxy green and the tree seems healthy as all get out. All sounds good right? Here's my question. I read somewhere that Meyer lemons produce all year round. I haven't seen a single bloom since about April. Do I have to wait until I pick some of the lemons until I see more blooms? I realize that the tree is concentrating a heck of a lot of energy into the massive yield that is coming on, but it concerns me that I haven't seen any blooms since it had the major bloomfest. Should I adjust the feeding since I have so many lemons coming on? Am I starving the tree? Anyway, thanks for your help. GQ IME, it fruits in waves, GQ. When your current crop is ripe and picked, it will go through a brief rest, then flower again. Chris Owens -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Dwarf Meyer Lemon - Care and Feeding Question
GQ wrote:
Hello everybody, I've got a qX-Mozilla-Status: 0009 Meyer Lemon tree. Here's my care schedule: I planted my tree in a wine barrel last summer (2002). I live on the moister side of Western Garden's zone 14 (Brentwood, CA). I cut out the bottom of the barrel for good drainage and filled it with bark and potting soil. Since I have VERY good drainage, I add iron and citrus fertilizer on the first of every month. I flood the barrel whenever the soil dries out completely, about once/week. In the spring of this year (2003), the tree bloomed like crazy and I have about 30-40 lemons maturing right now. My leaves are a waxy green and the tree seems healthy as all get out. All sounds good right? Here's my question. I read somewhere that Meyer lemons produce all year round. I haven't seen a single bloom since about April. Do I have to wait until I pick some of the lemons until I see more blooms? I realize that the tree is concentrating a heck of a lot of energy into the massive yield that is coming on, but it concerns me that I haven't seen any blooms since it had the major bloomfest. Should I adjust the feeding since I have so many lemons coming on? Am I starving the tree? Anyway, thanks for your help. GQ IME, it fruits in waves, GQ. When your current crop is ripe and picked, it will go through a brief rest, then flower again. Chris Owens -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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