Lemon tree producing small black lemons
Ian Davidson
2 years ago
Last year my Lisbon Lemon, flowered and then produced only tiny black lemons. This year its a bit better. Half of the lemons hae grown to decent size but the other half are tiny black lemons (see attached photo). What is causing this?
The tree is in a pot and is deep watered once a week. It flowers magnificantly, little lemons form and then half turn black. Otherwise the tree looks healthy with green leaves etc.
Thanks in advance.
I'm in Sacramento so very hot weather but it only gets morning sun no hot afternoon sun.
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Ian Davidson
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2 years agoIan Davidson
2 years agoHere is the whole tree. It's on the left. The pot is about 4 foot high with a diameter of 5 foot. The entire tire is about foot tall with a canopy width of 10 feet. It has about 10-20 nicely developed lemons about 2-4 inches in length and 10 or so tiny black lemons no more than 1/2 an inch in length.
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