When you say lemons "fruit throughout the year" that's not exactly accurate, because that implies they are in various stages of ripening, like tomatoes. Maybe that happens for people in the north, growing them like houseplants??? But in citrus country, Meyer lemons can be picked starting around January, and will hang on the tree until about June/July. But the quality of January is very different from July, they can be pithy and even rotten. They will bloom in late winter/early spring, which means they can have blooms and ripe fruit on the tree at the same time, unlike a lot of fruit trees. It also means they can have little green fruit and almost-too-ripe fruit at the same time. And occasionally they can bloom again in summer, if stressed. Mine has only done that once, when I repotted it. For feeding, they make "citrus food", also Ironite for when the leaves are yellowing. Don't overdo it though, that's worse than not fertilizing! Read the label, I think it's like a tablespoon for a large pot. As for winter protection, I'm not familiar with your weather in Texas, but my Meyer Lemon (also in a pot) has happily stayed outside year-round for 9 years now. If it goes below freezing for more than a couple of hours, I put a sheet over it (not plastic--that won't do much) and remove it when it gets above 32. When we have real cold snaps (i.e. talk on the news about citrus farmers losing crops, 20 degrees, etc.), then in addition to the sheet over, I drape old-fashioned christmas lights around my delicate trees, under the sheets. They generate enough heat to keep them above freezing inside. The only plants I ever bring inside when cold are my gardenias. Carla in Sac

Thats great! I have 2 store bought lemon seedlings about the same age as yours. I cant decide if I want to graft my meyer lemon onto them or just let them grow and enjoy them for what they are.

Hi johnmerr, Would you happen to know any reputable grower who sells Meyer lemon cuttings? People mostly sell Meyer lemons grafted onto a different rootstock and some sell Meyer lemon trees from cutting, but I can't find anyone who sells just the bare cutting. I want to grow from a cutting because I want to grow the exact same fruit, but I want the experience of actually growing it myself and I like to watch things grow from the start. Growing from a Meyer lemon seed is unpredictable, as you have already noted, so a cutting is my best option.

On a grafted tree the first 10" to 12" of the trunk would be the root stock, and all branching, or what you call suckers, should always be removed from the root stock. As Dave in NoVA wrote, on a tree grown from seed you can do as you please. Dr. Carl E Whitcomb, Ph.D. advises in his book "Plant Production in Containers 11" to leave the lower branches on as they supply nutrients, energy and thus growth to the lower portion of the trunk. He further states that there is no hurry to remove the lower branching on a seedling tree, they can always be removed at a later date. In the final analysis do as you please.