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So this Meyer's Lemon
I have it in full sun (as per the care tag) and I'm feeding it Miracid
for azaleas every couple of weeks or after every big rain. I'm keeping the soil moist but not soggy. Lots of new growth but nothing resembling flower buds. Is it merely too early for citrus to blossom here, or must the tree reach some minimum size, or does citrus come in "boy" and "girl" varieties and I've maybe got a male? Ideas? |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
"WoolyGooly" wrote in message ... I have it in full sun (as per the care tag) and I'm feeding it Miracid for azaleas every couple of weeks or after every big rain. I'm keeping the soil moist but not soggy. Lots of new growth but nothing resembling flower buds. Is it merely too early for citrus to blossom here, or must the tree reach some minimum size, or does citrus come in "boy" and "girl" varieties and I've maybe got a male? Ideas? The normal time to bloom would be late fall early winter. Probably grown from a cutting so you should not have to be concerned about being old enough to bloom. Mine bloomed and set fruit twice this year. Once in Dec and again this spring in late March after I took it back outside for good. The early set are a bit larger than golf balls now and the late set about marble size. I would recommend going easy on the Miracle grow if you are going to keep it in a container. You will eventually get a salt build up in the soil. A good organic fertilizer would be better. Good luck. |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
On Thu, 17 May 2007 09:43:33 -0500, "Cliff"
wrote: The normal time to bloom would be late fall early winter. Ok, thanks. I'll quit looking for flower buds then. Probably grown from a cutting so you should not have to be concerned about being old enough to bloom. This one appears to be grafted. The callous (callus?) is tidy and fairly straight, unlike the other one Lowe's had the day I bought mine. I would recommend going easy on the Miracle grow if you are going to keep it in a container. You will eventually get a salt build up in the soil. A good organic fertilizer would be better. I'm not terribly worried about salts building up. I'm making up the fertilizer solution at half strength and I water thoroughly every few days to keep the soil moist. I will watch out for that though. Have you any recommendations on pruning/shaping? I don't want to pinch out growth that will eventually develop flowers/fruit. |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
On Thu, 17 May 2007 07:39:11 -0500, WoolyGooly
wrote: I have it in full sun (as per the care tag) and I'm feeding it Miracid for azaleas every couple of weeks or after every big rain. I'm keeping the soil moist but not soggy. Lots of new growth but nothing resembling flower buds. Is it merely too early for citrus to blossom here, or must the tree reach some minimum size, or does citrus come in "boy" and "girl" varieties and I've maybe got a male? Ideas? 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. |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
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. |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
jangchub wrote:
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. Ditto. They also make great pink margaritas. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
On Thu, 17 May 2007 19:58:49 -0500, Victor Martinez
wrote: jangchub wrote: 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. Ditto. They also make great pink margaritas. Where did you folks get your variegated Meyer's? Every time I see a variegated lemon tree, it's not Meyer's. And one place said that their variegated lemons didn't have as good a flavor as the non-variegated, so now I don't know what to buy. I want to make pink margaritas too! |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
hlk wrote:
Where did you folks get your variegated Meyer's? Every time I see a Ours came from Lowe's or Home Depot, can't remember which one. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
On Thu, 17 May 2007 19:58:49 -0500, Victor Martinez
wrote: jangchub wrote: 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. Ditto. They also make great pink margaritas. Me no partakee of the drinkee for 24 years. I do make pink lemonade though! Victoria |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
On Thu, 17 May 2007 20:55:25 -0500, hlk wrote:
Where did you folks get your variegated Meyer's? Every time I see a variegated lemon tree, it's not Meyer's. And one place said that their variegated lemons didn't have as good a flavor as the non-variegated, so now I don't know what to buy. I want to make pink margaritas too! Believe it or not I bought ours at Lowes about 5 years ago. I tried to root the cuttings with great failure. You may want to check The Great Outdoors because they asked me if I had any. They hunt citrus down. Also, call around to the Lowes in town and Round Rock. They get theirs, I think, from Hunts Growers. You may have better luck buying online the variegated 'Eureka.' The lemons are the size of two golf balls or just under that size. Mine are very tart, but when added to water and some turbinado sugar, it rocks. |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
On Fri, 18 May 2007 08:49:33 -0500, jangchub
wrote: On Thu, 17 May 2007 20:55:25 -0500, hlk wrote: Where did you folks get your variegated Meyer's? Every time I see a variegated lemon tree, it's not Meyer's. And one place said that their variegated lemons didn't have as good a flavor as the non-variegated, so now I don't know what to buy. I want to make pink margaritas too! Believe it or not I bought ours at Lowes about 5 years ago. I tried to root the cuttings with great failure. You may want to check The Great Outdoors because they asked me if I had any. They hunt citrus down. Also, call around to the Lowes in town and Round Rock. They get theirs, I think, from Hunts Growers. You may have better luck buying online the variegated 'Eureka.' The lemons are the size of two golf balls or just under that size. Mine are very tart, but when added to water and some turbinado sugar, it rocks. Thank you! |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
jangchub wrote:
Believe it or not I bought ours at Lowes about 5 years ago. I tried to root the cuttings with great failure. You may want to check The Great Outdoors because they asked me if I had any. They hunt citrus I've seen them there as recently as a couple of months ago. You may have better luck buying online the variegated 'Eureka.' The lemons are the size of two golf balls or just under that size. Mine are very tart, but when added to water and some turbinado sugar, it rocks. Mine are relatively sweet... -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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So this Meyer's Lemon
On Fri, 18 May 2007 12:37:29 -0500, Victor Martinez
wrote: Mine are relatively sweet... I think our problem is we don't leave it on the tree long enough to sugar up. This year I'm going to resist picking them too soon. |
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