lets try this photo thing again.

Here is a link that might be useful: meyer lemon photos

lucyb00ts, in my experience more fruits fall off when the tree is undernourished. Citrus like a lot of nitrogen, so a food with an NPK ratio of 3-1-1 or 5-1-3 is the usual recommendation. I prefer a timed-release formula, but any method will do as long as the tree gets what it needs on a consistent basis. Meyers will flower and fruit all year so they need feeding all year. Unfortunately the fruit you get is a result of the feeding of 6 months ago (or more) so it's a bit frustrating.

I assume you're planning to move it out in the sun again when the weather cools a bit. Sun is also helpful for fruiting.

As far as your 2 branches go, it isn't obvious to me from the photo whether one is a sucker. Do you know the tree was grafted? Sometimes Meyers are grown on their own roots. If the growth on both sides looks the same (same leaves, bark, flowers, etc.) it may actually be the same. You will know more when you finally get some fruit. Sorry I can't help more!

Thanks fofoca for the feedback. Can you recommend a specific food? I haven't been able to find a food labeled for citrus in my area. I may have to buy online. The first year I fed it every 2 wks and backed off when I didn't get good results. But I'll try again. Also, even after moving it the tree still gets about 5 hours of sun daily, but I will relocate it as the season changes.

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The food I use is called Multicote Outdoor-Indoor Plant Food, distributed by Lilly-Miller. I picked it because it has about the right ratio of nutrients (18-6-12) and claims to last about 8 months (I am a lazy gardener). It also has a bunch of trace minerals that citrus like. I found it in my local hardware store (Orchard Supply Hardware), but it's actually made in Israel.

That said, fish emulsion would probably be fine, or another soluble fert with the right specs, as long as you can keep up with the feeding schedule.

5 hours of sun should be fine for the summer. Good luck, I hope the recent blooms bear fruit for you!

Here is a link that might be useful: Multicote fertilizer

Citrus, especially in containers, needs citrus food, as it contains lots of trace minerals necessary for proper fruiting and ripening. I would definitely recommend specialized citrus food. I get mine at Home Depot or Lowes.

I am not sure where you are, TX somewhere? Anyway, your water dept should have info online about the alkalinity and acidity of your water. Mine is very base and has very high alkalinity. So I had 1 teaspoon of vinegar per gallon of water. Makes a huge difference. They are very healthy and a very dark green, in 28" italian clay pots for several years.

Mine grow in full sun in socal inland where it is extremely dry. They really need the full sun in order to fruit. My orange tree got big enough to shadow my lemon, so I had to switch them in order to get the lemon to fruit. Yours should be fine in full sun, just water very thoroughly, with vinegar if necessary, possibly even daily depending on the size of the pot.

Thanks again fofoca. I'll check out the Multicote Outdoor-Indoor Plant Food. Gardenerme, what's the name of the food you use? I never thought to check my local water. Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll let you know how things turn out.

when I brought mine in during the winter all the fruit always fell off - even with regular watering - it likes some humidity and not tooooo hot. I'd shade it a bit from TX afternoon sun in the hot weather and give it more water plus some sort of humidty source - nestle it near other plants or place it in a damp area by the garden hose partioally under a tree etc.

dry heat from the radiators and winter air made mine fall off - the green house allowed it to bloom and keep fruit even though the nites were upper 30s in grren house - day went to 80.

Still looking for a citrus food. So far i've only checked at home depot with no luck. But I'll keep looking. For now, I've fed it some miracle grow tomato food that's high nitrogen, it gets about 5 hrs sunlight and watering every other day or so. Our winter is mostly mild with a few days of freezing throughout, so, I plan to put it in the garage over winter with a combo of artificial light and bringing it out into the sun on nice days-which we usually have quite a few of. Does this sound like a reasonable plan?