Hello,
If you go to page 2 here, you will find a post called meyer pruning dilema. I think the members name is green dessert but now I don't remember for sure. Anyways, they live in Maricopa county and have a improved meyer. I will tell you that the one I just got today is 6ft tall and 3ft wide. I would question having this tree that close. Seems like you would have to prune a lot. I lived in Phoenix for a while. Great place to grow citrus. They really seem to thrive there, especially the lemons. I remember picking them off the huge trees and making the best lemonade i had ever had! That was a big reason for this purchase. That and I didn't want to wait years to get a bunch of fruit. Check that post and you should get your answer.
Andrew

If your foundation is made of cement, I would watch for PH problems..I would make sure that the PH doesn't rise because of this and keep it on the acidic side..:-)

It's never a good idea to plant a tree, even a small one, that close to the foundation.

I always wondered about that when I lived there. I remember seeing huge lemon trees right up close to my friendss uncle's house in Scottsdale. I would say maybe 5 feet away(and that is generous). They gave the house great shade but whoever planted them put 4 of them all within maybe 6ft between each one. One of them had fallen down, not sure if it was from monsoon rains or what. We were picking lemons constantly when we were there. He told me that he was chopping all 4 of them down to the ground! These trees were very large, beutifull trees. I understood that the one lemon needed to be removed. I believe they were Eureka. They looked exactly like the grocery store lemons, but on steroids! Seems like a lot of the citrus do better out there. I don't want to offend any Florida growers here(I do enjoy FL citrus also!) but I never had navels, lemons, and grapefruit like I did in AZ. I wonder if they actually do better in the hot dry climate? Seems like they would need more moisture. The other thing that surprised me was that they were not hurt with low temps in the high 30's to 40's. Winters don't last long in Maricopa county and lows don't normally get that cold. That is one thing I miss out there. Planting broccoli, cabbage and lettuce in January, and picking citrus by the handfulls. Almost makes the heat tolerable. Also some of the most beutifull sunrises and sunsets I have ever seen anywhere!
Andrew

Andrew,

There goes your tree needing humidity to do well...:-)

Mike,
Yep your right about the humidity issue. I always wondered when I lived out there if the intense heat and dry weather actually helped make those citrus to large and juicy. It is the major diffrence between Florida and Arizona. I know Florida gets there share of droughts(and scary ones, like last year!), and wildfires but there is something diffrent about the citrus out west. I also know that citrus are selected for specific growing areas and maybe that is part of the reason.
Andrew

So right..I have citrus that do well in humidity and without..

I think the slight difference for mine is that the flowers seem to open bigger and stay on longer...

Also, I think there is a much more lack of pests on the ones that get humidity, only if the room is "cool" and leaves fans are blowing air towards the under sides of the leaves..

Mike

You must always worry about roof damage on taller trees.

PH may not be a problem with some rootstocks. I suspect a
cutting tree could grow close to concrete with a little
acidification of the soil. Keep it from getting too dry
and causing foundation problems.

Hi all

Thanks for your comments but I am still confuse with distance of lemon plant from house

can someone please tell me safe distance from house wall,please let me know thanks

Rupen There is no correct anser for that question. Size of the tree is important. I have ny New Zealand lemonade tree on C35 and valentine pomelo on US897 planted 1 foot from my concrete walls. It will be unlikely that either tree will cause a problem within the next 50 years.

Steve

I have a dwarf metes lemon that’s in a pot, and has been for over a decade. Now we want to plant it in the yard, but we are in some 8b and not sure best location. We have a little nook with big windows facing south with small banana leaf trees, and would love to plant it there but it would only be like 2 feet from the foundation. Bad idea?

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