Why is my Meyer Lemon tree flowering in mid December?
mikeman824
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tucson: why is my lemon tree flowering?!?! now???
Comments (3)Yes, lemon can flower up to 4 times a year, which is nice since you can have fruit for a longer season. If the lemons have a bump or nose at the end, they are likely Eureka or Lisbon. If they are fairly round, they are likely Meyer....See MoreMy Meyer Lemon Tree!
Comments (65)Hey! So my lemon is nearly ripe now. I suspect only a few more weeks. It has taken a LONG time! I am so excited! I went on break for a few weeks and right before I left I gave my tree double watering with no nutrients. When I came back there had been a lot of new growth and color development in the big guy/girl. I also have a neighbor (an older lady) who has had it rough (her husband dying, her daughter has cancer, a few of her dogs died; etc.) and I would always talk to her about plants when I went out back, on the deck, at my mom's house. They are both very kind, her and the daughter, but I don't know them all that well. Anyway, this christmas/channukah, my mom received this box on the doorstep, and what was it? A mineola tangelo tree (3 years old from four-winds). How sick? So I have some pictures of the Meyer, which I have had for about 7 month or more now and a picture of the new little gal, Susane (Mineola Tangelo): Susane (mineola tangelo - This is either a tangerine crossed with a pumelo OR a manderine orange crossed with a grapefruit) Maybe someone can make heads or tails of it. I have read about these and know about their non-self-pollinating characteristic. I will hopefully be able to pollinate it with my meyer. We will see. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the New Year! Happy 2013, Doc Citrus...See MoreAre anyone else's 'meyer lemon trees' flowering? Picture
Comments (8)No... I had them at work and they were not fed properly...I had no room in my home all winter, and least to say, because they were not fed and healthy in that enviroment, they came down with a BAD case of "THRIPS"!!!!! I actually posted for help on these on the pest side.. I had to remove every leaf, cut almost half the branches away also loaded with "scale" and "mealy" bugs.. These trees contracted them through all the plants were there infested, and I didn't know this till my plants were placed there for the winter for a month or more. So these are come back from a very torturous winter loaded with insects and hacked to death to rid them..Not bad considering ha? Now all the leaves are green, the ones coming back, I am getting a lot of flush growth, no insects what so ever, and loads of blooms..Nothing a little bit of Foliage Pro and lot's of outdoor fresh air and sun can't fix.. Thank God though... You were not rude at all..In fact I am glad you asked. You are actually looking at a plant that I survived through it all..It is about 4 to 5 feet tall, and I have had it for a couple of years.. So no, they do not end up bare in a container unless your cultural habits are not good, or pests like the taste of your trees and decide to attack all at once... Thank you... http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/pests/msg1209093125611.html?9 http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/pests/msg1011483311191.html?5 See these posts..It was a horrible time for my plants..But now you are seeing a FULL recovery... Mike Here is a link that might be useful: thrips on citrus...See MoreMeyer Lemon Tree is flowering
Comments (40)There is NO such thing as 20 hours of 'sun' unless you live on Mars...Or at the North or South Poles..Lights are no way as good as the 'sun'...... If you are talking about leaving your 'lights' on 20 hours, that's not healthy either..Maybe your roots are focused too much on growing and not enough of top growth, which is not good either...All I can tell you is that pics speak a thousand words and the leaves look terrible..I'd like to see the roots..Can you take a pic of those? You are doing something wrong because if you were getting that much root growth, the top should be doing wonder too......See Moremikeman824
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