Need help identifying a citrus tree
coreycampbell1987 .
7 years ago
I went to a local greenhouse here in Ohio and picked up a citrus tree a few weeks ago. They got it mixed up and we're not sure if it's a lemon or lime. I thought it was a Meyer lemon. I read online to crush the leaves and smell the oils. Kind of like lime but I'm not sure. It has 2 large green fruits. It flowered again after re-pot and a simultaneous flush of new growth. I didn't think lemons flowered and shoot new leaves at the same time??
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Please help identify this citrus tree
Comments (4)Here are more photographs (they didn't all fit in my first post): C:\Users\Inja\Pictures\Citrus tree\Picture of whole tree.JPG C:\Users\Inja\Pictures\Citrus tree\Semi-close up of tree.JPG C:\Users\Inja\Pictures\Citrus tree\2 fruit together.JPG C:\Users\Inja\Pictures\Citrus tree\Side angle of fruit.JPG C:\Users\Inja\Pictures\Citrus tree\Top of citrus fruit.JPG Again, thank you for any help you can give. :)...See MoreHelp with identifying a citrus tree
Comments (3)since its a seedling, it could be a hybrid tree, won't know for sure till it fruits. how sure are you that the seed came from a lemon? if it was a store bought lemon, probably a Lisbon or Lisbon-cross with all those thorns. This post was edited by houstontexas123 on Tue, Mar 26, 13 at 19:41...See MoreHelp Identifying Citrus Tree
Comments (9)Since it was sold as a lemon, I would be willing to bet a good chunk that's what it is. Certainly not enough evidence to the contrary at this point. The purple tinged theory obviously is not a reliable indicator. I've never seen it on my lemons either, and it probably has to do with differences in light levels. If you're still really eager to ID this thing before it flowers/fruits, grab a magnifying glass and go through the citrus key at the website below. Leaf and twig morphology just might be enough to be sure of what it is. http://idtools.org/id/citrus/citrusid/...See MoreHelp Identifying Citrus Tree and Rot (Central Florida)
Comments (3)I was also going to say Calamondin. it's a cross between a kumquat and... I forget. A mandarin orange? Point is, like a kumquat the skin is sweeter than the fruit. It should get fully orange, but it will always be sour, similar to a lemon. In the Phillipines they make a kind of lemonade from the juice (they call it Calamansi if you want recipes) and use it in cooking anywhere you'de use lemon (on fish, etc). Calamondin also makes an excellent marmalade since the skin isn't bitter. By the way your tree has a magnesium deficency, that color pattern on the leaves in't how its supposed to look. :) A fertilizer with micronutrients, like Dyna-Gro Foliage Pro or Osmocote Plus will fix that up. (because its a waxy, time release pellet, Osmocote Plus is *extremely* difficult to f-up, which is always a plus for me, lol)....See More
Laura LaRosa (7b)
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7 years agocoreycampbell1987 .
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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agocoreycampbell1987 .
7 years agoHere's a picture of the smaller fruits on the top of the Tree. Evan I do plan on removing the fruits on the lower branches once I harvest the fruit. Whatever this tree is, I know it's quickly becoming my favorite as it has outperformed all of my Trees as far as new spring growth.
coreycampbell1987 .
7 years agocoreycampbell1987 .
7 years agoDave I'm pretty sure all of my Trees are grafted most of them I ordered from a place in Florida with the exception of my youngest Meyer Lemon which came from trees again in Colorado, it was a seedling when I bought it. I'm curious how long before it flowers.
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