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Post by bunkie on Apr 26, 2009 9:22:49 GMT -5
beautiful fulenn!
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Post by fulenn on Apr 26, 2009 9:40:26 GMT -5
How old is that tree? Am curious. I'm not sure how old it was when we got it, but I purchased it last spring and this is it's 2nd year with me. I think it was a 2-year old plant. I'll check out the size on this year's plants and see if I can get a better idea of how old these smaller sized ones are. Fulenn |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 26, 2009 11:59:53 GMT -5
It's Beautiful! Did you just put it in the ground, pot and all?
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Post by fulenn on Apr 26, 2009 15:08:23 GMT -5
No, I took it out of the pot and put beans in the pot.  This is it's new home. It will stay in that place for a long time, I hope. Meyer Lemon will grow outdoors in our area, with a careful eye for the bad frost that can hit every few years. So we put it out and will leave it there. It's pretty sad and small right now, but will get some growth on it over the next few years. For the first few years, I have a cage with a cover that can go over it if a hard frost comes. I have the same setup for my Bird of Paradise plant, too. I also have an outdoor propane heater that can be set up near the tree and lit if necessary to bring up the temperature just a couple of degrees once the tree has more height on it. Fulenn |
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Post by fulenn on May 12, 2009 23:00:18 GMT -5
All three of my little tiny lemons have fallen off of my tree! I'm not too surprised, since it was recently planted outside, but I was really enjoying seeing them. Hopefully there will be more soon. The tree seems to be doing just fine, otherwise. New growth, healthy looking leaves. |
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Post by fulenn on Jul 24, 2012 21:43:04 GMT -5
My beautiful lemon tree died last year in the drought. I tried keeping it on a drip line, but it either wasn't enough or the heat was too much or I don't know. I'm going to talk to a woman at a local nursery and see if she might have some wisdom to share with me about what happened and how I can try again.
Fulenn
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Post by steev on Jul 25, 2012 3:07:24 GMT -5
Bummer. Citrus does like water. Meyer lemons are a tad delicate, which is why they are "the Glory of the Bay Area" but not commercially viable.
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Post by MikeH on Jul 25, 2012 4:53:29 GMT -5
Yep, my Meyer gets flooded on a regular basis and loves it. It had a tough time though this past winter inside. Spider mites that apparently like warm, dry heating ducts gave it no end of grief. It spent much of the winter sitting in and out of the bathtub doused in Safers Endall. It flowered and set fruit which got to about 3/4" before dropping off. My Owari Satsuma has started out with no problems but it's never been inside my house for a Canadian winter. We'll see. The smell of the flowers on both is exquisite. It rivals the Dames Rocket at night.
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This is it's new home. It will stay in that place for a long time, I hope. Meyer Lemon will grow outdoors in our area, with a careful eye for the bad frost that can hit every few years. So we put it out and will leave it there.
