meyer lemon tree not growing
oatmealdonnie
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is it bad to grow meyer lemon in pot
Comments (11)I am growing a Meyer in a pot in NorCal (ripped it out of the ground because it was a bad spot for it) and it has produced atleast a dozen fruits per year so far. The problem with potted citrus is that it needs "freely draining soil" and regular potting soil does not cut it. Eventually the plant will be affected if the potting mix is not free draining. Most people lose their potted citrus in 2-3 years. So, you can modify the potting mix like I did by adding a lot of pine bark fines and perlite to make it freely draining (which is sufficient and works well for California outdoor growing) or you can use Al's mix (which I think is for more dedicated container growers than me - and Mike and others are the experts in formulating those mixes). I would say, give contianer growing of Meyer lemon a try. If you find that you are not succeeding, then you can plant it in the soil at that time....See MoreMeyer lemon tree growing on one side
Comments (0)I recently bought this dwarf Meyer lemon tree and its heavily only growing on one side. It also appears the top of the trunk has a clear diagonal cut. One of the branches that has grown is about double the size of the trunk, should I put a stake in and train it to be the trunk? Is that even possible? Don't know much about these so detail would be greatly appreciated!...See MoreNew Growth on my Meyers Lemon Tree Wilting Before Watering
Comments (10)From Silica 3 years ago last modified: 3 years ago The reason that the new leaves on your tree wilt much sooner than the more mature leaves, is due to the fact that tender young leaves have a much higher transpiration rate then do older leaves. Therefore, they lose water to the atmosphere at a higher rate than the tree's older leaves. This is a VERY common occurrence and not much to worry about, unless the root system becomes overly dry....See MoreWill this meyer lemon tree grow taller?
Comments (2)LC - A branch attached directly to the trunk or main leader is a first order branch; a branch directly attached to a first order branch is a second order branch, and so on. Having been truncated, that is to say the growing tip of the branch removed, any branch or stem can no longer extend. You'll need to depend on a first order branch or a series of branches of sequential orders to rebuild a leader, and that's not difficult to do, at all. Bonsai practitioners find taper desirable in their trees, so they often plan well ahead by designing the tree's shape by using a sequence of branch orders. You can do the same. The image above of a quiescent maple about to break buds shows a dressed wound where the vertical part starts to turn to the right. The trunk was truncated immediately above the branch moving diagonally to the right. When that cut was made, a first order branch was turned into part of the main trunkline. The small branch, wired to give it movement, was a second order branch before that cut was made, but now it's a first order branch. The part of the trunk to the right of the branch will eventually be removed, as it's only job is to thicken the trunk so it has taper. When that is removed, the small branch with wire on it which was once a second order branch, will be the new trunk, and all branches attached to it will be first order branches. You can choose a branch that's growing in a direction that provides some visual balance and make that your new leader; or, you can choose a branch that's almost growing in the perfect direction and wait for a branch of the next order to grow from that branch, and make that 'next order branch' the new leader. In the later case, you'd actually be depending on a branch that doesn't yet exist as your leader. So, if your tree is now 10" tall, you need to be thinking vertical or near vertical as you plan. If you provide some images, I should be able to offer some guidance. Al...See Moreoatmealdonnie
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