Epic Gardening I bought a size 5ft tree in November......I almost killed it until last month when I hung up a supplemental light on my ceiling, I lost over 100 leaves now I see little new growths appearing at various nodes that I believe will be flowers in the next few weeks
Great video brother. If you do not mind, here's some advice. As a master gardener and specialized in citrus, especially grown in containers. You at some point need to have drainage holes. This is imperative to the health and life of the tree. Just as citrus do not like to sit in a pool of water. That container not having drainage holes will allow the water to be stagnant and stinking. This will only attract gnats and make life for the roots a living hell. Be sure that the feeder roots on top of the root ball sit just above the soil line. This is very important brother. Those feeder roots catches any moisture from above and allows the root system to breath. Another note, do not prune your citrus for the first 2-3 years. Trust me on that. The citrus trees does not like to be pruned like fruit trees. So please allow the branches to form for those required years as they also protect the bottom trunk of the tree from the scorching summer heat. Yes, thin your tree of excess fruit to allow the root system to develop. Allow the soil to slightly dry out between watering also. Take care and Hope this helps.
I made my own soil, it seems to be liking it so far. I used a 75/25 mix give or take of bark mulch chips and Turface MVP (calcinized clay that is used in baseball fields). It drains super fast and both clay and bark hold on to nutrients and water. Whats your opinion?
thank you both for your precious advices. I bought my Meyer Lemon tree from costco last year. it came with fruits last year and lots of flowers , but unfortunately did come up with any new fruits. I pick the old fruists and made lemonade with it, really good. This spring I brought it out to the sund deck and doing well, lots of new leaves and few flowers came out. but too bad i didn't read your advice soon enough. I just prune my lemon tree yesterday.
great day! just planning my citrus orchard as i love anything citrus. id appreciate it if you can refer me to whatever reading i should do regarding citrus in general. mygreathaks
My inground Meyer Lemon is 10 years old. It was 2 ft tall. Now it is 15 ft tall and produces lemons in October. Over 200 of them. I live in the central florida area. Fantastic tree !!!
I wish I could have citrus outside year round!!! Unfortunately we get freezing temps for a short time where I am and I have to wheel them inside for a good few months. I also have to be careful about our classic “fake spring” that we have like five times in March thru may lol
My house in Orange Co. close to Winter Park and U.C.F. had been on an orange grove. They tried to tear out all the trees, but we had two in the side yard. I miss those beautiful juicy oranges.
I use organic citrus fertilizer and avocado trees . In the spring to wake the plant up I add Alaskan fish fertilizer. I applied down to earth citrus every 3 months, just less in fall and winter..
I've been growing my meyers lemon in a 10gal fabric pot for 2 years now and we just got our first harvest. They're HUGE fruits and so delicious. But I wanted to leave a tip here to thin out your fruit early in the season to avoid weighing down your branches enough to break. We barely avoided disaster this year by leaving too many lemons to ripen and though we got a huge harvest, I really felt the stress of worrying about the branches snapping.
My family had an orange grove in Monrovia in the 1930’s, and thankfully I still have the crate label. My childhood home was built on an old citrus orchard and when they dug to put in a 2nd sewer line- they hit large clay “pipes”. Apparently these pipes were used to water at root level for the orchards. We also had smudge pots everywhere. We had the original Meyer lemon tree on our property which was way sweeter than the improved version, but unfortunately it died last year. I’ve also learned that you can easily, on accident, bonsai a citrus tree using a felt pot. They’re very tough trees, and I would encourage anyone in SoCal to grow them instead of ornamental parkway trees. ]
I am in SW France and have had my Meyer Lemon in a pot for 16 years now. Currently it is laden down with fruit. I repotted it every 5 years for the first 10, then just change the top soil every year. I use a Bokashi system and use the liquid to fertilise it. I bring it in from November to April as the temp drops and it sits happily by floor to ceiling South facing windows. Very interesting thanks for the Vid. Hope you're going to put drainage holes in that pot
8:04 I have a meyer lemon about this size, from nature hills, purchased in 2019. So its about 3 years old at this point. I am amazed just how much its blooming and fruiting, and have dozens of clusters of 5, 6 7 fruits tat I am trimming back to 2 per cluster as you mention here. I wait until the fruit sets, and keep the strongest looking. Very happy that 2 years of caring for my container meyer lemon tree is paying off this year :)
I recieved this as a gift last season and it has been quite the challenge. I scoured the internet for videos and I have pruned it in the worst way. I could have used this last season but I’m glad I have someone to badger with questions now!!
Perfectly timed for me. I’ve got a Meyer lemon tree here in Nova Scotia that has just successfully weathered it’s second winter indoors. A few questions I hope are addressed in Part 2. Why do some indoor, container-grown lemon plants have brown tips at the end of the leaf? How does one know it’s time to transplant into a bigger container? Thanks.
I just found your channel as a suggestion in my feed and I love the way you are very clear and concise with the information giving the good and bad. I have been binge watching several and realized I needed to subscribe! Thank you for sharing all your lessons and information, it's much appreciated and educational!
I had finally gotten 6 lemons from mine and made lemon ginger marmalade! So delicious! But then I nearly lost mine to scale. I’m hoping you will address how to, not only treat, but fully overcome those hideous little suckers!😁
I have 2 Meyer lemons and a lime tree, all in containers. I thought the lemons needed repotting but when I removed the plant I realized the roots were NOT healthy, and it didn’t really need a new pot so I just gave it new (cactus) soil and right back into the nursery pot. Now the leaves are yellowing .... the soil feels damp to me so I’m waiting to water again. Both plants produced lemons for me, but they always seem near death until they go outside in the summer MOF one plant lost every single leaf and then it came back to life!!!! My citrus enjoy the NE humidity and my southern exposure. I’m looking forward to the rest of this series and was excited when I saw the topic. Good luck with your new lemon it’s beautiful and those roots 👍👍I wouldn’t have used the pot without drainage because I need all the help I can get. My lime is starting to fruit now; I know you’re right about fruit pruning but when is the time to decide? I think I’ll wait until they get a bit larger. I actually learned about fruit pruning when my tomatoe plants collapsed from some very large Roma plum tomatoes. Thanks for this series.
Would love to see a follow up of this, I just started growing a lemon and a lime tree this season. I’m keeping them in the greenhouse because I’m in Washington state, and our weather is a little unpredictable in spring.
@Ms Lou22 Put your citrus tree in a greenhouse or someplace where it's very moist and the greenhouse temp. is kept around 45-50 degrees during the winter months. (By the way, Citrus prefers strong sunlight, not house light or grow lights.) This is a tropical plant and it wants sun light and humidity. With the temp above 45+ degrees, this will stimulate your plant to start blooming in the winter months, and this is what you want. Your citrus will start flowing like crazy; Flowers produce fruit. Also, citrus trees ARE VERY HEAVY FEEDERS!....they love compost, worms, manure(not cat or dog), coffee grounds, and kitchen scraps. Feed it a lot through out the year! Lastly, citrus love real ground soil amended with sand and compost.....not potting mix. Potting mix is like junk food for the citrus tree. In fact, most citrus prefer growing in ground soil around your house rather in the pot, and your fruit will taste so much better. It'll grow in the pot, but it just doesn't do as well and the plant will start showing yellow leaves now in then. It's cannibalizing itself trying to get minerals and nutrients and thus yellow leaves. Good luck! P.S. watch leadfarmer73 for more advice.
Just bought an “Improved” Meyer Lemon tree, had about 30 citrus several years ago but only one remains due to citrus greening (Florida). Excited to try a citrus resistant to the virus. Appreciate the video!
I have been wanting to plant a lemon tree for the past couple yrs but fear has been stopping me. Thank you for being the source (time and time again) of info to help build my confidence
I literally just bought a Meyers lemon AND a container to grow it in two days ago. But I haven’t put it together because I want to make sure I’m using the right soil. I bought a beautiful glazed pottery container that is deep and not wide since the tree is only in a one gallon pot to begin with and I figured something bigger really isn’t that necessary. I’ll go get some of that cactus soil as an addition to the compost I plan to grow it in, I’m mainly concerned with the ph of the soil for this little tree. Thanks so much for this video. Have an awesome day!
Thank you. I am a new to San Diego. My order for a lemon tree from FastcGrowing Trees was cancelled stating they don't deliver to California. You were lucky. I moved to San Diego in 2020 from Florida waited till now for COVID 19 to slow.
Haha, I ended up getting my raspberries and they are blooming for the first time. Today was the first bloom on them. I am really mad because the Meyer lemon was doing fine until we got flooded :( It’s dead now
Will be trying a meyer lemon in Las Vegas. I bought a line tree at costco, first to try out, in a container, southern outside wall of the house, and semi covered.
i learned with under watering a citrus the leaves curl down and with over watering they curl up. i have some small citrus trees and they seem to like it when i let ground dry quit far until some leaves turn yellow then i give them quit some water. every time when the plants go quit dry some leave turn yellow but also fresh leaves appear and the tree seems to make a growth spurt which continues a few weeks after watering.
This is super timely as I just bought one last weekend! Mine has several sweet smelling flowers. So sweet in fact that my whole lanai smells lovely especially at night. Some of the flowers are starting to brown and shed. What should I do with the branch that's holding them? When do I start pruning? I'm not sure if any of the little nodes I see are THE lemons, or just part of the flowering mechanism.
I have a lemon plant that i grew from a seed and i have sadly abused it sometimes by forgeting to water it but it always came back. i've had it for 5+ years
Hello, Thank you so much for all of your growing tips and your calm nature - I live in Las Cruces NM in zone 8 but a or b I don’t know, I had a lemon tree in a pot and I grew it mostly indoors and it produced 6 lemons this summer I put it outside & at one point it didn’t do well all the leaves dried and fell off but the lemons didn’t drop they were still ripening -I decided to plant it on the side where the sun rises against our brick house to avoid the hot weather of the desert - and what do you know it’s sprouting more leaves than it’s ever had and the fruit is still ripening - before planting I amended the soil w cactus soil and potting soil, its doing well, we had 3 days of monsoon rain and I think it loves its new home - winter will be an issue, most of our winter days are in the 50 & 60´s & last year we had 15 nights where it dropped to 15 but only for a few hrs at night - I know I’ll have to protect the tree - any suggestions ????
Nobody mentioned that container-grown citrus is very prone to scale, mealies, and even spider mites. Every citrus tree that I have lost have been because of one of those three insects, not because of over/under watering or lack of light.
We have been using "Monterey LG 6299 Horticultural Oil Concentrate" to prevent scale, aphids, spider mites, mealybugs. If your tree is already infested you just need to remove the dead branches and use "Monterey LG6240 Take Down Garden Spray" . We also apply "Monterey Liqui-cop" as a dormant spray for all edibles and fruit trees.
I read something that said putting fertilier in the hole discourages the roots from reaching out for nutrients. So for planting to establish in the ground it might not be recomender, but it might actually help in this case.
Just FYI that pot is a Chinese famille rose fish bowl from Canton (Guangzhou), that's why there are fish decorations inside. Normally I would be against drilling holes on these since so many of them are pretty old. . . in this case drill away since it looks pretty new.
Former San Diego girl here :) I now live in Ponte Vedra, FL (NE FL), and bought a mini Meyer lemon tree today, hoping to keep it in a pot, since for some odd reason, whenever I try to transplant, my plants die :( Will be starting some seedlings in a few weeks, need to wait for the hottest part of this lovely Florida summer to pass, so as not to anger my plants.
Hey, Kevin, does the same care apply to a lime (or dwarf lime) tree? I’ve dreamt of having my own ever since I cared for my neighbors’ when they went out of town from grades 3-11! I finally have a home environment suitable for one including a great grow light!
I take my pruned branches and put them in moist potting soil. A few sprout and make new trees. There are videos on how to do it and it is fairly simple.
I got my Meyer last year winter. Had a few buds but they dropped off. Ugh. I made sure it had blood meal lite fertilizer peat perlite cactus and garden soil mix. Now it's budding like crazy and I'm so excited!😊🌈 Thanks for the great tips. I'm here northern California.
I grew up with a beautiful giant lemon tree at my grandmother’s house. Unfortunately, it was traumatized and died thanks to a landscaper that apparently didn’t know what they we doing. 🙄 I just bought a Meyer this past weekend and I’m so excited to get lemons! I live in Florida so citrus fruits are easy peasy here. Lol
I love your videos. They are informative, easy and great tutorials for someone just learning. I also really love how you have different videos for different growing conditions. Thank you.
You can drill drainage wholes in ceramic containers with a masonry drill bit if you put some masking tape on both sides of the pot first it is extra safe to prevent cracking.
This will be my fourth attempt (3 epic failures). I also got mine from fast growing trees but this time I bought a 1 year warranty . The video was super helpful especially the part about pruning those 3 little baby lemons I’ve got down to two. I’ll muster up the strength tomorrow. Thank you. Looking forward to part 2. Wish me luck
I’d love to get updates on how to prune the branches! I live in Canada and have a ponderosa lemon tree that I bring in to overwinter. I grow orchids, so messing with the roots makes me sweat bullets 😆
I ordered from fast growing trees, the Meyer lemon tree is healthy, but small! My Hoss Avocado tree, is a little weak looking! My elderberry tree has jumped! I’m going to take video and following the growth of my purchase closely! I also ordered a small ginger plant from them! Wish me luck!
That's funny, we bought a Meyer Lemon tree about five years ago from Pam's Fast Growing Trees. We live in Seattle, which is not ideal for these trees, but it is about five feet tall and stays on our south facing back patio and gets a good amount of sun light. Wish we lived further south since our growing season isn't great. We get about three or four lemons per year, I know, not much, but they are very flavor-full and end up in our drinks/aperitifs.
For lemon tree watering in dry climates (like San Diego), I advise to use an olla + drip irrigation. Although a simple olla added to the soil would suffice. Saves you lots of water !
1-2ft used to be $40 on fast growing trees. Three years later it’s $70! These are very difficult to grow inside after they have spent their life in a greenhouse or outdoors. I bought a beautiful tree from a local nursery. It did not drop leaves for a few weeks. Then it lost almost all but 13. It would grow little lemons but they would fall off. I know they do not grow true from seed, but I’m going to try and grow hem in self watering pots from this go around. Hopefully it will provide the stability I need to grow this tree indoors.
I've grew a meyer lemon tree for five years from a tiny plant. Potted. Big, beautiful tree., but produces no fruit! It flowers, but it flowers sporadically. I learned it should be pruned regularly last year. I wish I could show a picture of it. I may upload a video of it. I have a lime tree that won't grow beyond a stub but grows leaves... it was my mother's. She kept it in a tiny pot. It's a 6 year old plant b ut actually grew a lime years ago.
My meyer lemon just grown in black plastic bag or we call it polybag. Just harvest 2 times, Lemon very healthy and big lemon. My fertilizer is chicken mannure and organic liquid fertilizer (home made) The soil i use the garden soil around my garden only. I should put in big pot but don't have much time. Maybe next time waiting until no more lemon and put it in better pot. Thank you for sharing🙏❤😀
Congrata for the flowering my buddy. By Flowering your tree is telling you that you arw doing thinga great. Remember to feed it well to get goos crop, you can also pollinate the flowers by hand with qtip
you're in SD? sorry I just found this video randomly as I brought a couple tangerine seeds back from Portugal and am picking up tips on citrus growing, and I just moved to SD! Thanks for the video
No. Just lightly fertilize once u have buds growing.Sprinkle a handful of the veggie fruit fertilizer pellets from Lowes over the top of the soil. I put in the soil peat moss perlite blood meal and garden soil before I put my Meyer in the pot used 18 inch pot after that put some mulch on top the soil to protect it frim bugs and dry air. I live upstairs apt and it's on my balcony. Last week it's got tons of buds!! When they open I'll have tiny lemons thru the flowers! So excited 😊!!
I live in Florida and you would think I could easily grow a lemon tree. I have a huge papaya tree, grown from seeds just thrown on the ground last year, that has huge fruit already. I have a beautiful mango tree that has no mangoes and a lemon tree that looks healthy but no flowers or lemons. I also somehow managed to kill a lemon tree last summer - still don’t know what happened. It got full sun all day but it just kept getting worse. I have a suspicion my husband overwatered it - he thinks all plants and trees need tons of water every day. I’m going to try again this year and get a grafted tree from a nursery, and tell my husband to leave it alone. Wish me luck! (By the way, I’m a lemonaholic - love the stuff and put it in everything!)
Awesome! I've got one in the ground - we're sort of at the northern range here of growing citrus and it did get a bit damaged from an early freeze we had here in November, but it's almost through its second winter so I'm hopeful. I've also got a kumquat in a pot, which is great, but I plan on putting another in the ground as the one in the pot doesn't produce as much fruit as I'd like (you can never have enough kumquats :P).
I just brought my first Meyer Lemon tree today, I’m excited ~ I will be planting in a container ~ Can you tell me what your used for fertilizer when you were planting it (please) Thank you
I just bought a Meyer lemon tree. Potted it in pot with drainage holes. How long would it take to fruit. Bought from Home Depot on sale in early July? What should I be looking for? Thank you for making videos to help other gardeners
Hi Kevin, it’s always a joy to be alerted of a new vid from you!👍🏻. As always, very informative and well explained. Would this information be applicable to growing orange trees in a pot? I’m in England so not as fortunate as you, weather wise!😀
Hi Kevin. Can you please introduce how to use coffee powder for indoor plants in one episode in the future? I tried to use coffee power and it didn't work and it generated and attracted some kinds of disgusting insects in soils as well as some small flies.....:(
Please advise. My lemon tree is five foot tall it is in green house it is easy 4 year old I have never seen flowers or fruit the only thing it's got is big thorns. It's really green and healthy looking I live in England
I have a lemon tree in a pot and it’s six or eight years old never bloomed since I didn’t know anything about kind of soil or pruning. Please help me if you can. Thanks for guiding.interesting show.loved it😁
DON'T WORRY everyone I'll be drilling holes...take a deep breath :)
Do you feel the size is reasonable? Several places sell lemon trees but they are scrawny little things that don't survive...
What I like is you can buy various sizes, even up to 4-5' there if you want a more established tree
@@epicgardening Thanks for your valuable time and efforts making interesting videos!!!
Epic Gardening I bought a size 5ft tree in November......I almost killed it until last month when I hung up a supplemental light on my ceiling, I lost over 100 leaves now I see little new growths appearing at various nodes that I believe will be flowers in the next few weeks
Thank goodness! Thought you were crazy to put a tree in a pot without drainage.
Great video brother. If you do not mind, here's some advice. As a master gardener and specialized in citrus, especially grown in containers. You at some point need to have drainage holes. This is imperative to the health and life of the tree. Just as citrus do not like to sit in a pool of water. That container not having drainage holes will allow the water to be stagnant and stinking. This will only attract gnats and make life for the roots a living hell. Be sure that the feeder roots on top of the root ball sit just above the soil line. This is very important brother. Those feeder roots catches any moisture from above and allows the root system to breath. Another note, do not prune your citrus for the first 2-3 years. Trust me on that. The citrus trees does not like to be pruned like fruit trees. So please allow the branches to form for those required years as they also protect the bottom trunk of the tree from the scorching summer heat. Yes, thin your tree of excess fruit to allow the root system to develop. Allow the soil to slightly dry out between watering also. Take care and Hope this helps.
I'll likely drill some into this pot later on brother! Very much appreciate that advice my friend.
I made my own soil, it seems to be liking it so far. I used a 75/25 mix give or take of bark mulch chips and Turface MVP (calcinized clay that is used in baseball fields). It drains super fast and both clay and bark hold on to nutrients and water.
Whats your opinion?
thank you both for your precious advices. I bought my Meyer Lemon tree from costco last year. it came with fruits last year and lots of flowers , but unfortunately did come up with any new fruits. I pick the old fruists and made lemonade with it, really good. This spring I brought it out to the sund deck and doing well, lots of new leaves and few flowers came out. but too bad i didn't read your advice soon enough. I just prune my lemon tree yesterday.
great day! just planning my citrus orchard as i love anything citrus. id appreciate it if you can refer me to whatever reading i should do regarding citrus in general. mygreathaks
How do i know when the soil is slightly dried out
My inground Meyer Lemon is 10 years old. It was 2 ft tall. Now it is 15 ft tall and produces lemons in October. Over 200 of them. I live in the central florida area. Fantastic tree !!!
I wish I could have citrus outside year round!!! Unfortunately we get freezing temps for a short time where I am and I have to wheel them inside for a good few months. I also have to be careful about our classic “fake spring” that we have like five times in March thru may lol
How often do you feed it?
My house in Orange Co. close to Winter Park and U.C.F. had been on an orange grove. They tried to tear out all the trees, but we had two in the side yard. I miss those beautiful juicy oranges.
I got my lemon tree when I was 12 years old 1996. I pot it in a 25 gal clay pot. it still with me dropping lemons in 2020....
What do you fertilize with abd how much fertilizer?
Wow! I wish to be like that. Have my plants live with me my whole life.
I use organic citrus fertilizer and avocado trees . In the spring to wake the plant up I add Alaskan fish fertilizer. I applied down to earth citrus every 3 months, just less in fall and winter..
Sweet!
I've been growing my meyers lemon in a 10gal fabric pot for 2 years now and we just got our first harvest. They're HUGE fruits and so delicious. But I wanted to leave a tip here to thin out your fruit early in the season to avoid weighing down your branches enough to break. We barely avoided disaster this year by leaving too many lemons to ripen and though we got a huge harvest, I really felt the stress of worrying about the branches snapping.
What soil and fertilizer did you use?
@@magelin great question! I'd like to know as well.
My family had an orange grove in Monrovia in the 1930’s, and thankfully I still have the crate label. My childhood home was built on an old citrus orchard and when they dug to put in a 2nd sewer line- they hit large clay “pipes”. Apparently these pipes were used to water at root level for the orchards. We also had smudge pots everywhere. We had the original Meyer lemon tree on our property which was way sweeter than the improved version, but unfortunately it died last year. I’ve also learned that you can easily, on accident, bonsai a citrus tree using a felt pot. They’re very tough trees, and I would encourage anyone in SoCal to grow them instead of ornamental parkway trees. ]
I wonder why your Meyer lemon died? Since they are hardy trees I thought.
I am in SW France and have had my Meyer Lemon in a pot for 16 years now. Currently it is laden down with fruit. I repotted it every 5 years for the first 10, then just change the top soil every year. I use a Bokashi system and use the liquid to fertilise it. I bring it in from November to April as the temp drops and it sits happily by floor to ceiling South facing windows. Very interesting thanks for the Vid. Hope you're going to put drainage holes in that pot
I’ve had my Meyer lemon in a pot for 24 years.
How big is it? How big is the pot.
Holy moly
Vicky Arvanitis i keep it pruned to be a small Bush. Maybe 2 1/2 feet tall by 3 feet wide.
how wide is the trunk of your lemon tree greg?
carmine petracca not very wide. Maybe 3-4 inches. It’s a dwarf Meyer lemon.
I just received my tree on Saturday, I'm new at this so I will need all the help I can get.
Can we get your potted lemon update?! I so want to start one this year.
8:04 I have a meyer lemon about this size, from nature hills, purchased in 2019. So its about 3 years old at this point. I am amazed just how much its blooming and fruiting, and have dozens of clusters of 5, 6 7 fruits tat I am trimming back to 2 per cluster as you mention here. I wait until the fruit sets, and keep the strongest looking. Very happy that 2 years of caring for my container meyer lemon tree is paying off this year :)
I recieved this as a gift last season and it has been quite the challenge. I scoured the internet for videos and I have pruned it in the worst way. I could have used this last season but I’m glad I have someone to badger with questions now!!
From pittsburgh, just picked 5 a few months ago! Should be getting a lot more next year
Amazing
do you take it indoors in winter ?
Finally a decent video by epic gardening🥰
Perfectly timed for me. I’ve got a Meyer lemon tree here in Nova Scotia that has just successfully weathered it’s second winter indoors. A few questions I hope are addressed in Part 2. Why do some indoor, container-grown lemon plants have brown tips at the end of the leaf? How does one know it’s time to transplant into a bigger container? Thanks.
Good question!
I just found your channel as a suggestion in my feed and I love the way you are very clear and concise with the information giving the good and bad. I have been binge watching several and realized I needed to subscribe! Thank you for sharing all your lessons and information, it's much appreciated and educational!
Don't recommend planting in a container with a lip. It will make it a nightmare when repoting or root trimming. Also must have drainage holes.
I'll be drilling holes in this container :)
Very happy you are doing a series on meyer lemon trees. I just received my meyer lemon tree and key lime tree this week!
I just bought a pink lemonade lemon and will be putting it in a container. It’s a beautiful lemon tree.
I planted a few pink lemon seeds a few months ago! Theyre growing their second set of leaves as we speak! How are yours coming along?
@@shanleyshoupe7873 so far it’s been doing well. It faced some shock from coming into the house for the winter. No fruits because it is young tree.
I had finally gotten 6 lemons from mine and made lemon ginger marmalade! So delicious! But then I nearly lost mine to scale. I’m hoping you will address how to, not only treat, but fully overcome those hideous little suckers!😁
I have 2 Meyer lemons and a lime tree, all in containers. I thought the lemons needed repotting but when I removed the plant I realized the roots were NOT healthy, and it didn’t really need a new pot so I just gave it new (cactus) soil and right back into the nursery pot. Now the leaves are yellowing .... the soil feels damp to me so I’m waiting to water again. Both plants produced lemons for me, but they always seem near death until they go outside in the summer MOF one plant lost every single leaf and then it came back to life!!!! My citrus enjoy the NE humidity and my southern exposure. I’m looking forward to the rest of this series and was excited when I saw the topic. Good luck with your new lemon it’s beautiful and those roots 👍👍I wouldn’t have used the pot without drainage because I need all the help I can get. My lime is starting to fruit now; I know you’re right about fruit pruning but when is the time to decide? I think I’ll wait until they get a bit larger. I actually learned about fruit pruning when my tomatoe plants collapsed from some very large Roma plum tomatoes. Thanks for this series.
I hear you on the struggles! Glad to hear it's recovering for you
Would love to see a follow up of this, I just started growing a lemon and a lime tree this season. I’m keeping them in the greenhouse because I’m in Washington state, and our weather is a little unpredictable in spring.
@Ms Lou22 Put your citrus tree in a greenhouse or someplace where it's very moist and the greenhouse temp. is kept around 45-50 degrees during the winter months. (By the way, Citrus prefers strong sunlight, not house light or grow lights.) This is a tropical plant and it wants sun light and humidity. With the temp above 45+ degrees, this will stimulate your plant to start blooming in the winter months, and this is what you want. Your citrus will start flowing like crazy; Flowers produce fruit. Also, citrus trees ARE VERY HEAVY FEEDERS!....they love compost, worms, manure(not cat or dog), coffee grounds, and kitchen scraps. Feed it a lot through out the year! Lastly, citrus love real ground soil amended with sand and compost.....not potting mix. Potting mix is like junk food for the citrus tree. In fact, most citrus prefer growing in ground soil around your house rather in the pot, and your fruit will taste so much better. It'll grow in the pot, but it just doesn't do as well and the plant will start showing yellow leaves now in then. It's cannibalizing itself trying to get minerals and nutrients and thus yellow leaves. Good luck! P.S. watch leadfarmer73 for more advice.
@@SladeMacGregor Thank you for these tips, this year was I struggle. However I’ll putting taking out of there pot and feeding them more. Thanks
Just bought an “Improved” Meyer Lemon tree, had about 30 citrus several years ago but only one remains due to citrus greening (Florida). Excited to try a citrus resistant to the virus. Appreciate the video!
Can you please tell me what gallon pot that is? Thanks! I bought a Meyer Lemon tree and have been growing in a container for 3 months. Great video!
Thanks!
I have been wanting to plant a lemon tree for the past couple yrs but fear has been stopping me. Thank you for being the source (time and time again) of info to help build my confidence
Bought mine last fall. Kept it indoors all winter and is now full of flowers. I'm hopeful.
I literally just bought a Meyers lemon AND a container to grow it in two days ago. But I haven’t put it together because I want to make sure I’m using the right soil. I bought a beautiful glazed pottery container that is deep and not wide since the tree is only in a one gallon pot to begin with and I figured something bigger really isn’t that necessary. I’ll go get some of that cactus soil as an addition to the compost I plan to grow it in, I’m mainly concerned with the ph of the soil for this little tree. Thanks so much for this video. Have an awesome day!
My cousin has a Meyer Lemon and send me a lemon. So I sprouted a Meter lemon from a seed. It’s about 1.5” high. Hope it works. Neat to see your tips!
Thank you ! I’ve been growing mine in a container this summer and it looks amazing 😍 can’t wait to plant in spring !
Meyer lemons are really good for juicing. I love them. I was able to buy a bag of them from our local Fred Meyer; but, I don't see them very often.
They're super tough to find!
Thank you. I am a new to San Diego. My order for a lemon tree from FastcGrowing Trees was cancelled stating they don't deliver to California. You were lucky. I moved to San Diego in 2020 from Florida waited till now for COVID 19 to slow.
I love lemons so this is perfect!
I just got my first one - growing in my apartment (east facing patio doors) under light and in front of the doors. Thanks for all the tips.
Good luck and welcome to the citrus family
I got a raspberry Bush from there, but instead they accidentally sent me a Meyer lemon. They said I can keep it. That’s why I’m watching this video.
lol what a happy little accident. meyer for a raspberry bush anyday !
Luuuuuuckkkyyyyyy
Haha, I ended up getting my raspberries and they are blooming for the first time. Today was the first bloom on them. I am really mad because the Meyer lemon was doing fine until we got flooded :( It’s dead now
The raspberries are blackberries 😳 they taste great by the way! I love both fruits
Will be trying a meyer lemon in Las Vegas. I bought a line tree at costco, first to try out, in a container, southern outside wall of the house, and semi covered.
i learned with under watering a citrus the leaves curl down and with over watering they curl up. i have some small citrus trees and they seem to like it when i let ground dry quit far until some leaves turn yellow then i give them quit some water. every time when the plants go quit dry some leave turn yellow but also fresh leaves appear and the tree seems to make a growth spurt which continues a few weeks after watering.
Fantastic tip right there - thx!
This is super timely as I just bought one last weekend! Mine has several sweet smelling flowers. So sweet in fact that my whole lanai smells lovely especially at night. Some of the flowers are starting to brown and shed. What should I do with the branch that's holding them? When do I start pruning? I'm not sure if any of the little nodes I see are THE lemons, or just part of the flowering mechanism.
It's somewhat normal for some blooms to drop early, so I wouldn't worry too much!
I have a lemon plant that i grew from a seed and i have sadly abused it sometimes by forgeting to water it but it always came back. i've had it for 5+ years
Hello, Thank you so much for all of your growing tips and your calm nature - I live in Las Cruces NM in zone 8 but a or b I don’t know, I had a lemon tree in a pot and I grew it mostly indoors and it produced 6 lemons this summer I put it outside & at one point it didn’t do well all the leaves dried and fell off but the lemons didn’t drop they were still ripening -I decided to plant it on the side where the sun rises against our brick house to avoid the hot weather of the desert - and what do you know it’s sprouting more leaves than it’s ever had and the fruit is still ripening - before planting I amended the soil w cactus soil and potting soil, its doing well, we had 3 days of monsoon rain and I think it loves its new home - winter will be an issue, most of our winter days are in the 50 & 60´s & last year we had 15 nights where it dropped to 15 but only for a few hrs at night - I know I’ll have to protect the tree - any suggestions ????
Nobody mentioned that container-grown citrus is very prone to scale, mealies, and even spider mites. Every citrus tree that I have lost have been because of one of those three insects, not because of over/under watering or lack of light.
We have been using "Monterey LG 6299 Horticultural Oil Concentrate" to prevent scale, aphids, spider mites, mealybugs. If your tree is already infested you just need to remove the dead branches and use "Monterey LG6240 Take Down Garden Spray" . We also apply "Monterey Liqui-cop" as a dormant spray for all edibles and fruit trees.
I read something that said putting fertilier in the hole discourages the roots from reaching out for nutrients. So for planting to establish in the ground it might not be recomender, but it might actually help in this case.
Just FYI that pot is a Chinese famille rose fish bowl from Canton (Guangzhou), that's why there are fish decorations inside. Normally I would be against drilling holes on these since so many of them are pretty old. . . in this case drill away since it looks pretty new.
Former San Diego girl here :) I now live in Ponte Vedra, FL (NE FL), and bought a mini Meyer lemon tree today, hoping to keep it in a pot, since for some odd reason, whenever I try to transplant, my plants die :( Will be starting some seedlings in a few weeks, need to wait for the hottest part of this lovely Florida summer to pass, so as not to anger my plants.
Loved your video, very intuitive, just got my first improved Meyers tree and your video gave me all I needed to grow in a pot, Thank you!!
you are one of my favorite youtubers on plants
Add rice hulls to the soil. Improves drainage and releases minerals. BTW. You'll have to break that pot in order to replant if it gets root bound.
Hey, Kevin, does the same care apply to a lime (or dwarf lime) tree? I’ve dreamt of having my own ever since I cared for my neighbors’ when they went out of town from grades 3-11! I finally have a home environment suitable for one including a great grow light!
I take my pruned branches and put them in moist potting soil. A few sprout and make new trees. There are videos on how to do it and it is fairly simple.
I got my Meyer last year winter. Had a few buds but they dropped off. Ugh. I made sure it had blood meal lite fertilizer peat perlite cactus and garden soil mix. Now it's budding like crazy and I'm so excited!😊🌈 Thanks for the great tips. I'm here northern California.
I grew up with a beautiful giant lemon tree at my grandmother’s house. Unfortunately, it was traumatized and died thanks to a landscaper that apparently didn’t know what they we doing. 🙄 I just bought a Meyer this past weekend and I’m so excited to get lemons! I live in Florida so citrus fruits are easy peasy here. Lol
I love your videos. They are informative, easy and great tutorials for someone just learning. I also really love how you have different videos for different growing conditions. Thank you.
Nothing better than the smell of citrus blossom👍 dwarf variety maybe better suited to pots.
Thanks for this video! I've been wanting to get a meyer lemon tree for the backyard and this was the push I needed!
Good luck!
You can drill drainage wholes in ceramic containers with a masonry drill bit if you put some masking tape on both sides of the pot first it is extra safe to prevent cracking.
This will be my fourth attempt (3 epic failures). I also got mine from fast growing trees but this time I bought a 1 year warranty . The video was super helpful especially the part about pruning those 3 little baby lemons I’ve got down to two. I’ll muster up the strength tomorrow. Thank you. Looking forward to part 2. Wish me luck
What happened the previous tries???
My favorite citrus, easy little tree🍋🌱💛💛💛
i jsut bought a 2' tree from these guys and it came already with 2 baby lemons starting and tons of flowers.
Mine was outside and the wind made it bold! Now is inside fully and it has sooo many flowers 💐 i have a ligth in the winter
Love this channel, learning so much. Thank you brother.
One Love/God bless!
I’d love to get updates on how to prune the branches! I live in Canada and have a ponderosa lemon tree that I bring in to overwinter.
I grow orchids, so messing with the roots makes me sweat bullets 😆
I ordered from fast growing trees, the Meyer lemon tree is healthy, but small! My Hoss Avocado tree, is a little weak looking! My elderberry tree has jumped! I’m going to take video and following the growth of my purchase closely! I also ordered a small ginger plant from them! Wish me luck!
I just received 2 key lime trees. I am excited to grow them in my home. I am in NY, so I have to keep them small and portable. Love your videos. :)
Just received my 1st Meyer from Fast Growing trees. Anxious to grow it well.
That's funny, we bought a Meyer Lemon tree about five years ago from Pam's Fast Growing Trees. We live in Seattle, which is not ideal for these trees, but it is about five feet tall and stays on our south facing back patio and gets a good amount of sun light. Wish we lived further south since our growing season isn't great. We get about three or four lemons per year, I know, not much, but they are very flavor-full and end up in our drinks/aperitifs.
Just bought a 1-2 foot tree. Fingers crossed!
For lemon tree watering in dry climates (like San Diego), I advise to use an olla + drip irrigation. Although a simple olla added to the soil would suffice.
Saves you lots of water !
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My lemon tree produced lemons... they are so good.
Happy for you!
@@epicgardening Thanks it is in a pot as well. so all is good..
Would you please do a video on pollinating a lemon tree that is indoors? I understand you can do so with a Q-tip in the absence of bees.
Oh great, now you made me want to plant a lemon tree. I enjoyed the video...too much! LOL
That's a good thing!
1-2ft used to be $40 on fast growing trees. Three years later it’s $70! These are very difficult to grow inside after they have spent their life in a greenhouse or outdoors. I bought a beautiful tree from a local nursery. It did not drop leaves for a few weeks. Then it lost almost all but 13. It would grow little lemons but they would fall off. I know they do not grow true from seed, but I’m going to try and grow hem in self watering pots from this go around. Hopefully it will provide the stability I need to grow this tree indoors.
I've grew a meyer lemon tree for five years from a tiny plant. Potted. Big, beautiful tree., but produces no fruit! It flowers, but it flowers sporadically. I learned it should be pruned regularly last year. I wish I could show a picture of it. I may upload a video of it. I have a lime tree that won't grow beyond a stub but grows leaves... it was my mother's. She kept it in a tiny pot. It's a 6 year old plant b ut actually grew a lime years ago.
I really want a Meyer Lemon Tree but for some reason this business doesn't ship to California! You got lucky with yours, truly!
Great video! I went out looking for a lemon tree yesterday and came home with a tangelo lol. I'll be checking out fast-growing trees today....Thanks
Tangelos are soooooooo good
That’s such a pretty pot to plant things in!
My meyer lemon just grown in black plastic bag or we call it polybag. Just harvest 2 times, Lemon very healthy and big lemon. My fertilizer is chicken mannure and organic liquid fertilizer (home made) The soil i use the garden soil around my garden only. I should put in big pot but don't have much time. Maybe next time waiting until no more lemon and put it in better pot. Thank you for sharing🙏❤😀
Did part 2 ever come out? I have a container Mayer lemon in a container that just flowered for the first time. I’m trying to find out what to do
Congrata for the flowering my buddy. By Flowering your tree is telling you that you arw doing thinga great. Remember to feed it well to get goos crop, you can also pollinate the flowers by hand with qtip
you're in SD? sorry I just found this video randomly as I brought a couple tangerine seeds back from Portugal and am picking up tips on citrus growing, and I just moved to SD! Thanks for the video
My citrus trees are in Gary Matsuoka’s Top Pot. Eureka lemon, Bearss lime and Valencia orange. All in pots for 15-20 years, all prolific growers. 👍🏼👍🏼
I use Gary's soil, as well. I can't get it here, so he sent me a recipe. How much soil do you remove from the roots before repotting in top pot soil?
How do you fertilize every year if it’s in a pot? Do you have to take it out and repot it?
No. Just lightly fertilize once u have buds growing.Sprinkle a handful of the veggie fruit fertilizer pellets from Lowes over the top of the soil. I put in the soil peat moss perlite blood meal and garden soil before I put my Meyer in the pot used 18 inch pot after that put some mulch on top the soil to protect it frim bugs and dry air. I live upstairs apt and it's on my balcony. Last week it's got tons of buds!! When they open I'll have tiny lemons thru the flowers! So excited 😊!!
Perfect. I got my tree from them too and now I know how to plant it.
Thanks, Kevin, for the great tips!
Great video, thanks. I just bought a Meyer lemon and I'm going to try and grow it indoors.
I live in Florida and you would think I could easily grow a lemon tree. I have a huge papaya tree, grown from seeds just thrown on the ground last year, that has huge fruit already. I have a beautiful mango tree that has no mangoes and a lemon tree that looks healthy but no flowers or lemons. I also somehow managed to kill a lemon tree last summer - still don’t know what happened. It got full sun all day but it just kept getting worse. I have a suspicion my husband overwatered it - he thinks all plants and trees need tons of water every day. I’m going to try again this year and get a grafted tree from a nursery, and tell my husband to leave it alone. Wish me luck! (By the way, I’m a lemonaholic - love the stuff and put it in everything!)
Good luck this year!
Awesome! I've got one in the ground - we're sort of at the northern range here of growing citrus and it did get a bit damaged from an early freeze we had here in November, but it's almost through its second winter so I'm hopeful. I've also got a kumquat in a pot, which is great, but I plan on putting another in the ground as the one in the pot doesn't produce as much fruit as I'd like (you can never have enough kumquats :P).
Glad to hear it's going well for you so far!
I just brought my first Meyer Lemon tree today, I’m excited ~ I will be planting in a container ~ Can you tell me what your used for fertilizer when you were planting it (please) Thank you
Thank you Epic Gardening! Enjoyed your video.
I just bought a Meyer lemon tree. Potted it in pot with drainage holes. How long would it take to fruit. Bought from Home Depot on sale in early July? What should I be looking for? Thank you for making videos to help other gardeners
9:26 wow what kind of tree does that i guess its mind aswell leave my branches dry as my roots are over watered anyway eather way im gonna die
A lemon tree is my gardening holy grail.
Home Depot currently has these in stock right now, I live in Zone 6 so I didn’t expect to see this tree in the store at all.
Great video- will you be doing an update on the tree? Even if it died it would probably be a valuable thing to watch
Where is the 2nd part to this video? Cannot find it..
my lemon trees die on me when i bring them in for the winter from outside, when will the part 2 come out ?
i was wondering the same thing
Hi Kevin, it’s always a joy to be alerted of a new vid from you!👍🏻. As always, very informative and well explained. Would this information be applicable to growing orange trees in a pot? I’m in England so not as fortunate as you, weather wise!😀
Oranges are slightly diff - I have a Clementine coming soon ;)
Epic Gardening Thank you 👍🏻
Hi Kevin. Can you please introduce how to use coffee powder for indoor plants in one episode in the future? I tried to use coffee power and it didn't work and it generated and attracted some kinds of disgusting insects in soils as well as some small flies.....:(
Please advise. My lemon tree is five foot tall it is in green house it is easy 4 year old I have never seen flowers or fruit the only thing it's got is big thorns. It's really green and healthy looking I live in England
Great tips. We just bought a Meyer Lemon Tree and have lots to learn. We're up North in WA state so not the greatest temps.
I just bought a Lemon Rosso tree and I am completely terrified 😁 Thank you for great information!!! Greetings from 🇸🇪
😂 lol so true, we are allow to prune the top but not allow to mess the root system doesn’t make sense, you are funny 😆
I have a lemon tree in a pot and it’s six or eight years old never bloomed since I didn’t know anything about kind of soil or pruning. Please help me if you can. Thanks for guiding.interesting show.loved it😁