Last week I rolled my lemon and orange trees outside, and here is Mr. Squirrel checking them out. He was going around the saucer and looked as if he was licking the top of the saucer. Wonder what it taste like?
These two trees have been sitting in the Library window all winter awaiting a warm day to be rolled out to spend their days in real sunshine. Today it will be 73 degrees. I ordered them from a seed company and got three trees but alas the lime did not make it. They were mere twigs when I got them and I thought surely they were a joke but I stuck them in big pots of dirt and watched for years and yet no fruit has ever appeared.
The kitty justice is I need some advise how to force the little buggers to provide some fruit. If not to use at least for show.
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Plastic lol y'all are funny in Ohio today. Maybe I should put them in the basement and not in the main house during winter. We are too far north for them to survive the TN. winters. I may try that this fall when I bring them inside. Peace
Only when they stay out of my plants. Last year I had one pot of flowers that this one squirrel thought was his own digs. Peace
MB
Thanks. They are about ten years old now. As I said they were very small twigs when I got them. All of about four or five inches high. They have been realitivly slow grower. Any tips on Fertilizer. I have been using time release Ostmocote. Peace
I hope this helps.
I do like Osmocote but maybe noenough nitrogen. MB
Beautiful lemon trees. They do well indoors, but make sure to keep them evenly moist, never wet or dry.
You might try working a bit of epsom salts into the soil, as citrus of any kind like acidic soil. This works for my cousin who is very prolific at growing lemons, limes and oranges indoors.
Hope this helps.
Blessings,
Mary