Pruning your lemon tree promotes a strong and balanced tree structure, encourages new growth, and helps prevent diseases. Follow these simple guidelines.
How long do lemon trees live? Everything you need to know.
On average, a lemon tree will live between 30 to 50 years or more. However, there are several factors that can affect lemon tree life expectancy.
Are Lemon Trees Everbearing?
One of the perks of growing a lemon tree is that lemon trees are considered everbearing. It is always a plus to be able to enjoy the fruits of your tree not only for a season, but year-round. Nearly all lemon trees are considered everbearing, including the Meyer, Eureka, Lisbon, and Ponderosa varieties, which are some of the most common …
Lemon Tree Blossoms, but Does Not Bear Fruit
When you are looking forward to a fruit basket brimming with juicy, yellow lemons and a refrigerator stocked with pitchers of home-squeezed lemonade, one of the most discouraging problems you can encounter while growing a lemon tree is a lack of fruit production. If your lemon tree is blossoming, but the blossoms never turn into fruit, it could be lacking …
At what age do lemon trees start fruiting?
So you are a proud new lemon tree owner. You’ve committed to taking care of this spindly, leafy specimen with the hope that it will grow and one day bear delicious and vibrant fruit for you to harvest and enjoy. But how long will that take? The bright and juicy fruit that a lemon tree yields is uncontestably the best …
Hand Pollinating an Indoor Lemon Tree: Should you, and how?
The tart, fragrant, bright, and juicy fruit of a lemon tree is certainly one of the most, if not the most, rewarding and pleasurable aspects of growing a lemon tree. However, many conditions must be right and many processes must happen correctly in order for your lemon tree to bear fruit. One of these processes sometimes overlooked by new indoor …
Fruit Flies or Fungus Gnats on a Lemon Tree: Why you have them and how to get rid of them
A couple months ago I went to water my lemon tree and upon doing so found several buzzing, annoying tiny creatures flying out of the soil. “Oh no, fruit flies…” I thought with a sigh. I ignored them for several more weeks hoping they would go away without me doing anything. They didn’t, of course. They got worse. So, I …
How cold is too cold for a Meyer lemon tree?
If you live in a subtropical climate, you might be considering planting a Meyer lemon tree in your garden. If you don’t live in the subtropics, you might still be considering growing a Meyer lemon in a pot as a house plant, and moving the lemon tree between indoors and outdoors with the seasons. In either instance, you are probably …
Leaf Droop on a Lemon Tree: What It Means & What to Do About It
You’re a new lemon tree owner and everything is going great- your tree is starting to grow new leaves, cute little buds are beginning to develop… but then suddenly you spot that a few of the leaves are starting to droop. If you’re an overly attentive lemon tree owner like me, you’re immediately concerned. You might be wondering “Is it …
Meyer Lemon vs. Improved Meyer Lemon: What’s the difference?
If you’ve at all pondered or researched purchasing a lemon tree, you might have come across the variety “Improved Meyer lemon.” You then probably wondered, “what’s the difference between a Meyer lemon and an Improved Meyer lemon?” While it might initially seem like there are two varieties of Meyer lemon trees available, the Meyer lemon and Improved Meyer lemon, this …
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