Fertilizing potted Meyer lemon
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When to fertilize a newly planted Meyer Lemon tree.
Comments (9)JR, don't water when the soil 'looks' dry. The surface of any bare soil will dry out very quickly, but the soil system underneath can remain moist for much longer. You'll have to get down and feel the soil beneath the surface. As a general rule, it is not recommended that newly planted trees be fertilized for several months. This allows the root system to establish itself before the top begins to flush. In your location, with all of that heat reflective block and stone, you want to encourage plenty of roots before the hot season begins. Once you've found a good citrus fertilizer, you should consider following the directions that accompany that product. Your gallons of water theory is off. Your little tree won't need near that amount for quite some time. Frequency depends upon how fast the soil drains, soil type, temperature, time of year, amount of sunlight, humidity, wind, and other factors. It looks like the tree trunk is wrapped with something. Am I seeing things? Could you take a close-up image of the tree trunk at soil level? I'd like to figure out what kind of soil that is....See MorePlease help me choose a fertilizer for container Meyer Lemon!
Comments (15)A seedling with it's first true leaves needs the same ratio of nutrients, including the secondary macros and all the micros. All nutrients are equally important to growth and vitality, so suggesting that nothing special need be done for the first 3 years could be very misleading. Nothing special need be done as long as the plant is getting ALL the nutrients plants normally take from the soil, in a favorable ratio and at a concentration high enough to prevent deficiencies, yet low enough that the concentration of nutrients in the soil solution isn't high enough that it inhibits the uptake of water and the nutrients dissolved therein. To me, that sounds like you need a plan if you want to be on target. Leaving it to chance by letting the soil feed the plant might be ok in the yard or orchard, but it's not going to get the job done in pots. FWIW - using large fractions of compost in conventional container culture is usually fraught with water retention problems (as in too much), due to the fact that compost is all fine particles (or it's not finished and you probably shouldn't e using it for that reason). That you have the Rootmaker containers resting on the soil employs the earth as a giant wick, and from a hydrological perspectives turns the containers into mini raised beds - which changes the way water behaves in those containers. You can use soils that are much more water-retentive and get away with it in raised beds, where the same soil in conventional containers would be limiting due to its excess water retention. Al...See MoreMeyers Lemon Tree Fertilizing:
Comments (1)If it is making flowers, I would give it a light shot of fertilizer at the dripline. Generally, when you transplant or re-pot a Meyer, you want to give it a few weeks without fertilizer; the absence of nutrients causes the roots to grow in search of food; and after the roots, the limbs/leaves will grow and they will need food. Maybe in lieu of a soil fertilizer at the moment, you might apply a good foliar food, and give the roots another cupla weeks before you start your fertilizer regimen. FYI for my inground trees I fertilize them 3 times per year in January, May, and September, supplementing with micronutrients when I see evidence of deficiencies. If you are more interested in growth than fruit at this time, maybe because of the size or age, I would pick off the flowers as they appear; it will be followed by foliage growth and you will get another, stronger bloom in early Spring....See MoreMeyer lemon fertilizers?
Comments (5)Do not fertilize during the winter unless it is showing growth. Fertilize in the spring and summer when it is growing. Each time you have to water, add FP to the water and use that instead of just water. People use 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon FP/gal of water. Get a cheap pH testing kit - the kind used to test the pH of swimming pool or aquarium water. If your tap water is above pH 6.5, add enough vinegar to adjust it to about pH 6.5. You will only have to add give or take 1 Tb/gal. So, you will be watering with a mix of vinegar and Foliage Pro every time the tree needs water....See Morealex_g76
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