Is your lemon tree blooming?

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Is your lemon tree blooming?

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Wed Feb 12, 2020 4:44 pm

Mine is!
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:16 pm

Oh, how lovely!! I miss having lemon, orange and grapefruit trees right out side my door! Lucky you!
Together, trees make an ecosystem that tempers the extremes of heat & cold, stores lots of water, & makes a lot of humidity. In this environment, trees can live to be very old. To get to this point, the community must remain intact no matter what.

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Wed Feb 12, 2020 8:56 pm

imp wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:16 pm Oh, how lovely!! I miss having lemon, orange and grapefruit trees right out side my door! Lucky you!
Thank you! One of the really nice things about living here.
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:14 am

That is gorgeous. We have a lemon tree but I have never seen it look like that.
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:14 am

MsCowpea wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:14 am That is gorgeous. We have a lemon tree but I have never seen it look like that.
I’ve been hitting it with Urban Farms ‘Apples and Oranges’ formula for the last year; it seems to like it.
It’s on a dwarfing rootstock and I have it trimmed to a rounded shrub to keep the fruit within harvesting reach.
Same with the lime tree, also just starting to flower.
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:22 am

What kind of lemon and limes?
Looks nice.
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:09 am

Here's mine.

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How long do you think till mine looks like yours?

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Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:13 am

SQWIB wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:09 am Here's mine.

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How long do you think till mine looks like yours?
Sqwib is that from seed? I abandoned my seedlings after I read that it might take up to 7 years before they bear fruit.
I have Yuzu, Mandarin, Mayer & regular lemon trees. All are done except the regular lemon, it has many green fruit ripening soon.
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:45 pm

worth1 wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:22 am What kind of lemon and limes?
Looks nice.
Meyer lemon, Persian(Tahiti) lime. From Brite Leaf citrus nursery here in Florida.
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:46 pm

SQWIB wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:09 am Here's mine.

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How long do you think till mine looks like yours?
Ouch, what happened?
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:49 pm

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Here’s the lime - flowers just opening.
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:38 pm

peebee wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:13 am
SQWIB wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:09 am Here's mine.

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How long do you think till mine looks like yours?
Sqwib is that from seed? I abandoned my seedlings after I read that it might take up to 7 years before they bear fruit.
I have Yuzu, Mandarin, Mayer & regular lemon trees. All are done except the regular lemon, it has many green fruit ripening soon.

I have one citrus seedling. During the past seen years, it has dropped its leaves and shriveled up, just to spring back to life and push out new leaves and branches.. don't give up hope yet..

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Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:28 pm

No, it's dead, I have seen toothpicks with more life than this.
I have a Lime tree that is doing well, and I did replace the Lemon tree both under grow lights inside.

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Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:36 pm

Citrus isn't blooming yet. Usually mid-March here. I have Meyer and Pink Lemonade lemons, Mexican Lime, and a blood orange.
Beautiful lemon tree [mention]PlainJane[/mention].
[mention]SQWIB[/mention] Sorry your lemon tree didn't make it.
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Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:19 pm

AZGardener wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:36 pm Citrus isn't blooming yet. Usually mid-March here. I have Meyer and Pink Lemonade lemons, Mexican Lime, and a blood orange.
Beautiful lemon tree @PlainJane.
@SQWIB Sorry your lemon tree didn't make it.
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Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:11 pm

No blooms on my Bearss lemon, it is only in the ground for 8 mos. I am thinking it is pushing roots but it is growing rapidly. Lychee, peaches, jack fruit and mango are loaded with promise.

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Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:40 am

My oranges bloomed in January. They're all indoors. I could care less about fruit from them because it doesn't taste very good. But the day the first flower blooms and the whole downstairs smells heavenly makes taking care of them the rest of the year totally worth it.

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Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:13 pm

My indoor potted lemon, lime and orange trees started blooming about a month ago, after we got back from snowbirding and turned up the heat in the house. The blossoms smell very nice, but oh, the mess of cleaning up the seemingly never ending fallen sticky petals and crumples of flowers on carpet. Stuff is still falling off and will for at least another week.

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Fri Apr 03, 2020 4:01 pm

ddsack wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:13 pm My indoor potted lemon, lime and orange trees started blooming about a month ago, after we got back from snowbirding and turned up the heat in the house. The blossoms smell very nice, but oh, the mess of cleaning up the seemingly never ending fallen sticky petals and crumples of flowers on carpet. Stuff is still falling off and will for at least another week.
Yea, they are messy trees. I’m really glad mine can live outside.
But it’s worth it once the fruit ripens.
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Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:26 pm

My citrus is blooming now. Moro Blood Orange, Meyer Lemon, Pink Lemonade Lemon, Mexican Lime, Bearss, Rio Ruby Grapefruit.
The Pink Lemonade is a type of Eureka Lemon with variegated leaves and pink flesh and is more tart than Meyer.
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