I am about to re-pot (for the first time) my little lemon tree and two blood orange trees I grew from seed. I have watched this video a few times and it has great information. I am now ready to re-pot. Thank you, Laura, for your help with citrus and all the other plants, and trees, you love so much. Please send good healthy vibes to my little trees.
There is really nothing that rivals the fragrance of citrus blossoms. The tiny trees they sell in garden centers are so tempting because of it. But in this area, it is a lot of work to bring them inside for the Winter. It really has to be a labor of love.
I love this! Everyone always looks so shocked when you say, "I think, I'm going to grow a tree inside.". I love how you do things that most people wouldn't even think they can.
You can do either or, depending on how warm your house is, how much sun you get and it is always good for them to go outside in the summer, but you don't have to, if you have good lighting and warmth (especially with citrus trees). Really depends on where you live too.
I have a few dwarf citrus trees planted in half wine barrels with casters on the bottom so I can wheel them in and out of the garage if its going to freeze. I also learned that keeping them out of that hot afternoon sun as you mentioned, keeps the blossoms going longer. Thanks for all the great info!
I used Neem oil in a spray bottle for leaves, and I make my own Colloidal Silver Water for pennies on a dollar. I spray some of both a couple of times per month. This keeps fungus , mold and Nematodes at bay. Insects or worms leaf miner are killed with the Neem oil spray. It's a great preventative , instead of waiting until you see something , THEN trying to get rid of the pesty bug or mold or fungus.
Living in southeast Alaska I never thought someone could get a fruit tree like an orange tree to grow. I was house sitting for a friend years ago, walked in their door and there was this gorgeous orange tree that had a couple not quite ripe oranges. Oh my word I was so surprised. I loved watching the fruit change colour, I bet they were amazing. That started my dream of possibly growing my own! I love your videos!
I've watched this video over a dozen times & I am constantly impressed at how beautiful the tree looks after up potting to the ceramic container. I have about 40 fruit trees in containers & find it very therapeutic when I'm up potting, watering, trimming or harvesting my fruit trees.
I am looking for a source for a mail order key lime tree, I am in zone 5 so you rarely can find the at a garden center. If anyone has had success, please advise. Thank you!
Our meyer lemon tree was infested with aphids (brought by ants, I think). We bought a package of live ladybugs and let them feast! Seemed to work pretty well.
I learned that to prevent the ants from going up the stem put Vaseline around the stem. A thick gob works well 🥰 unfortunately you do have to reapply but it’s more “natural”
@@melissag8270 - Can you not take the bottom leaves off the plant. I do that to my Tomato Plants which means that the leaves don’t root or anything insects will climb up the stem of the plant
@@rlopez18m Ants are brought in by aphids some plants draw them. Spray an organic pesticide or soapy water once in awhile and you shouldn't have this problem.
Super glad you don't have to deal with citrus leafminer. I've been battling them for a bit on my new growth. I've got Meyer Lemon, Australian Green Finger Limes, Pummelos, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Honeybell Tangelo, and a Ponkan Tangerine.
I have 8 citrus, different kinds, in pots and for about 3 years had a major infestation of mealy bugs. What a pain. I found the only way to control them was to take a bucket of soapy water, put a sock over my hand, and wash as many leaves on each tree as I could. I finally got rid of them, but ended up losing the one that brought the bugs in to begin with. Good info, though, and in line with what I've experienced so far. I live in Georgia, so your recommendations for water, light and temps are spot on. This is my first time watching one of your videos - looking forward to viewing others.
I live in Sierra Vista, AZ 4800 elevation snd our minimum lows are 15-20. We haven’t gotten that low in my yard for many years, last year we only got down to 23 degrees F. What I do is wrap it in a green and a white frost blanket. I cover the pot with the wrap also. It has done very very well. I was told in the nursery in Tucson that it was hardy down to 25.
Really enjoy your videos. I live in Boise and inherited a lemon tree and it is nice getting information from someone in a very similar climate. Thanks.
Thank you! This is so helpful. This spring we bought two citrus and one pomegranate tree and we're planning to grow them all in containers in zone 10. I really hope they make it.
Hey Ik this is kinda off topic but I’ve been growing citrus plants for over a year in the NYC area and it’s growing pretty slow . Do you have any tips ?
I'm so addicted to this channel! I didn't get a video yesterday and my day just wasn't right! 😂 I don't really desire to have a citrus tree, at all, but I watched from start to finish to learn more about it because you just never know when the mood might strike to plant one! Haha! Thanks again and I missed you yesterday! ❤😊 God's best to you, Aaron and Benjamin!
@@crystalmccartney58 I know what you mean. I was telling myself that Laura and Aaron have other things to do besides videos. Then, I prayed for them because I got concerned. I'm glad they are okay and that they were back today. 💜😊🙏
Marian Kay, if you plant one (potted citrus)) you will not regret it! If you happen to get fruit you can give it away🍋🍋🍋(i recommend lemon; Meyer or Dwarf Eureka, but i guess it depends on your climate etc-- they require plenty of sun/heat) The citrus blossom fragrance is divine! If you enjoy morning coffee in the sunshine on your deck or patio, and the potted lemon is blooming nearby, you will not want to move 😄. If you don't sit outdoors in the morning, having the potted lemon near an open window is second best. I know what you mean though, about watching the Garden Answer videos. They've got ten times the space as me (at least!) but watching her landscaping decisions and planting ideas can be mesmerizing. Hence no planting chores getting done at MY house!
I use smartpots/fabric pots for all my plants. My Lemon tree loves it! Plus it's great because of the way roots grow. I put my avocado trees and aloes in those smartpots too. All seem to love them
@@Ivan-od7bp They are awesome, thanks for asking. Alll of the plants/trees do better in them. No root-bound issues and you can't overwater because it all runs out of the pot. Highly recommend. If you try them, let me know in the thread.
Just this past year I started 3 lemons trees from seed. It's been fun and they have done well, but I'm ready now just to go buy a large plant. Thanks for the great info! 💛🍋
Branka Zorić, FERTILIZE!! I recall a great garden advisor radio show years ago saying, fertilize more often than the label recommends, with a lesser amount of fertilzer or weaker dilution rate. Object being a constant availability of nutrients. That was using straight old-school kind of fertilizer; today's more likely are Organic, time-release stuff that may make this unnecessary. But still, fertilzer should make a difference. Pruning is probably just as important, and after pinching, the fertilizer will cause faster growth, allowing you to control the basic shape of the tree. 🍋🍊🍋🍊🍋🍊🍋
@@pompey333 Thanks for the information. It’s been fun seeing the plant grow so big from a seed and also watching the honeybees on the flowers when I moved the pot to my garden. Now that I know, I won’t expect a good tasting lemon if I even get one.
One more thing: The fruit will get quite large and stay very dark green. You must be patient! It takes months for the green fruit to turn yellow! I usually harvest mine just as cold weather is beginning to come- late October, early November. The skins of the lemon will turn bright yellow and soften a bit. Give a little tug and it should release from the tree. Enjoy! Nothing like a Meyer Lemon.
Oh my word! This makes me so happy. I've been devouring "all" the potted citrus"videos and web pages I can get my hands on lately... and then my favourite garden vlogger comes out with a video days later! :-D :-D My many poor potted citrus have had a hard life 6 years of moving around rental houses waiting for me to move into one of my own in order to plant them. This year they've got lots of deficiencies, because I've been too busy renovating and having surgeries - and this past Summer (it is Winter now) and all my fruit trees were hit with so many the boring and sap sucking bugs... possums and wallabies too. :-( They're very unhappy plants. Anyway, my story aside: YAY! a Garden Answer video! :-D :-D Thank you guys!
blarghies Greetings from California - having “problems with wallabies” caught my eye as one of the cutest phrases ever, but then, I am not familiar with what actual damage they may do! Wishing you and your citrus trees the very best.
@@OxfordComma47 hehehe! They are wonderful creatures. I absolutely love having macropods on my property. :) wallabies, padamelons, (bettongs), potoroos and possums (different to yours) are like deer, where I live. They will eat every plant they can get their tiny grabby hands on. I'm trying in vein to grow two purple flowering hebes as lollipops and a hedge of variegated pittosporum as a hedge, but they keep getting stripped... The bark is scraped off or stripped, branches broken or rendered useless causingdie back, and the leaves are all gone. :( I used to think olive trees, lavenders and citrus were not eaten by possums (cute little banes of my existence), but they have been eating everything. Sighhhh. People in my area shoot or run over native and escaped animals (Australians aren't great people as a whole) and I refuse to harm them no matter what. I just wish there was something I could spray on the plants that would work! I have electronic animal repellers (emit sounds and leaving lights that they don't like) but they don't seem to help. And brush tail possums will climb over any any fences or through tiny gaps like Toombs from the X Files and wallabies will bound over our cattle fencing. Can't keep them out. 😭😂 Making things grow here is like banging your head on a brick wall. Add to that my destructive geese, ducks, chooks and goat and I realise it is a labour of love with a large helping of frustration and pushing a bike up a steep hill. 😂 :) I ❤️animals and plants.
blarghies Absolutely fascinating. I could spend a month looking all those animals up! Thanks for telling me we have different possums, too, I never would have pictured deer. All the best to you.
@@blarghies Hi there - loved your comment!! I’m not an Aussie but I’ve vacationed there and have friends there!! They built a ‘sun porch’ on the north side of their house - floor to ceiling windows, half of them open, glass ceiling/roof. Or maybe high impact plastic. They put their garden in there. It’s like a lean-to added to the side of the existing room. Now the windows on that side of the house open into the sunroom - concrete unfinished floor. It’s like putting windows around a side porch. Anyway - lush garden they have!! They have lemon trees and those Aussie limes. Beautiful! And bearing fruit. One is getting so big they’re going to have to do something with it - prune or move somewhere else. And shelving covered with veggies in pots and wooden beds. Maybe you could do that at your place? Good luck with the animals!
@@DianeCee0 Yes, that is the goal Diane! However, the downside is not many of my favorite plants can grow here and I'm not into the tropical style of garden, go figure, lol!
I too live in Oregon so this is great for me :) wish I would have found it before I repotted my lemon tree. The people at the nursery was not helpful! But it’s still blooming and starting to grow fruit which makes me happy.
Thanks for this! I am just about to move from Southern California to East Tennessee and I've been trying to research how to still grow a few citrus trees out there. This was the perfect tutorial to clear up my confused mind.
Thank you for talking about acclimating, I never ever thought about that, not sure why, don't know how many plants over the years I've lost because of that. You are so knowledgeable, I love learning and I learn so much from you, thank you again Laura & Aaron for all you do and share with us in quality
I’ve had my orange “tree” for 3 years and only just have my first real orange that has made it to very nearly ripe stage. Its leaves are so sparse it looks a little like Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree with the orange bending the poor little dude right over. 😂 I love it tho and I’m going savour that one orange when it’s time. 🧡
I needed this last Mother's Day. I got an orange tree from my son. I killed it within 3 months. I did everything the tag said, but it died anyway. He went back to giving me hanging baskets. lol Very nice tutorial, full of information. See you in the next one! Oh, would love an update on this once it starts baring fruit.
I'm in central Texas. I double pot. Take a HUGE pot, place another inside. Put felt or dirt between the pots. They grow very well in our dry, hot summers. And stay warmer in winter.
Thank you so much for this video! I have a 10 yr old blood orange & Meyer lemon in 20” pots and was curious as to whether or not I needed to put them in bigger pots. They seem happy and have produced well, so i didn’t really want to upset them. You’ve validated my choice to leave them alone and I’m appreciative for all the great info you gave today because I have 3 more oranges now to put in pots. 💚🍊🍋
I love your videos! Packed with easy-to-understand information and properly sequenced, get to the point quickly without waffling, everything! Well done. I always enjoy them.
Thank you very much for such a detailed video, in this time of quarantine I've gotten into gardening and citrus trees are my number one choice. This helps me a looooooooooooot
I come from a place where we have in our land Lemon, orange, mango, zapote, cinnamon, cashews tree and now I live in a place rated zone 3 and ur video gave me hopes for citrus tree. Tks Laura. U r awesome, inspiring, u r the best blogger, providing the best and honest info available, thank u.
Perfect timing as usual! I have a Meyer lemon and Key lime tree both in the same pot (FL zone 8b)...the Meyer is loaded with fruit but the key lime is struggling...it blooms then fruits but they fall off after several weeks. I’m thinking I should separate them into separate pots before I lose the key lime altogether. Super informative and inspirational as always! Thanks for all you do!! 💚🍋
Thank you for the tip on planting and caring for your citrus potted plant. I brought mine for the winter into our garage , I also noticed your citrus bio toner is also for avocado trees. I have two potted avocado plants I started from their seed, they are both tropical and doing well but I have not given them any food just water and some sun, they are growing pretty fast.
Excellent instructions! How do you keep track of the fertilizing schedules for each plant and area over two acres? A spreadsheet? Thank you for your consistently clear, interesting, beautifully edited videos.
Thank you so much for this information! I’ve been wanting to try a potted tree but knew nothing about it and I’m a plant care novice. I used to kill every plant I even looked at but thanks to videos from you and CaliKim29 and self sufficient me and a few others I have quite a few healthy plants around!
Thanks you for this video very helpful. I have a Meyer lemon tree also. I learned a lot more on the care. Watch your videos all the time. Love 💐 like you and plants. I have to stop myself from going anywhere that has plants, because I end up bringing home more plants.
Thank you so much for this video! I can grow most plants well but I manage to kill off citrus. Now I have a little bit better of an idea of how to take care of them. I might expand and add a lime and orange tree next year 😁
This is super helpful! I want to buy a lemon tree for my apartment to keep in the balcony but I was wondering about pruning, mites, and sufficient sun exposure. This clarified a lot.
Great info! Thank you . I rescued a very sad lookingMeyer Lemon from box store. I repotted it and it took off and more than doubled in size thru the summer. Now to nurse it thru winter.
Thanks! I have 2 lemon trees in pots i grew from seed here in s. Michigan that go in and out. Last year a tree frog came in with them so no bug problems
So glad I found you! Love your honesty...."it's a pain".....!! Just pulled my Myer Lemon inside. I read you should remove fruit in the first couple of years. My little guy is covered in them and I want them!!
I would love to see updates on the trees and if they are bearing fruit or not. I feel like I’ve seen you plant fruit trees or bushes but never got a good update of having success or not with them.
I don't think she will. When I used just potting mix a lot of my citrus plants get stunned and die.. the potting soil retains too much water. I have a meyer lemon doing very, very well. It soil composition is mainly bark, mulch, compost and some perlite, vermiculite and sand
@@CaptainKurtAnnapolis mine are young but I'd say no because I don't get enough light indoors or outdoors because of the way the yard is. Otherwise, I think I would have much better plants in general. I get sun usually between 7am-2pm and not all of it is strong direct light. The rest is shaded and it's simply not enough full strength light to grow as much as I want and then indoors is a nightmare. So...fruit not happening soon for me.
Kurt Greening-- I just read something today, about Avocados being self pollinating, but that the window when the flower is open, is only for a couple hours per day for only three or four days! I am going to start another one from a pit, hopefully they can do what nature wants without intervention from me. Oh, they also said pot-grown trees won't fruit. 😯 However I refuse to believe that, and I'm going to try anyway!! There's lots of info online, and I'm sure there must be a "Growing Avocados in Pots" video on YT.
I always add soil, push to the side to make a well, add the pot with plant in it, adding more soil if needed . Then gently you remove plant from pot and ba-da-bing. It always fits perfectly! Thanks for another great video!
I have watched a few of your videos on growing citrus in pots and followed your advice. As well as some comments from others. I topdressed my container with better soil mix, and fertilized with some citric espoma. I have an Improved Meyers Lemon and after about 2 weeks, the tree reacted terrific! It's been COVERED in blooms for weeks! I've never seen such progress! Well, in the last 4 days, the leaves have been turning yellow. It's in a sunny window and is watered. I just wanted to see if you had thoughts as to why. I don't water it every day, maybe not even once a week. I've been busy. Could it be my watering? It's been getting warmer here in North TX, but then we have cool snaps. Maybe I just need to move it outside. Thank you in advance.
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been trying to grow a lemon and lime inside for a year and they have produced. I’m struggling with pruning them so that they form into a tree shape. Please oh please do a video on pruning citrus!!!! 🙏
According to my books, citrus don't really like being pruned. The books say only to remove the essential 3Ds (dead, diseased & dying branches) & any branch that starts to grow below the graft. Shame I didn't read before I cut. lol.
Love your videos. Here goes nothing. Just picked up a Meyer lemon tree. A house warming gift. I’m new to the Bay Area so the climate is new to me. It’s been extremely dry here. I think it has rained a handful of times within a year. However, I do get fog and more wind than I expected. The plan is to have it in a pot until my landscaping is completed. Once done I will plant it in the ground. It will be at least a year wait. I have almost everything I need and hopefully I won’t kill it beforehand.
Yes!!!! You guys are in tune with our, "the viewers" needs! Thank you! Great information. My Meyer lemon tree is behaving as you described, so now I know what to do! And... I am going to pot my next citrus trees!!
Coffee with Laura and citrus tree information how wonderful! This is another item that I think would be fun to grow at our center so will be looking into how had where we can do this. Thank you so much Laura!!!!
I love your content ❤ I’m growing my own herbs this year, I’m tired of buying from the store. Do you mind sharing a good soil or soil mix for herbs? I’m buying a planter raised bed. Thank you!
I've been growing a mandarin orange tree for several years and this is the first year that I'll be able to harvest ripe fruit. At my previous house the squirrels would start eating the oranges when they reached about 1" in diameter.
Thank you! I potted up a lime and lemon tree that grew on my porch all summer. Now in my sunroom, zone 6a, I have 7 lemons 🍋 and lime blooms. Now I’m working on putting the fig in the ground from a container. Any videos on figs?
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for this video!!! This was my Q &A question that did not get picked but am so happy that you did a full video on growing citrus trees in containers. Can't wait to get my tree now - Zone 10b - SoCal beach area.
Thank you for this one. I'm so inspired by you! I'm in my second year of potted citrus trees. I was wondering if I was doing ok. You covered almost enough to know what I am doing right and wrong. Can you please update with pruning for these plants? When? How?
ct2013 Just cut the sick or dry branches and those branches which grow on the bark (uneccessary shootings) . Don't prune in hot summer or very cold winter. I have a big tree in the garden. I live in Greece.
Great video! And perfect timing because I’m about to repot my 3’ tall fig tree! On the citrus fertilizer, I’ve got Jobe’s not-time-released Organics Granular Garden Fertilizer for fruit and citrus, but have been reluctant to use it because some say it stinks horribly (contains chicken manure) and doesn’t dissipate. I’ve had my Soltec Aspect canister light for years and really love it. The only issue is it’s not very powerful unless it’s very close to the plants. Fortunately, I just received my new grow light shelving system from Amazon so hope to achieve better results soon!
Im bout to give up this year and just watch you garden lol. The slugs this year are insane !!! I've been through a whole container of slug bait this month . Taking a break from ducks and chickens to garden has backfired this year. Considering putting ducks in a tractor...
Great tips! I have a lemon tree that produced a lot of lemons last year. The only insects that I deal with are spider mites but I spray them with neem oil which seems to work. I do have my lemon tree in ground. My orange tree has taken a long time to produce oranges I finally have two oranges I'm hoping for more. As far as fertilizer I started using citrus tone by Espoma. Thanks for the video 💚🍋🌳
Who else thinks that Laura should make a series of cooking videos as an addition to her gardening channel where she would use all her fresh produce to make delicious food?!😋 🌱It would be great to see how Laura uses her fresh fruits and vegetables in her kitchen!🌱 🍋Your lemon tree is so beautiful, I wish I had one!🍋 🍋🍓🍏🍎🥕🥒I love your videos!🌿🍃💐🌷🌸🌺
I am about to re-pot (for the first time) my little lemon tree and two blood orange trees I grew from seed. I have watched this video a few times and it has great information. I am now ready to re-pot. Thank you, Laura, for your help with citrus and all the other plants, and trees, you love so much. Please send good healthy vibes to my little trees.
Did you graft them? Since they are not true to seed.
There is really nothing that rivals the fragrance of citrus blossoms. The tiny trees they sell in garden centers are so tempting because of it. But in this area, it is a lot of work to bring them inside for the Winter. It really has to be a labor of love.
They make special winter blankets for fruit trees and what not.
Or it could just be an indoor plant like any other tropical u take outside in the summer
Check out Yarden.com They have pots that keep the trees small and manageable, yet still bear fruit.
I love this! Everyone always looks so shocked when you say, "I think, I'm going to grow a tree inside.". I love how you do things that most people wouldn't even think they can.
THEY CAN'T PRODUCE FRUIT. INDOORS!
So I believe she ONLY takes them inside to protect from frost ... & then takes them out again.
You can do either or, depending on how warm your house is, how much sun you get and it is always good for them to go outside in the summer, but you don't have to, if you have good lighting and warmth (especially with citrus trees). Really depends on where you live too.
They absolutely CAN produce fruit indoors. It may not be ideal, but there is no question as to whether or not it's possible. It definitely is.
Live in Texas and will definitely be following your advice. Thanks very helpful .
I’ve managed to grow grapefruit and lemons from seeds and I’ve just transplanted them into bigger pots this week! Such perfect timing 🌸🌸🌸
Hope you get a good plant!
Seeds from fruit trees won't grow true to type as fruit trees are grafted.
Nicholas Vamvakos oh for sure I just think they’re beautiful plants :)
@@JessNolan96 hoping you get an interesting hybrid 😎
Nicholas Vamvakos thank you! ❤️
I have a few dwarf citrus trees planted in half wine barrels with casters on the bottom so I can wheel them in and out of the garage if its going to freeze. I also learned that keeping them out of that hot afternoon sun as you mentioned, keeps the blossoms going longer. Thanks for all the great info!
I used Neem oil in a spray bottle for leaves, and I make my own Colloidal Silver Water for pennies on a dollar. I spray some of both a couple of times per month. This keeps fungus , mold and Nematodes at bay. Insects or worms leaf miner are killed with the Neem oil spray.
It's a great preventative , instead of waiting until you see something , THEN trying to get rid of the pesty bug or mold or fungus.
This beautiful lady knows her stuff.. great horticulturist
I’ve got neem powder, do you know if i could mix that with water and spray it on?
Living in southeast Alaska I never thought someone could get a fruit tree like an orange tree to grow. I was house sitting for a friend years ago, walked in their door and there was this gorgeous orange tree that had a couple not quite ripe oranges. Oh my word I was so surprised. I loved watching the fruit change colour, I bet they were amazing.
That started my dream of possibly growing my own! I love your videos!
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore
I've watched this video over a dozen times & I am constantly impressed at how beautiful the tree looks after up potting to the ceramic container.
I have about 40 fruit trees in containers & find it very therapeutic when I'm up potting, watering, trimming or harvesting my fruit trees.
I agree! They’re very therapeutic. I have a tangerine tree that I love and I’m grafting some lemon on to it soon!
Ah. One leaf in a meal or tea gives aroma in ur meal. Yes. Wonderful. Medicinal
I am looking for a source for a mail order key lime tree, I am in zone 5 so you rarely can find the at a garden center. If anyone has had success, please advise. Thank you!
Our meyer lemon tree was infested with aphids (brought by ants, I think). We bought a package of live ladybugs and let them feast! Seemed to work pretty well.
Jenny Jen1010 I need to do that I had to throw away a plant due to aphids and I recently noticed ants in my cactus, I’ll have to get some lady bugs
I learned that to prevent the ants from going up the stem put Vaseline around the stem. A thick gob works well 🥰 unfortunately you do have to reapply but it’s more “natural”
Yikes, we even commodify lady bugs. So sad. We are terrible beings. They must freak out in the package, can’t move or fly.
@@melissag8270 - Can you not take the bottom leaves off the plant. I do that to my Tomato Plants which means that the leaves don’t root or anything insects will climb up the stem of the plant
@@rlopez18m Ants are brought in by aphids some plants draw them.
Spray an organic pesticide or soapy water once in awhile and you shouldn't have this problem.
Super glad you don't have to deal with citrus leafminer. I've been battling them for a bit on my new growth. I've got Meyer Lemon, Australian Green Finger Limes, Pummelos, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Honeybell Tangelo, and a Ponkan Tangerine.
Hi Laura😃 I finally got my husband to watch your garden tour. He is now obsessed with your gazebo 😃 Oh and he loves all your hedges too😃
I’m trying to get him to watch your parents garden tour next😃
I have 8 citrus, different kinds, in pots and for about 3 years had a major infestation of mealy bugs. What a pain. I found the only way to control them was to take a bucket of soapy water, put a sock over my hand, and wash as many leaves on each tree as I could. I finally got rid of them, but ended up losing the one that brought the bugs in to begin with.
Good info, though, and in line with what I've experienced so far. I live in Georgia, so your recommendations for water, light and temps are spot on.
This is my first time watching one of your videos - looking forward to viewing others.
I live in Sierra Vista, AZ 4800 elevation snd our minimum lows are 15-20. We haven’t gotten that low in my yard for many years, last year we only got down to 23 degrees F. What I do is wrap it in a green and a white frost blanket. I cover the pot with the wrap also. It has done very very well. I was told in the nursery in Tucson that it was hardy down to 25.
Really enjoy your videos. I live in Boise and inherited a lemon tree and it is nice getting information from someone in a very similar climate. Thanks.
I live in Nampa and want to do an indoor lemon tree. Would love to hear if you've had success!
This was the best video I've ever seen on care and growing for citrus trees! Thank you!
Thank you! This is so helpful. This spring we bought two citrus and one pomegranate tree and we're planning to grow them all in containers in zone 10. I really hope they make it.
Hey Ik this is kinda off topic but I’ve been growing citrus plants for over a year in the NYC area and it’s growing pretty slow . Do you have any tips ?
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
I'm so addicted to this channel!
I didn't get a video yesterday and my day just wasn't right! 😂
I don't really desire to have a citrus tree, at all, but I watched from start to finish to learn more about it because you just never know when the mood might strike to plant one! Haha!
Thanks again and I missed you yesterday! ❤😊
God's best to you, Aaron and Benjamin!
YES! I felt selfish expecting a video 😂
@@crystalmccartney58
I know what you mean. I was telling myself that Laura and Aaron have other things to do besides videos. Then, I prayed for them because I got concerned.
I'm glad they are okay and that they were back today. 💜😊🙏
Marian Kay, if you plant one (potted citrus)) you will not regret it! If you happen to get fruit you can give it away🍋🍋🍋(i recommend lemon; Meyer or Dwarf Eureka, but i guess it depends on your climate etc-- they require plenty of sun/heat) The citrus blossom fragrance is divine! If you enjoy morning coffee in the sunshine on your deck or patio, and the potted lemon is blooming nearby, you will not want to move 😄. If you don't sit outdoors in the morning, having the potted lemon near an open window is second best.
I know what you mean though, about watching the Garden Answer videos. They've got ten times the space as me (at least!) but watching her landscaping decisions and planting ideas can be mesmerizing. Hence no planting chores getting done at MY house!
@@mariankay6482 How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
I use smartpots/fabric pots for all my plants. My Lemon tree loves it! Plus it's great because of the way roots grow. I put my avocado trees and aloes in those smartpots too. All seem to love them
An year later haha how big are the pots u use ?
@@Ivan-od7bp They are awesome, thanks for asking. Alll of the plants/trees do better in them. No root-bound issues and you can't overwater because it all runs out of the pot. Highly recommend. If you try them, let me know in the thread.
Thank you - you just taught me “smartpots!” I see them now online, and I’ll check my local nursery.
Just this past year I started 3 lemons trees from seed. It's been fun and they have done well, but I'm ready now just to go buy a large plant. Thanks for the great info! 💛🍋
Rebecca Wood Bixler
Patirnce gardening is patience I started three from seeds 🤔
I started mine from seed as well. I did it in April, now l have an almost 10 inches tall plant. Do you have any advice? 😊
Branka Zorić,
FERTILIZE!! I recall a great garden advisor radio show years ago saying, fertilize more often than the label recommends, with a lesser amount of fertilzer or weaker dilution rate. Object being a constant availability of nutrients. That was using straight old-school kind of fertilizer; today's more likely are Organic, time-release stuff that may make this unnecessary. But still, fertilzer should make a difference.
Pruning is probably just as important, and after pinching, the fertilizer will cause faster growth, allowing you to control the basic shape of the tree.
🍋🍊🍋🍊🍋🍊🍋
I’m growing my lemon plant from seeds that were in a lemon that I bought at the grocery store.
@@pompey333 ugh, great advice, thank you! Lol, I saw this comment, and was like no way, I have a lemon in the fridge! 🤣
@@pompey333 by clone you mean propagated?
@@pompey333 Thanks for the information. It’s been fun seeing the plant grow so big from a seed and also watching the honeybees on the flowers when I moved the pot to my garden. Now that I know, I won’t expect a good tasting lemon if I even get one.
One more thing: The fruit will get quite large and stay very dark green. You must be patient! It takes months for the green fruit to turn yellow! I usually harvest mine just as cold weather is beginning to come- late October, early November. The skins of the lemon will turn bright yellow and soften a bit. Give a little tug and it should release from the tree. Enjoy! Nothing like a Meyer Lemon.
I love starting my day with coffee & garden answer 🙌🌸
This is was great information. I will use for transitioning my lemon tree inside this fall. Thank you.
Oh my word! This makes me so happy. I've been devouring "all" the potted citrus"videos and web pages I can get my hands on lately... and then my favourite garden vlogger comes out with a video days later! :-D :-D
My many poor potted citrus have had a hard life 6 years of moving around rental houses waiting for me to move into one of my own in order to plant them. This year they've got lots of deficiencies, because I've been too busy renovating and having surgeries - and this past Summer (it is Winter now) and all my fruit trees were hit with so many the boring and sap sucking bugs... possums and wallabies too. :-( They're very unhappy plants.
Anyway, my story aside: YAY! a Garden Answer video! :-D :-D Thank you guys!
blarghies Greetings from California - having “problems with wallabies” caught my eye as one of the cutest phrases ever, but then, I am not familiar with what actual damage they may do! Wishing you and your citrus trees the very best.
@@OxfordComma47 hehehe! They are wonderful creatures. I absolutely love having macropods on my property. :) wallabies, padamelons, (bettongs), potoroos and possums (different to yours) are like deer, where I live. They will eat every plant they can get their tiny grabby hands on. I'm trying in vein to grow two purple flowering hebes as lollipops and a hedge of variegated pittosporum as a hedge, but they keep getting stripped... The bark is scraped off or stripped, branches broken or rendered useless causingdie back, and the leaves are all gone. :( I used to think olive trees, lavenders and citrus were not eaten by possums (cute little banes of my existence), but they have been eating everything. Sighhhh. People in my area shoot or run over native and escaped animals (Australians aren't great people as a whole) and I refuse to harm them no matter what. I just wish there was something I could spray on the plants that would work! I have electronic animal repellers (emit sounds and leaving lights that they don't like) but they don't seem to help. And brush tail possums will climb over any any fences or through tiny gaps like Toombs from the X Files and wallabies will bound over our cattle fencing. Can't keep them out. 😭😂 Making things grow here is like banging your head on a brick wall. Add to that my destructive geese, ducks, chooks and goat and I realise it is a labour of love with a large helping of frustration and pushing a bike up a steep hill. 😂 :) I ❤️animals and plants.
blarghies Absolutely fascinating. I could spend a month looking all those animals up! Thanks for telling me we have different possums, too, I never would have pictured deer. All the best to you.
@@OxfordComma47 You too :-D
@@blarghies Hi there - loved your comment!! I’m not an Aussie but I’ve vacationed there and have friends there!! They built a ‘sun porch’ on the north side of their house - floor to ceiling windows, half of them open, glass ceiling/roof. Or maybe high impact plastic. They put their garden in there. It’s like a lean-to added to the side of the existing room. Now the windows on that side of the house open into the sunroom - concrete unfinished floor. It’s like putting windows around a side porch. Anyway - lush garden they have!! They have lemon trees and those Aussie limes. Beautiful! And bearing fruit. One is getting so big they’re going to have to do something with it - prune or move somewhere else. And shelving covered with veggies in pots and wooden beds. Maybe you could do that at your place? Good luck with the animals!
I'm in zone 9, central FL, so the climate it perfect for citrus trees, thanks for all the helpful information Laura!
So jealous. If I lived in FL, I'd have a whole grove!
@@DianeCee0 Yes, that is the goal Diane! However, the downside is not many of my favorite plants can grow here and I'm not into the tropical style of garden, go figure, lol!
@@brittanyw.436 How are you doing today my name is Eric moore and how is the weather over there
I too live in Oregon so this is great for me :) wish I would have found it before I repotted my lemon tree. The people at the nursery was not helpful! But it’s still blooming and starting to grow fruit which makes me happy.
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
This video was very clear for me. You've covered everything I needed to know, thank you!
Thanks for this! I am just about to move from Southern California to East Tennessee and I've been trying to research how to still grow a few citrus trees out there. This was the perfect tutorial to clear up my confused mind.
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
I love this lady! All informations she gives are clearly and definitely helpful!❤️
YOU ARE PHENOMINAL. THANK YOU.
Thank you Mrs.!
Thank you for talking about acclimating, I never ever thought about that, not sure why, don't know how many plants over the years I've lost because of that. You are so knowledgeable, I love learning and I learn so much from you, thank you again Laura & Aaron for all you do and share with us in quality
I've watched a lot of citrus replanting/potting videos but this one is by far the best. It has all the needed information. Thank you!
I’ve had my orange “tree” for 3 years and only just have my first real orange that has made it to very nearly ripe stage. Its leaves are so sparse it looks a little like Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree with the orange bending the poor little dude right over. 😂
I love it tho and I’m going savour that one orange when it’s time. 🧡
You put it in a pot?
What a piece! That must have cost a small fortune new. Beautiful work restoring it.
I needed this last Mother's Day. I got an orange tree from my son. I killed it within 3 months. I did everything the tag said, but it died anyway. He went back to giving me hanging baskets. lol Very nice tutorial, full of information. See you in the next one! Oh, would love an update on this once it starts baring fruit.
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
I'm in central Texas. I double pot.
Take a HUGE pot, place another inside. Put felt or dirt between the pots.
They grow very well in our dry, hot summers. And stay warmer in winter.
I'd recommend wearing rubber or nitrile gloves when working in soil. There's things in soil you really don't want in/on your skin
What do you use for the soil mix because double potting plastic pots might hold on to excess moisture?
Thank you so much for this video! I have a 10 yr old blood orange & Meyer lemon in 20” pots and was curious as to whether or not I needed to put them in bigger pots. They seem happy and have produced well, so i didn’t really want to upset them. You’ve validated my choice to leave them alone and I’m appreciative for all the great info you gave today because I have 3 more oranges now to put in pots. 💚🍊🍋
Ah great trees and success you have. Pass it on to others.
Would love to see what your lemon tree looks like now!! Great video. Thank you.
I just planted 2 lime trees and 2 lemon trees tonight. I’m so excited!
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore and how is the weather over there
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore and how is the weather over there
I love your videos! Packed with easy-to-understand information and properly sequenced, get to the point quickly without waffling, everything! Well done. I always enjoy them.
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
Hi
When to prune? Durning the summer when it’s outside or during the winter when it’s indoor?
Thanks
Fabulous. I am ready to grow mine in a pot now. Exited!
🤣😂🥰
I got addicted to your channel! Thanks for great tips.
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore
Thank you for all your tips!
I just bought a Meiwa kumquat and wasn’t sure what kind of pot, but your tips helped me tremendously… thanks!
Thank you very much for such a detailed video, in this time of quarantine I've gotten into gardening and citrus trees are my number one choice. This helps me a looooooooooooot
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
I come from a place where we have in our land Lemon, orange, mango, zapote, cinnamon, cashews tree and now I live in a place rated zone 3 and ur video gave me hopes for citrus tree. Tks Laura. U r awesome, inspiring, u r the best blogger, providing the best and honest info available, thank u.
Perfect timing as usual! I have a Meyer lemon and Key lime tree both in the same pot (FL zone 8b)...the Meyer is loaded with fruit but the key lime is struggling...it blooms then fruits but they fall off after several weeks. I’m thinking I should separate them into separate pots before I lose the key lime altogether. Super informative and inspirational as always! Thanks for all you do!! 💚🍋
Thank you.
Beautiful I love citrus in terracotta pots one of my favorite things! 🌱
Me too. There is something special about that.
@@gioknows Not really! Clay pots forms Molds! They break and Crack easily too.
@@captainamericaamerica8090 My neighbor grew orchids in his greenhouse and only ever used clay pots and they were amazing.
@@gioknows qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq
@@captainamericaamerica8090 yeah but you have to wash them before you soak them and you need to be careful with them lol
Thank you for the tip on planting and caring for your citrus potted plant. I brought mine for the winter into our garage , I also noticed your citrus bio toner is also for avocado trees. I have two potted avocado plants I started from their seed, they are both tropical and doing well but I have not given them any food just water and some sun, they are growing pretty fast.
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
Excellent instructions! How do you keep track of the fertilizing schedules for each plant and area over two acres? A spreadsheet? Thank you for your consistently clear, interesting, beautifully edited videos.
Francie Kennedy s
I just bought a Eureka lemon tree & Mexican key lime tree, this is so helpful thank you so much!! 💛🍋
Very informative! Do you suggest pruning immediately after transferring a new plant to a larger pit?
Thank you so much for this information! I’ve been wanting to try a potted tree but knew nothing about it and I’m a plant care novice. I used to kill every plant I even looked at but thanks to videos from you and CaliKim29 and self sufficient me and a few others I have quite a few healthy plants around!
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
Thanks you for this video very helpful. I have a Meyer lemon tree also. I learned a lot more on the care. Watch your videos all the time. Love 💐 like you and plants. I have to stop myself from going anywhere that has plants, because I end up bringing home more plants.
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
Great video!
Very well done!
Looking forward to watching my lemon tree and lime tree grow thru the seasons!
Thank you so much for this video! I can grow most plants well but I manage to kill off citrus. Now I have a little bit better of an idea of how to take care of them. I might expand and add a lime and orange tree next year 😁
That was amazingly helpful for me thank you ever so much. I'm in Canada and I'm really appreciating all of your canter. I think you're wonderful.
This is super helpful! I want to buy a lemon tree for my apartment to keep in the balcony but I was wondering about pruning, mites, and sufficient sun exposure. This clarified a lot.
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
Great info! Thank you . I rescued a very sad lookingMeyer Lemon from box store. I repotted it and it took off and more than doubled in size thru the summer. Now to nurse it thru winter.
Great tips. You make gardening look effortless.
I love the way you explain for an amateur like me. Good work thank you!!
Thanks! I have 2 lemon trees in pots i grew from seed here in s. Michigan that go in and out. Last year a tree frog came in with them so no bug problems
How are they going?
So glad I found you! Love your honesty...."it's a pain".....!! Just pulled my Myer Lemon inside. I read you should remove fruit in the first couple of years. My little guy is covered in them and I want them!!
I would love to see updates on the trees and if they are bearing fruit or not. I feel like I’ve seen you plant fruit trees or bushes but never got a good update of having success or not with them.
I don't think she will. When I used just potting mix a lot of my citrus plants get stunned and die.. the potting soil retains too much water. I have a meyer lemon doing very, very well. It soil composition is mainly bark, mulch, compost and some perlite, vermiculite and sand
Me as well. Is anybody actually getting fruit from their indoor lime or avocado trees?
@@CaptainKurtAnnapolis mine are young but I'd say no because I don't get enough light indoors or outdoors because of the way the yard is. Otherwise, I think I would have much better plants in general. I get sun usually between 7am-2pm and not all of it is strong direct light. The rest is shaded and it's simply not enough full strength light to grow as much as I want and then indoors is a nightmare. So...fruit not happening soon for me.
Kurt Greening--
I just read something today, about Avocados being self pollinating, but that the window when the flower is open, is only for a couple hours per day for only three or four days! I am going to start another one from a pit, hopefully they can do what nature wants without intervention from me. Oh, they also said pot-grown trees won't fruit. 😯 However I refuse to believe that, and I'm going to try anyway!! There's lots of info online, and I'm sure there must be a "Growing Avocados in Pots" video on YT.
She has an update video
I always add soil, push to the side to make a well, add the pot with plant in it, adding more soil if needed . Then gently you remove plant from pot and ba-da-bing. It always fits perfectly! Thanks for another great video!
I do this too. Perfect way to do it. Far less disturbance of the root ball leading to far less chance of transplant "shock" for sensitive plants.
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore and how is the weather over there
@@ericmoore9126 hello, Eric. Rain in morning, sunny and felt like 73 with a light wind from the south..
@@bkrbkrl I watch Laura just shove them in and don’t see how she covers the roots. Do you?
@@knoophouse the weather over there is good so where are you from
Could you provide a link for the light you pictured? I found an Aspect lighting but no light like the one pictured. Thanks
I was just gifted a dwarf key lime tree thank you for this video I found it very helpful 👍
Great tips Laura! 😃💚 We have a couple of citrus trees including a Lisbon tree. Hope to get a Meyers tree soon Have a lovely day! 😃💐💚💚💚💚💚💚
Thanks for the VERY informative and helpful video. I'm all excited! Going shopping today for lemon trees!
I have watched a few of your videos on growing citrus in pots and followed your advice. As well as some comments from others. I topdressed my container with better soil mix, and fertilized with some citric espoma. I have an Improved Meyers Lemon and after about 2 weeks, the tree reacted terrific! It's been COVERED in blooms for weeks! I've never seen such progress! Well, in the last 4 days, the leaves have been turning yellow. It's in a sunny window and is watered. I just wanted to see if you had thoughts as to why. I don't water it every day, maybe not even once a week. I've been busy. Could it be my watering? It's been getting warmer here in North TX, but then we have cool snaps. Maybe I just need to move it outside. Thank you in advance.
I followed your instructions & was about to start my own RUclips channel ! Thank u!
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been trying to grow a lemon and lime inside for a year and they have produced. I’m struggling with pruning them so that they form into a tree shape. Please oh please do a video on pruning citrus!!!! 🙏
According to my books, citrus don't really like being pruned. The books say only to remove the essential 3Ds (dead, diseased & dying branches) & any branch that starts to grow below the graft. Shame I didn't read before I cut. lol.
How is your tree doing now? Any advice after a year has gone by?
Love your videos. Here goes nothing. Just picked up a Meyer lemon tree. A house warming gift. I’m new to the Bay Area so the climate is new to me. It’s been extremely dry here. I think it has rained a handful of times within a year. However, I do get fog and more wind than I expected. The plan is to have it in a pot until my landscaping is completed. Once done I will plant it in the ground. It will be at least a year wait. I have almost everything I need and hopefully I won’t kill it beforehand.
Aaron-We love your graphics
Thank you 🙏
Yes!!!! You guys are in tune with our, "the viewers" needs!
Thank you! Great information. My Meyer lemon tree is behaving as you described, so now I know what to do!
And... I am going to pot my next citrus trees!!
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
Just bought a meyer lemon tree standard and was very pleased with this video!
Phillips sells grow bulbs that fit into a standard light socket for floor and table lamps as well.
Oh, wow, I didn't know that. Have never used grow lights, but plan to for the first time this winter...
Coffee with Laura and citrus tree information how wonderful! This is another item that I think would be fun to grow at our center so will be looking into how had where we can do this. Thank you so much Laura!!!!
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
I love your content ❤
I’m growing my own herbs this year, I’m tired of buying from the store. Do you mind sharing a good soil or soil mix for herbs? I’m buying a planter raised bed.
Thank you!
Ifi8fi8fii mini ifi mkf ñx my nndjnnñç iddjkjjid in jrikxiijI'd. Nbb lfii I'll d ttt pi ifi lookfjikñrjfj
. Xmkckmlfnnnnn njrjjjnññnnnnnnc nnnnnnñcnxxmndknjnmv nnnñnkjrjddj jgnnñ r j4 lll I'll kjf trrr xo niiidjpd jjkrrjnndijjjjkjfrjoj d lol link jjii milk i I'll j firrfffffffc I'm j iiiiiiiijj 8r j ôIi 8 jiinñcfddñ nnnndrño on I'll nfdijdxnxnnkdffiimdiiikrikrikdí mom k know offmy pi mxkdiddl pi. Cdniôkdijdid I'll dôikdkd I'll look kdikdirjifjíiridir I'll irdi ikddôdkddi I'lldxdx irjrrrrkkkkikiilklookiríikdd pool ôjr
Comprehensive, highly educational and to the point. Brilliant. Thanks
I've been growing a mandarin orange tree for several years and this is the first year that I'll be able to harvest ripe fruit. At my previous house the squirrels would start eating the oranges when they reached about 1" in diameter.
Little bassturds 😄
My citrus trees are the only edible items in my yard that the birds, squirrels and raccoons leave alone. Your past squirrels would drive me nuts.
Thank you! I potted up a lime and lemon tree that grew on my porch all summer. Now in my sunroom, zone 6a, I have 7 lemons 🍋 and lime blooms. Now I’m working on putting the fig in the ground from a container. Any videos on figs?
Love this channel. I stumbled upon it one night recently and ow I’m getting into gardening and have already bought a greenhouse 😂
Such an addictive hobby!
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
Fantastic video! I have a handful of lemon seeds germinating right now. I’ll have to come back to this in a few years.
Its like you could read my mind!!! I needed this video Laura, thank you so much!1
Same!
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for this video!!! This was my Q &A question that did not get picked but am so happy that you did a full video on growing citrus trees in containers. Can't wait to get my tree now - Zone 10b - SoCal beach area.
May I ask how your tree is doing now after some time? I’m thinking about planting one.
How are you doing today my name is Ericmoore and how is the weather over there
Thanks so much Laura, I’ve been wanting to plant a Myers Lemon in a pot or in the ground and that was a lot of good information.
Merry Christmas to you, Aaron, Benjamin and Samantha Grace. Have a great Christmas.
Thank you for this one. I'm so inspired by you! I'm in my second year of potted citrus trees. I was wondering if I was doing ok. You covered almost enough to know what I am doing right and wrong. Can you please update with pruning for these plants? When? How?
ct2013 Just cut the sick or dry branches and those branches which grow on the bark (uneccessary shootings) . Don't prune in hot summer or very cold winter. I have a big tree in the garden. I live in Greece.
Great video! And perfect timing because I’m about to repot my 3’ tall fig tree! On the citrus fertilizer, I’ve got Jobe’s not-time-released Organics Granular Garden Fertilizer for fruit and citrus, but have been reluctant to use it because some say it stinks horribly (contains chicken manure) and doesn’t dissipate.
I’ve had my Soltec Aspect canister light for years and really love it. The only issue is it’s not very powerful unless it’s very close to the plants. Fortunately, I just received my new grow light shelving system from Amazon so hope to achieve better results soon!
Im bout to give up this year and just watch you garden lol. The slugs this year are insane !!! I've been through a whole container of slug bait this month . Taking a break from ducks and chickens to garden has backfired this year. Considering putting ducks in a tractor...
Let the ducks free range to eat the slugs!
Ducks love slugs, so we all need more ducks!!!
Great tips! I have a lemon tree that produced a lot of lemons last year. The only insects that I deal with are spider mites but I spray them with neem oil which seems to work. I do have my lemon tree in ground. My orange tree has taken a long time to produce oranges I finally have two oranges I'm hoping for more. As far as fertilizer I started using citrus tone by Espoma. Thanks for the video 💚🍋🌳
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore and how is the weather over there
Who else thinks that Laura should make a series of cooking videos as an addition to her gardening channel
where she would use all her fresh produce to make delicious food?!😋
🌱It would be great to see how Laura uses her fresh fruits and vegetables in her kitchen!🌱
🍋Your lemon tree is so beautiful, I wish I had one!🍋
🍋🍓🍏🍎🥕🥒I love your videos!🌿🍃💐🌷🌸🌺
How much bigger do you think the new pot should be compared to old pot?
Exactly what i needed. Thank you Laura and Aaron!
I love the ceiling grow light over your tree. Can you tell me where you got it?
Did you happen to find out where to get it?