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My lemon tree. pictures
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Posted by mn_matt 3b (My Page) on Fri, May 8, 09 at 1:16
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RE: My lemon tree. pictures
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| Thanks for sharing!!! It's a good looking tree. Where do you live? Also you could consider grafting another variety onto a portion of the tree for fruiting while you wait. Just a thought. |
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| Your post really got me thinking about how attached we get to these plants. I also found it touching how the plant seems almost like a family memeber, hanging out with the kids and growing along with your family. It also made me plants some seeds this week. The reward seems worth it!!! Keep me posted. I hope others here can help you coax some fruit from her soon. |
RE: My lemon tree. pictures
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| Your tree looks wonderfully healthy and happy. Frankly, I'd not make too many changes to what you are already doing. I like the idea of continuing to experiment with your tree, though you need to know that every time you top prune a seedling-grown tree, you delay the fruiting process. If I were you, I'd purchase a grafted, dwarf specimen for fruit and then continue to prune and train your seedling. Citrus, by the way, can make great bonsai specimens. |
RE: My lemon tree. pictures
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| minnesota 3b Thanks for the idea....grafting... hmm. Been busy with the maters and peppers. we'll see if I get to much of the lemon tree. The more I leave it be the better I guess. |
RE: My lemon tree. pictures
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| It's a lovely tree, whether or not it blooms. I have an avacado I planted from a pit on March 20, 1975, the day we had a major, major ice storm here in Michigan, and I've been waiting 34 years for it to bloom, I've concluded it NEVER will under household conditions, but it makes a lovely foliage plant and is like an old friend. So, it makes the annual trek outdoors for the summer, and back indoors for the winter, gets repotted in fresh soil every few years, cut back to keep its size manageable ever four or five years, etc. Just the way it goes. Hey, if I were you, I'd go to a craft store and get a whole bunch of those realistic looking styrofoam based artificial lemons, and wire them all over it, and then tell people what a nice crop you've got. 99% of them would never know they're not real. Just stick a couple of real ones on there, too, and pluck one of those in front of their faces. If your tree has large thorns like many seedling citrus, you could just impale the lemons on the thorns with no trouble. But then, that's just me! I'm "different" or so I've been told. |
RE: My lemon tree. pictures
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| Hey, if I were you, I'd go to a craft store and get a whole bunch of those realistic looking styrofoam based artificial lemons, and wire them all over it, and then tell people what a nice crop you've got. 99% of them would never know they're not real. Just stick a couple of real ones on there, too, and pluck one of those in front of their faces. If your tree has large thorns like many seedling citrus, you could just impale the lemons on the thorns with no trouble HAHAHAHAHA that is so something I would/will try. Most everone knows about the lemon of a lemon tree I'm growing so It would work. Last year when I brought it in for the winter I was surprised to find 2 green lemons. Surprised and excited to say the least and a bit disapointed as i missed the flowering part....I wanted pictures of course...After closer inspection I discovered they werent lemons at all but a stinky lil fakes that a squirrel had put there .
Not sure what they were but ive seen the squirrels carrying them around and they make your hand stink forever if you touch them. |
RE: My lemon tree. pictures
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| its me again.... I cant wait to see all the flowers this year after finaly getting my first last year. It only took a decade or so. do they always flower in the fall? I'd post new pics but I broke the camera. oops. |
RE: My lemon tree. pictures
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| That is a good looking tree. Congrats with your wonderful success! |
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