Dwarf is fine, especially if purchased from Four Winds Growers. You'll be able to plant more trees in the same space for greater variety and successive ripening. Follow the link below for details. Here is a link that might be useful: Growing Citrus in the Ground

Whoa, I never expected this many replies so fast. Thank you every one. When you are using the stick to test moisture, do you let it "soak" in the soil or just dip it in then immediately pull it out? Thanks for the advice on the soil mixes too. Since I have three plants coming, I think I'll try each mix on separate plants. Maybe I'll be able to spot which mix works best for me before losing any of them. As for my growing environment... The soil I used for the first citrus was Miracle Grow Cactus and Citrus mix. Since I was afraid of causing more harm than good with the last two, I just left them in the pot they shipped in. I have no idea what soil they shipped with, but it sure looked like the same mix - just without plant food. The actual orange branch on all three plants was maybe 2-4 inches long. However, the rootstock on the last two was around 6 inches tall. With the plants nowhere near fruit bearing size, I figured I didn't need to worry about fertilizing just yet. I'm sure most of you would cringe at my grow lights. They are just a few 13W "energy efficient" full spectrum bulbs - the kind used in modern home lighting to treat SADS - jury rigged to a timer. It seems to work though. I have been able to grow opunta cactii, coffee, allspice, and vanilla among other things. For my smaller plants that need more humidity, I just place the bulbs at the top of my terrarium and use the timer to dial in the amount of light required. I don't have a humidity gauge, so I can't provide specific measurements, but I try to maintain my terrarium at a humidity similar to the feel of a local summer day. I haven't been able to confirm this with any records, but if I recall correctly, our summers are usually at 50-60% - maybe as high as 70%. I keep the temperature at 65 to 75 deg F in the winter. In the summer, temperatures might spike to 90 or 95 deg F. I've not had so much trouble learning to care for my other plants because I always had more of a grace period to figure out what I was doing. With the citrus, it goes from healthy to dead in the space of a week and I never have enough time to observe the results of whatever change I try to make.

I never move my plants to full sun after a winter indoors. Some people slowly acclimate them to full sun over a period of weeks, but I find my plants actually do better in part sun (early morning best) with some shading in the afternoon. And I keep them there all summer. This keeps the potting soil from overheating and I think it minimizes the shock when bringing them indoors in the Fall as well. They still bloom and bear for me. Just my opinion.

I'm not going to answer all those questions, but here are a few comments. First, it looks healthy. It's grafted on a reasonable length of stem, which I like. Meyers are often rooted cuttings. In this case, it seems to have been a 'T-bud' type of graft - you can see the remains of the grafting tape which held it in place. The remaining rootstock has been cut back a little above the graft and appears to have been sealed with something black. However it has started re-growing at this point. Unusual, because all nodes are usually removed when the rootstock is cut, and this prevents re-growth. Also, the rootstock growth looks exactly like Meyers, although I suppose it could be Rough Lemon or something else similar looking. Anyway, I would cut off that stub. I wouldn't worry about the crossing branches at this stage. I wouldn't repot at this time of year. You have to decide if you are going to keep the plant growing over winter at above 50F or if you are going to allow it to become dormant below. If growing it needs good light. If dormant it needs very little water and lower light. I don't think a root stimulator is needed when re-potting. But your potting medium doesn't look very free-draining to me. It should be.