You can take it out of it's pot and cut off part of the top if necessary. Make sure soil is moist not wet before doing this. Then wrap or box up the plant while protecting it from drying out. It can stay in the box for 4 days as long as it doesn't dry excessively. After the move put it back in the container or plant in-ground. Water well and it will be as good as new next year.

I got my wonderful box from Cathy (Catbirdsue). I just read on another thread that she has been ill for quite a while. I'm so glad she in on the mend. My husband Jim teaches school, and the first thing I saw from Cathy was a Louisiana iris called Professor Jim. What a treat! She also sent a wonderful bag of vanilla Potpourri, which I just love. And then, were there ever hostas. Cathy knows how much I love minis, so she sent me four tinys and a Patriot. Of course, I'm at work now and the names are at home, so I'll just have to make a list for tomorrow. All my babies are safely in the ground and are looking wonderful. Thank you Cathy!

Good question. I have extended family in England who visit every year and my son-in-law's mother is quite handy with a needle. I was showing her some of my quilts (and sent her back with one of them) and she said she was seriously thinking of taking up quilting..........and patchwork too. LOL. I think this is an example of the two countries being separated by a common language. She considers quilting to be the act of padding, facing and stitching the sandwich in a pattern. She considers patchwork the piecing together of fabrics in patterns. If you know the history of quilting it makes sense. Early quilts were often whole cloth quilts, even in this country. Needlework was a past time for 'gentle' ladies. There simply wasn't any need for women like that to gather scraps because they could afford any fine material they wished. Patchwork is what evolved from the masses who couldn't. There are section of Great Britain where whole cloth quilts are the norm and for which they are famous, and other places in the British Isles were pieced quilts were, and they have their own reputation of pieced quilts in whatever material their particular locality produced......like wools. The distinctions are becoming blurred with the ease of communication but at least with the gals I know they may refer to the type of quilting we are accustomed to as 'patchwork'.

My Meyer bloomed in March/April and is blooming again as well as many of my other citrus trees. As long as the growing conditions are right for the Meyer, it can bloom often throughout the year. How big is your pot and plant? Maybe you are not giving enough fertilizer. I erred on the side of caution and underfed my trees. I contacted the manufacture of the fertilizer I was using to see what the correct dosage was for my pot and tree. Now all my trees have exploded with new growth and new blossoms. You didn't mention if you put your trees outside during the warm summer months or not. If you can, that is the best you can do for your trees as citrus don't make good houseplants unless you have the correct grow lights.