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| Hi:
I am wondering if any lemon or lime varieties down here in Florida produce multiple crops a year. Looking for varieties such as Meyers which does well in a pot. I had to give my lemon tree and my Key lime to a friend when I moved down here to St Pete. Just did not have the room to put them on the truck. I could almost always get two sets of flowers a year, I believe that is not normal, and was likely a result of the day length and climate i was giving them. Thoughts? or is it now that i can grow them outside, I am stuck with a single crop a year? (I will say the lemons up north never got to full size, though they ripened.. and maybe that is why I was able to get multiple crops a year) |
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| The Persion lime and the meyer lemon are ever bearing. I grow both in a pot. ;o) |
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- Posted by MuscledBear 10a (My Page) on Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 7:22
| Thanks! great to know. So, my Meyers up north wasn't a fluke after all :-) |
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- Posted by RetiredFlorida none (My Page) on Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 12:00
| Muscled, I bought a meyer a short time ago and was told it was ever bearing but no mention of it having to stay in a pot. I'll let you know though because I just put it in the ground this morning. It currently has fruit on it, so I will keep watch. |
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- Posted by MuscledBear 10a (My Page) on Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 21:27
| The pot is for me. I am renting now, and will likely rent for another year or two. (lost a lot of money and credit score on a short sale of a house in PA.. ugggg) Anyway, i don't mind planting plants in the ground I can propagate or take with me later, but the trees I'd like to keep in pots so when I do move, I can take them with me. I'm going to try to get the lemon within the next month. and the lime in late winter. I have had success with Meyer lemons up north, and based on what people have said so far, I'll just stick to that down here. |
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| I think the Meyer lime can be grown either in the ground or in a pot. I just choose a pot and it's been in one for about 4 years now, along with the Persion lime and a Sambo lemon. :o) |
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