My New Meyer Lemon Tree
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New to container citrus and need some help!
Comments (3)I have two Meyer's in containers (also one Eureka and one 5' Sambo), because I fell in love with the Meyer when a specialty supermarket in our area started carrying the fruit. I have always wanted lemon trees. I love other citrus too, but lemons...for me...was what I REALLY wanted. I suspect if I "branch" out, I will include limes at some point, even before oranges, tangerines or grapefruits. I'm new to it all also, but have learned citrus LOVE to be fed and shouldn't be neglected in that way. The love a well-drained soil. Some places, like the Home Depot in my area, carry soil specifically suited for citrus trees. You might look for that. As for fertilizer, one of the best recommended to me as Osmocote. This is a great forum for learning about citrus, and using the search function will help you learn more about your Meyer (which BTW is such an excellent gift to receive for Father's Day!). There is also another forum on the web (as I am sure there are many) that has extremely well-seasoned and long-time successful citrus growers on it as moderators who dispense invaluable advice: http://citrus.forumup.org/forum-1-citrus.html There is a special section just for container citrus, if you don't happen to live in a zone where you can leave your citrus in the ground year-round and it will need to be brought inside for the winter. I've learned a lot there. I HAVE learned from both forums that Meyer lemon trees can be somewhat touchy, but I think as long as you don't kill it with kindness (i.e. too much water or not enough, bad soil, low temps, not enough light, irregular feeding schedule), it will do fine for you. Just in my short experience, I have learned that my citrus also love the occasional feeding via the foliage, which is sometimes overlooked as most of the attention goes to adding nutrients to the soil (which is important). I use a deodorized fish emulsion fertilizer that's guaranteed not to burn the plant. So far, the trees have responded very well to it, but I've never overdone it. Happy growing and I hope your Meyer gives you lots and lots of fruit. Mine are still small (almost 2 feet), and I'm opting to pinch off a lot of the little fruitlets for now and let the tree put its energy into growing bigger and stronger, rather than supporting fruit, which wouldn't amount to much anyway while the tree is still small and young. It's was hard at first to pull those little fruitlets off, but I discovered it really was the best thing for my trees if I wanted them to grow up to be big and strong....See MoreThank you for viewing my new tree
Comments (7)Welcome Marcia ! I had the a feeling the fery ones that posted would be the first to welcome you. They are wonderful members here! Just as an FYI, Rhizo has given me the know how to share with you for years and so have the others here more recently. It was a joy to meet you and share! We learned so much. Just know we have your back and please don't be a stranger around these parts. Your tree may rebel a bit, since half the rotted roots fell off during the repotting process and it has to get use to the new mix too. Heck, Lemon Meyers drop leaves just taking a peek at their roots without doing a thing.lol We shall chat soon! Thanks to everyone for such a warm welcome for Marcia. Mike...See MoreMy New Tree: A Journey
Comments (22)Dear All, It was about a year ago that I posted about getting and planting Lovely Lemon, and I decided I owed everyone an update on her progress and my very steep learning curve. During the late summer and fall I didn't get any new growth, perhaps because the days weren't long enough and hot enough by the time she got settled in the pot. We did fairly well over the winter. It was a slow start, and we lost some leaves in the transition so she was looking rather thin, but very cute, around Christmas. But then we got lots and lots of blooms. It was fantastic. Then late winter/early spring I started to get a lot of lemons. That was even more fantastic. Oh, but then came summer. That was quite the rough patch. I transitioned her outside too late and too quickly, it seems, and we lost a lot of leaves. Then I was gone for three weeks during which we got a ridiculous amount of rain and my well-meaning landlord didn't follow feeding and watering directions. I got home in late June to a very sick and sad looking little tree. The lemons were still growing, but some of the leaves were yellowing and I had lost blooms, on top of the leaves already lost. Then a roofer working on the house dropped a large rock on her from two stories above. It was very sad. But I committed to coaxing her back to health after moping around for a week or so. I knew what creates happy and healthy trees because you guys have proved again and again what works. So I got to work. I pulled off all but two of her lemons, increased the FP for a few waterings, and then the Massachusetts weather started working in my favor by giving me some hot, sunny days. She stopped losing leaves and I got some blooms, which gave me some hope. Then the last week I've been seeing flushes of growth! New leaves! What I've been waiting a year to have. It will take a while still to get her even back to where she was when I got her, but she's on her way. This post is one part update, and one part thank you to those of you who ask questions and those who answer them. I'm still learning, but you got us through our first year alive and growing. Hope all of you are well (hi Mike!!)! Cheers, Incunable...See MoreMy new Meyer Lemon Tree
Comments (2)A citrus tree dropping small new fruit is normal. A citrus tree will only retain the amount of fruit that the tree is capable of bringing to maturity, the rest are discarded. Actually this is a common time of year for fruit drop. - Silica...See MoreElizabeth-Vickie Lambert Garza
8 years agoElizabeth-Vickie Lambert Garza
8 years agoI'm still trying to find out what is wrong with my Meyer Lemon Tree. It is getting worse, it seems like Charlie Browns tree. The leafs are turning yellow and I guess falling, I can't see them on the ground. Could it be birds that are taking them maybe for nests or something. I don't know what else could be clipping the tips of the branches and stripping the leaves. Please help... It has small lemons on it and are growing more flowers. We have been getting alot of rain recently. Should I put some citrus fertilizer? Would Appreciate some help with this problem, don't want to lose my tree. Thank You in advance...
myermike_1micha
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoElizabeth-Vickie Lambert Garza
8 years agoHe took off the smaller pot it was in and set into a bed of potting soil in the big pot. I had some Expert Plant Food the one that is blue and you mix with water. After he put it in the larger pot, I put about a quart of the Expert Plant Food mixture. I thought that it would give it a boost to continue to grow. It has not dried out, I would water about every 2 days. But recently, it has been heavy raining a lot like once or twice a week. I just put the Expert Plant Food just that one time about March. I haven't checked to see if the bottom is too wet. If it is, do I have my husband drill more holes for drainage? I don't know how to check for PH, . My husband put a layer of red mulch, It is like bark.. Do I take it off? I hope I have given you some information and also sending pictures to see if that helps. We have had this tree about 2 months. The little lemons are not shriveled, they are nice and firm and it's flowering again. Thank you for your help and advice. I never had any fruit trees nor lemon trees, so I have been leaning on the help and advice in the websites. I hope that all these pictures help. Thank you again for your time and advice...Vickie
Elizabeth-Vickie Lambert Garza
8 years ago
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