why all the hostility and personal attacks? We are all here to help and offer the best advise to the best of our ability and knowledge. Its quite obvious that most of us are just "hobby" growers. I dont see the leaf minor damage or slug damage but then again Im not an expert. I will say this that in the 3 years I have had citrus and tropicals I have never had leaf minors on any of them here in Oklahoma where the OP lives. I dont think they are as common as areas that are more inclined to grow citrus. I could be wrong but thats my experience. I am however an expert in dealing with our intense Oklahoma sun which on a hot August day can literally fry an egg on a sidewalk, Ive seen it done. In fact some of my trees suffered damage exactly like what the OP's leaves did when we had 3 weeks straight of 105F+ and low humidity. Some of you may not know or care but Oklahoma set the all time average high of 89.1F for the month of July and august wasnt to far behind. Oh and John I produced three meyers this year so Im getting close,LOL. Mike

UPDATE 2019! Hey everyone, happy new year! You guys are still my special community of help and advice that I always think of when I am around my tree! I have since brought my tree down to my parents house in South Carolina. Being a bachelor (still) I had to move into several different apartments in Nashville since that post, none of which would be suitable for my baby to thrive in! My parents also have adopted her and done an excellent job helping raise her as my dad loves loves loves lemons in all of the water that he drinks. It had a great summer - they brought it outside and kept it in full sun - it grew to become a large leaf bearing tree that the kids love to “pretend water” with toy cups and boats full of water. Now it has been brought in for the winter and it has grown so many lemons - I’ve been anxiously waiting for them to start turning yellow. Over thanksgiving it appeared that some of them were beginning to turn yellow at the base of the fruit. I was hopeful that this January they would turn full yellow and I could come and pick a few. Here is the sad news. It has been dropping leaves consistently. It still is blooming. My dad and i think that it is due to over watering. Then i just found out from my dad that after Christmas it got a spider mite infestation. My dad sprayed it with some pesticide and he thinks the spiders are all dead. I’m attaching a photo of what he used. Again, just wanted to update you guys. Last year we got lemons and it was incredible to see where this tree had come from. I think I might have to name her Lazarus! Never would have saved her with yalls help. What do y’all think of the current state the tree is in? What do you think of the spider mite infestation? Any advice would ALWAYS be so helpful!! Forever grateful, Jamie

Nighthawk, I have a question for you. If you had weather that could support a lemon tree, would you choose a Meyer over a Eureka? I'm asking since you called the taste "generic," so I'm wondering if you would prefer a another type of lemon. When we bought this house a year and a half ago, there were a few dying trees that were still in their nursery bags. One of them was a tiny citrus. I was able to nurse it back to health and I put it in the ground without really knowing the type of tree it was. It wasn't until a year later that I was going some heavy cleaning in the back that I found a faded tag that read "Eureka lemon," so I'm assuming it came from that tree since there were no other little citrus around. It tripled its size quickly, but I was disappointed when it fruited and lost almost ALL of its leaves. I ended up cutting the lemons off so that the tree could try and get healthy again. If it doesn't heal.. I'm considering a Meyer or a lime. I really want the Eureka to be a success though.

I have a question. I brought my Meyer Lemon tree and Lemonade Blue Berry Bush in for the winter. They are in a south facing window. When the sun is out they receive a lot of sun light. But with winter time in Central Ohio, that isn't to many days. I want to supplement the light with some CFL bulbs. I have a lamp with both a 6400K 100 watt (23 watts) bulb and a 2700K 100 watt (23 watt) bulb. My question is do I really need the 2700K bulb? The plant isn't blooming / flowering but I do still have lemons on it. On cloudy days I use the bulbs anywhere from 7 to 10 hours a night in addition to being in front of the window. Also, I have some small Lemon and Lime trees that I started from seeds. Should I just use the 6400K bulb for them too? They sit in the windows also. They are about 4 to 5 inches tall. This is my 1st season trying this. I saw on youtube that both the 6400K and 2700K bulbs together are more representative to natural light. But I don't want to waste eelectricity if using both bulbs together really don't help.