I’ve grown citrus trees in containers over the past 25 years in North Carolina with success and failures. I have also watched RUclips videos for several years and this is by far the best and most informative video I have ever seen on growing citrus trees. I just wished I could have watched it sooner but since I have some citrus trees on the way, I will definitely apply all of this guys suggestions.
I went to Japan last year and fell in love with Yuzu, a citrus fruit that kind of tastes like a mix of lemon, orange, and lime. When I couldn't find it anywhere in the states I decided to grow it. I appreciate this video because I am desperate to keep this tree alive.
2 months ago I started following you. I live in Dubai. U.A.E. you encouraged me to plant inside of my house regardless of the hot weather we have. I bought lemon tree last month and now I can see the flowers. Thank you for the video it really helped me to understand my lemon tree. Thank you and bless you.
Hi Ibrahim, thanks for writing in. I'm so glad that you started growing plants and that this video matches up with one of the plants you're actually growing! Best wishes.
I'm one of the bonsai people happy his two yearly Logee's lemons!🙋🏻 I can't stress enough how satisfying it was watching Byron pot up! He's an all hands potting bench pot banger just like me 😂
I have a 14 year old Meyer lemon that produces a huge crop every other year with smaller crops in between. As many as 100 lemons in a 15 gallon pot. I’m in the mid Hudson Valley NY. I’ve found that if you give them partial shade before they come in for the winter they don’t drop leaves. I’ve got 2 kumquats, a ponderosa and Buddha hand lemon from Logee’s-all just 2-3 years old. I have fruit on all of them. I use Jobes citrus fertilizer. I find citrus fun and fairly easy. I actually have 35 citrus plants from seed that winter in my basement with just light from glass doors. They enjoy the cool winter more than coming in the house and have no bug issues. My fruiting ones go there when they are done with fruit or have none, too young etc. as far as seed grown most citrus are polyembryonic so they have at least one exact copy of the parent in each of their seed. Some take only 2-4 years to produce, like key lime or satsuma. Some like grapefruit can take 30 years. I just love them for their beauty even if they don’t ever produce fruit. If I really want fruit I buy a grafted plant. Bug issues are definitely mites and scale. I use Neem to keep them under control for the winter and when they go out in the spring two applications of Neem and the wasps and other predators then take care of them for the summer.
Great info. I have had a Meyer Lemon for 3-4 years. I’m in zone 7 and keep it outside from April to October-December. I bring it in before temperatures drop below 45 degrees. Mites affected it the first 2 years once I would bring it inside. A quick rinse in the bathtub with a strong spray of water helps to get rid of the mites. For the last year or two, I spray it with the garden hose under all of the leaves and the mites no longer appear inside the house. These are wonderful little trees and aren’t too finicky.
I noticed that you're wearing the one on the '365 Days of Plants,' I think that's an official dress-for-general-plant-care-and-propagation. You look beautiful ♡
This video is exactly what I needed at just the right time! I just bought a lemon tree last week. Lots of flowers and about 5 teeny tiny lemons. Thank you for such detailed info!!
My Meyer lemon loses all of its leaves every year, this year it was doing amazing, losing a leaf or two every week but growing more leaves until I forgot to water it for too long and it lost all but 5 leaves lol. Now it has about 15 huge blossoms and still only 5 leaves. They are pretty amazing and resilient
I have three small lemon plants in 1 terracotta pot standing on a windowsill facing east. They are about 1 year old. Grew them from seed and didn't expect anything to happen, but now they look like very happy and healthy plants, although still small. To prevent all 3 getting the same problem at the same time, I guess it would be better to give them each their own pot. Not sure if I can wait 35 years to smell the first flowers, if I can keep them alive that long. (Netherlands)
I grew up in Florida with citrus trees in our yard but now live in Colorado and have created quite the citrus balcony garden. Currently growing lemons, yuzu, centennial and nagami kumquats, and Cara Cara oranges. Definitely agree on all the points made in the video. However, every winter, even with preventative neem oil treatments before bringing them inside, at least one of the plants will get a spider mite issue, but I’ve always been able to successfully get rid of the issue and save the plant. The root disease thing I’ve dealt with most from my kumquats, particularly the Centennial kumquats, and it will kill the plant FAST. I lost one this winter, in fact, to it and it went from healthy looking to completely dead in about one week. The leaf drop in winter is always disappointing as you bring them in with all this new, fresh, green growth, and they slowly look bare and sad, but as he stated, as long as you are measured and diligent in watering, it’ll bounce back the next season. The most insane thing with them in my area is that they always like to flower in early spring while I still have them indoors. The smell in the house of the blooms is amazing, but I have to ‘be the bee’ and pollinate the flowers with a Q Tip to set the fruit before bringing them back outdoors in May.
I have 2 lemons from seed. They are about 5 ft tall. They come inside in winter outside in summer here in Michigan. Tree frogs love to live on them year around. Im thinking I'll need to buy some from logees to get fruit.
Ii has never occurred to me to grow citrus indoors! In Australia we have citrus gall wasp which makes the trees very ugly with swellings on their limbs. If I can buy a young plant that is possibly free of wasp, I will give it a go. Thanks for the video.
@@summerrayneoakes Thank you so much, also Thank you for your card, great gesture, you are very dedicated knowledgeable, you truly make a big difference .Cheers.
Thank you for this video! I have a lemon tree that I have been growing for about 6 years. I have it in a large pot. In the summer it takes on water like crazy. I have to water it daily when it is in full sun outdoors. I get leaf drop in the fall when I bring it in. Although this year at a new home I brought it in and put it in a western window. A few weeks after bringing it in I had 50+ blooms on it. The fragrance filled the entire home. It was beautiful. But then I got no fruit from the blooms. I would love to know why some blooms produce fruit and others do not. I also got leaf drop after moving it to a new spot in my home. It is brighter, but the leaves dropped after watering more heavily. I let the water come out the bottom holes and I normally don’t let it water that heavily in winter. I should have stuck to my norm. It still looks healthy but oh one other thing, is the thorns. It grows long thorns. I have read that this might be that it is the root plant that is doing this but I think it is on almost all the trunks. I am wondering if my plant died off and the root plant with all the thorns is flowering and is onto producing fruit because it was not the plant I bought if that makes sense. That the root plant took over and my plant I purchased is no longer there.
I’m growing a Meyer lemon and a variegated Pink lemon tree. The Meyer lost all it’s leaves when I brought it in for winter😕. I hope it will come back when it warms up 🤞🏼 the other one is doing well! This video was right on time, thank you Summer!
Love it. My two lemons and one lime trees are fruiting nicely in the (EOG) East Orchids and Garden. I hate to think of pruning because they're always budding. My first key lime was absolutely delicious and juicy. Thanks for the valuable citrus information.
I agree with some of the other comments about your being beautiful! You are and what you do is a beautiful thing too! This is a really great video! The info is valuable and very worthwhile. I love Logee's products! They are a top drawer supplier of fine plants!
Yes. Byron gets bees in his greenhouse .... Or you can ideally put your lemon tree outside in the spring and summer months. But otherwise, hand-pollination is probably called for!
Citrus plants are becoming increasingly popular among houseplant aficionados in Germany, esp. the citrus mitis calamondin. I took my calamondin inside in December, and, sadly, it has lost all its leaves and fruits by now...so I just hope it will come back as days are getting longer, and I can move it back outside as soon as temperatures stay above 10 degrees Celsius....hope it'll survive as I love the taste of those tiny oranges...very nice. Thanks for the detailed info Summer!
My friend, Anthony, grew me out a calamondin and shared it with me the other day. Tasty, tasty! Those plants are rather resilient, so I'm hoping spring comes fast for you so you too can grow it outdoors and et some leafage back!
Losing leafs and fruits happens because the circumstances inside are very different from outside: moisture, temperature. I take my citrus inside in oktober and put it in front of the wide OPEN window in my bedroom. Once a week I close the window 5 cm and when I close it at the end almost fully, all the leaves and fruits are still there.
Got a lemon tree from Logees about 4 months ago. Looks awesome with vigorous growth. 8 inch clay pot with HP Pro Mix. Using GH flora trio at 600-750 ppm but only using Flora Micro and Flora Bloom at 1:1 ratio with beneficial microbe tea made from Ancient Forest, Great White, Molasses and Orca to help prevent root pathogens.
I love the Espoma Citrus tone fertilizer . And to feel top inch or two for dryness in the topsoil then water thoroughly. Citrus are tricky indoors have lost many but learned along the way. Nice video thanks
most trees in pots will drop leafs when brought in from out door. also i have notice the same when going from my grow room to out doors. plants love those big full spec 1000w hps bulbs. its like highnoon sun all day(17-24 hours of light cycle and i get 2-3 inch per day of growth depending on the kinds of plants) a year round growing season is greattho.
Thank you, much information! I have several citrus trees. I have realised, they struggle more with pests in winter when they are kept in a warm environment. I keep them in my cool staircase (between 5-10°C in Winter). Can you make a video on the different types of citrus? There are so many fun breeds out there, I'd like to know more about that!
Mites wise, I know a lot of people in Florida have found some success with planing their citrus under oak canopies. Florida, especially in the south has had serious issues with the rust mites to a point that most people don’t even attempt to plant them anymore. But for some reason, planting them under oaks seems to help with the issue. I haven’t seen research on it yet but I think I’m cooler climates you should be able to go out in the falls and collect oak leaves and make a tea from them that you can dilute and water with. This should give the same effect.
I had a lemon and a grapefruit growing in pots for about five years, started it from seeds, they never bloomed :( One unfortunate day they froze to death 😢 I bought a small lemon tree from Home Depot two years ago, and now I have a happy tree that bloomed multiple times and even harvested one full grown lemon off of it! It had couple of problems though, first spider mites, I got rid of them by constantly blowing them off with water in a shower, it helped! No more little bustards! Another time because radiator heat and untimely watering I lost all of the foliage except 2 leaves 🙀 But it got recovered, grew many many new leaves in last spring and I’m ready for a new bloom season and hopefully harvest time! Don’t overwater it, but let it drink enough, and keep away from cold window and heat, they a bit moody I can say. But flowers smell heavenly! 🤙🏼
Great video. I've been meaning to make a rum to Logee's and Pick up a Meyer's Lemon. I have an avocado growing from seed and it's about three and a half feet tall. It needs a friend!
i grow mini chinese new year's orange from seeds from this year's chinese new year, planted only 2 seeds, and 2 all alive , still seedlings but theres already true leaves comin up , hope theyre alive up until small bush cuz i wanna keep it that size
Hey summer, i really enjoy watching your videos. I live in Germany and the "Trend" of growing exotic plants has not really setlled here but I was inspired by watching your videos. The thing is that due to the long and very cold winters here I am not really able to grow little plants in need of high moistire and lot of light so I am more of a Tree kind of grower. Could you make more videos in which you show or talk more about trees?
Transition from seedling vegetative stage to reproductive fruiting stage is variable, It can be hastened by never pruning the uppermost part of the plant. The top of the tree enters the fruiting stage first.Any top growth removed will need to re-grow before the process towards maturity can resume. Maintaining good health and vigor will accelerate the mature phase. I've had Citrus begin first fruiting at 5-6 years of age from seed.
I didn’t catch the name of the lemon tree at the very beginning of the video that has been in the same pot for over a decade? I’m interested in getting one.
I planted orange and lemon seeds together by mistake. The trees have grown together to about 4ft. the orange tree is taller than the lemon tree. Should I separate them ?? I also notice at the top of the orange one leaf that has curled up not down. I checked the entire plant for any infestation and found none. Its in a plastic container. Its 2yrs.old and its outdoor where its getting full sun and rainwater. I fertilize it with one made for citrus trees. My concern is that one leaf. Its not discolored in any way abd there's lots of new growth as well. I started this plant from store bought fruit. Any tips would be appreciated. I will have to bring it indoors come fall. I live in the northeast part of GEORGIA. THANKS.😊
i think you could have covered diagnosing nutritional deficits and recognizing them, also any citrus diseases. Thank you. Also if people spray their plant with water or give it a shower, advise them to be careful if their city water has high salinity or other chemicals like chlorine. I gave my citrus a shower in the bathroom and the next day it had burn holes in the leaves.
I have had a lime tree for over 5 years. It has only given me one lime so far. I think this year will be good as the leaf drop during winter was minimal. Oh and the thorns on this thing could cause serious injury. Lol
Hi Summer, Ive grown Myer and Lime for 3 years now bringing them in for the winter. they do struggle with Leaf drop when I first bring them in and to a lesser extent when I take them back out. the myer blooms and fruits well but the lie is still young and hasn't produced for me yet. this winter Ive been struggling with a pest that I think is a type of aphid (but is not the kind you'd see on roses) and another pest that seems to get inside the leaf. Ive been spraying with organic sprays which have slowed it down but haven't eradicated the problem. its super frustrating
where can you keep a tree inside your house if its too big for a window sill. Can it still have medium light? Also someone told me when leaves turn yellow you have to add acid to plants but he didnt mention adding acidity to the soil. Thanks!
I think the challenge with giving advice on leaf color change is that it could be quite a number of issues/challenges with the plant; so....I would be reluctant to give advice without knowing more information. Lemon trees in particular will want the most light that you can give them. If you grow them outdoors on a patio and then give them medium light, they most definitely will start losing their leaves. Part of the reasons why I don't grow much citrus indoors is that I would want to give them more optimal light than I can give them in my space.
When was this filmed? I've been trying to figure out the right timing for pruning citrus, and Byron mentioned that it was maybe getting "a little late." It sounded like maybe you were there in the fall?
I have a bare root citrus 9 months and leaves dropping. Can I give it vermicompost tea even though it's only supposed to receive water the first year 🤔 it just looks like it needs a little help until the first feeding.
i have a calamondin orange. this summer will be 2 years since ive had it. its done great for me for the most part. one thing i struggled with last year is some kind of pest. i never saw any of the bugs but the young tender leaves were coming out very misshapen around the edges. i used an isecticidal spray and it worked last summer but im seeing very early signs of it now that were coming into spring. if anyone has had this happen to them, id love to hear how you dealt with it.
I wonder if it could be thrips or mites. Certain thrips, especially young ones, are light green flecks and can start to scrape leaf tissue ... Spider mites can also create stippling, and if on young leaves just emerging, can warp the leaves. Most are not visible with the naked eye. You'd need a loupe/magnifying lens to really see them.
I decided to grow a lemon tree from seed back in 2005. I still have it, and I came close to throwing it away a few times. It has gone through some periods of intense growth (it was over 6 feet tall at one point), heavy pruning, and complete leaf drop, but it's still alive and growing just fine. No blooms though. 15 years and never a single sign of a bloom. The main reason I wanted to grow a lemon tree was for the scent of the flowers. I had seen one at a greenhouse, and it had a ton of flowers on it, and the lemons were the size of grapefruits. The trunk on mine is nearly an inch or more wide at the base. I have trimmed it back to a few feet tall only. At this point I might just buy a commercially grown one that is already in bloom, and maybe pot them together? Seems way more rewarding to buy one for 30$ that is already established than to grow one from seed. If what he says is true it may be another decade before I see flowers on mine, which is really disappointing. I had heard from many people that it can take "up to" 10 years. Some of the leaves on it are almost 7 inches long, and 4 inches wide.
Just curious it’s been a year, did you buy a commercially grown lemon tree so you can grow lemons? I just bought my first one, it’s small and I need to repot it, but I am so happy to have one finally!!
Thank you Summer very informative. I have one question, can I spray my citrus tree with the neem oil/dish soap/water mixture while the tree is flowering? I am going to try the blast of water first but wanted to have a second plan ready to go. Thanks.
I planted lemon seeds and now I have a lemon tree and I can say that it has been growing for about 9 months and I must say that I am in London and the weather is not very good and now that it is November I brought it to the room and I know that it needs a lot of sun which we don't have but Its leaves are falling and I don't know why? And one question, how much water does it need in winter? Thank you
Hi, i have a eureka lemon tree about 3ft tall, I live in zone 7 and had to keep it indoor for long cold months, now outdoors but Temp's have fluctuate quite much high and lows Temps, and he has not given any lemon, he gave three lemons b4 but now is summer and is kind of leggy and leaves are yellowish but green, is hard to say, I thoroughly water it and let it dry but I don't know what could been affecting him, What do u recommend? Thx!
I live in alabama i think it's zone 7ish so i'm growing my tree indoors & outdoors whats the best way to take care of my tree in the winter and do i need to use grow lights & if so what kind how much light ( lumens ) does it need i love my little tree I want to make sure it survives it's accident & the winter
i have a very young eureka lemon tree i bought it in june 2021 today it fell off the table as i was moving it i quickly out it back in it's pot and got most of the soil back in the pot ! but 1 branch was broken so i cut it off can i propagate this branch ? and will my tree be ok what can I do to make sure it is ok ?
So, why is it that my meyer lemon tree is losing its leaves but it is flowering? I know being inside my house is a factor, but it still has flowers but no foliage growth.
So interesting, as always! I'm wondering about sunlight? I assume citrus requires a full day of full sun indoors, so south facing window only? Probably not a plant for me in that case ... :-(
Great video...thank you. I thought my 2 Meyers needed a new pot but when I took them out to repot them, I realized they had root rot just like the picture you had on film ...many roots fell off but some roots were still healthy or at least I thought so. I cleaned off the old soil and cleaned the remaining roots with a water spray and put them back in the nursery pot with new potting soil. Is there any coming back from root rot? One is flowering now and both fruited this past season. I also have red mites on the same plants which was another reason for new soil. I love citrus but for me it’s a work in progress. I live in CT and hopefully I’m going to Logee’s soon🌷 I missed your visit and I had the book.
I do find citrus challenging myself! If I had a patio/balcony, it would be a no-brainer, but trying to grow them exclusively indoors can be a challenge!
I'm desperate of my lemon tree, it's just recent when I decided to put it indoor and before putting indoor I watered it fully, like the water was draining down, then after few weeks, Im not sure if it needs water or not but the leaves are falling, it's not yellow but green, but looks like the vains are discoloring and turning to Yellow, I'm not sure what is wrong exactly.. 😟 I need help..
Mites....in the cannabis community they are a nightmare. Almost as bad as aphids sometimes. We use a great product called 'Lost Coast Plant Therapy'. It's natural, and works on insects, and powdery mildew.. While I would consider Neem a good product, I would only use it as a last resort, and never when a plant is in flower. You don't wanna risk ingesting neem.
I found them extremely fussy and not happy in our climate. Toronto that is. Grow them indoors in the winter. Need a lot of light which we don’t have most of the year.
farihienne , so glad to hear that yours are doing well under grow light. I do use them as well but my tree is over seven feet tall now and need a lot .
I adore his century old citrus! 🌿
Byron is my favorite guest of yours, dude is an OG and as cool as a cucumber
I’ve grown citrus trees in containers over the past 25 years in North Carolina with success and failures. I have also watched RUclips videos for several years and this is by far the best and most informative video I have ever seen on growing citrus trees. I just wished I could have watched it sooner but since I have some citrus trees on the way, I will definitely apply all of this guys suggestions.
I went to Japan last year and fell in love with Yuzu, a citrus fruit that kind of tastes like a mix of lemon, orange, and lime. When I couldn't find it anywhere in the states I decided to grow it. I appreciate this video because I am desperate to keep this tree alive.
2 months ago I started following you. I live in Dubai. U.A.E. you encouraged me to plant inside of my house regardless of the hot weather we have. I bought lemon tree last month and now I can see the flowers. Thank you for the video it really helped me to understand my lemon tree. Thank you and bless you.
Hi Ibrahim, thanks for writing in. I'm so glad that you started growing plants and that this video matches up with one of the plants you're actually growing! Best wishes.
I'm one of the bonsai people happy his two yearly Logee's lemons!🙋🏻 I can't stress enough how satisfying it was watching Byron pot up! He's an all hands potting bench pot banger just like me 😂
I have a 14 year old Meyer lemon that produces a huge crop every other year with smaller crops in between. As many as 100 lemons in a 15 gallon pot. I’m in the mid Hudson Valley NY. I’ve found that if you give them partial shade before they come in for the winter they don’t drop leaves. I’ve got 2 kumquats, a ponderosa and Buddha hand lemon from Logee’s-all just 2-3 years old. I have fruit on all of them. I use Jobes citrus fertilizer. I find citrus fun and fairly easy. I actually have 35 citrus plants from seed that winter in my basement with just light from glass doors. They enjoy the cool winter more than coming in the house and have no bug issues. My fruiting ones go there when they are done with fruit or have none, too young etc. as far as seed grown most citrus are polyembryonic so they have at least one exact copy of the parent in each of their seed. Some take only 2-4 years to produce, like key lime or satsuma. Some like grapefruit can take 30 years. I just love them for their beauty even if they don’t ever produce fruit. If I really want fruit I buy a grafted plant.
Bug issues are definitely mites and scale. I use Neem to keep them under control for the winter and when they go out in the spring two applications of Neem and the wasps and other predators then take care of them for the summer.
Great info. I have had a Meyer Lemon for 3-4 years. I’m in zone 7 and keep it outside from April to October-December. I bring it in before temperatures drop below 45 degrees. Mites affected it the first 2 years once I would bring it inside. A quick rinse in the bathtub with a strong spray of water helps to get rid of the mites. For the last year or two, I spray it with the garden hose under all of the leaves and the mites no longer appear inside the house. These are wonderful little trees and aren’t too finicky.
I noticed that you're wearing the one on the '365 Days of Plants,' I think that's an official dress-for-general-plant-care-and-propagation. You look beautiful ♡
I THOUGHT IM THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED!!
Haha, you can say I get good wear out of my clothes. Sometimes I wear it tucked in, sometimes out ;)
Super informative. my daughter will enjoy the fruit of our labor. Thank you.
This video is exactly what I needed at just the right time! I just bought a lemon tree last week. Lots of flowers and about 5 teeny tiny lemons. Thank you for such detailed info!!
My Meyer lemon loses all of its leaves every year, this year it was doing amazing, losing a leaf or two every week but growing more leaves until I forgot to water it for too long and it lost all but 5 leaves lol. Now it has about 15 huge blossoms and still only 5 leaves. They are pretty amazing and resilient
Thanks for sharing your story of your plant's resilience!
This is one of the best most informative citrus growing videos ive watched! im new so this really helped, thanks sooo much ❤️ 🍋
Summer is a very well spoken person..very knowledgeable and smart..love u Summer!
I would love to grow citrus indoor. I have lemon, lime, orange and mandarin in my garden.
Amazing and wonderful info! I love Citrus trees! Thank you so much for this video😍👍👌👏💚🌳🍋
I am from Bangladesh and I love watching your videos ..!!
Thanks for tuning in all the way from Bangladesh!
Always with really educational videos! I've thought about getting a citrus myself to have indoors! :)
I have three small lemon plants in 1 terracotta pot standing on a windowsill facing east. They are about 1 year old. Grew them from seed and didn't expect anything to happen, but now they look like very happy and healthy plants, although still small. To prevent all 3 getting the same problem at the same time, I guess it would be better to give them each their own pot. Not sure if I can wait 35 years to smell the first flowers, if I can keep them alive that long. (Netherlands)
I grew up in Florida with citrus trees in our yard but now live in Colorado and have created quite the citrus balcony garden. Currently growing lemons, yuzu, centennial and nagami kumquats, and Cara Cara oranges. Definitely agree on all the points made in the video. However, every winter, even with preventative neem oil treatments before bringing them inside, at least one of the plants will get a spider mite issue, but I’ve always been able to successfully get rid of the issue and save the plant. The root disease thing I’ve dealt with most from my kumquats, particularly the Centennial kumquats, and it will kill the plant FAST. I lost one this winter, in fact, to it and it went from healthy looking to completely dead in about one week. The leaf drop in winter is always disappointing as you bring them in with all this new, fresh, green growth, and they slowly look bare and sad, but as he stated, as long as you are measured and diligent in watering, it’ll bounce back the next season. The most insane thing with them in my area is that they always like to flower in early spring while I still have them indoors. The smell in the house of the blooms is amazing, but I have to ‘be the bee’ and pollinate the flowers with a Q Tip to set the fruit before bringing them back outdoors in May.
Great experienced anecdotals here and additions! And nice to hear you have such a flush of citrus!
I have 2 lemons from seed. They are about 5 ft tall. They come inside in winter outside in summer here in Michigan. Tree frogs love to live on them year around. Im thinking I'll need to buy some from logees to get fruit.
Ii has never occurred to me to grow citrus indoors! In Australia we have citrus gall wasp which makes the trees very ugly with swellings on their limbs. If I can buy a young plant that is possibly free of wasp, I will give it a go. Thanks for the video.
when you put it outside, Alison you could put an insect net around it? Try it.
Thank you, this video came right on time, because I ordered from them, the ponderosa lemon tree, after your last video at logee's.Cheers
Excellent! I hope it turns out for you! And now you know how it came to you precisely with the reverse unboxing!
@@summerrayneoakes Thank you so much, also Thank you for your card, great gesture, you are very dedicated knowledgeable, you truly make a big difference .Cheers.
I have some lemon plants growing from seeds. They make cool house plants and I don't expect them to fruit but this video is still helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for this video! I have a lemon tree that I have been growing for about 6 years. I have it in a large pot. In the summer it takes on water like crazy. I have to water it daily when it is in full sun outdoors. I get leaf drop in the fall when I bring it in. Although this year at a new home I brought it in and put it in a western window. A few weeks after bringing it in I had 50+ blooms on it. The fragrance filled the entire home. It was beautiful. But then I got no fruit from the blooms. I would love to know why some blooms produce fruit and others do not. I also got leaf drop after moving it to a new spot in my home. It is brighter, but the leaves dropped after watering more heavily. I let the water come out the bottom holes and I normally don’t let it water that heavily in winter. I should have stuck to my norm. It still looks healthy but oh one other thing, is the thorns. It grows long thorns. I have read that this might be that it is the root plant that is doing this but I think it is on almost all the trunks. I am wondering if my plant died off and the root plant with all the thorns is flowering and is onto producing fruit because it was not the plant I bought if that makes sense. That the root plant took over and my plant I purchased is no longer there.
I’m growing a Meyer lemon and a variegated Pink lemon tree. The Meyer lost all it’s leaves when I brought it in for winter😕. I hope it will come back when it warms up 🤞🏼 the other one is doing well! This video was right on time, thank you Summer!
Love it. My two lemons and one lime trees are fruiting nicely in the (EOG) East Orchids and Garden. I hate to think of pruning because they're always budding. My first key lime was absolutely delicious and juicy. Thanks for the valuable citrus information.
Field trip part II 🌱🌿 please
There will be more coming!
Yay. I just bought a semi-dwarf last week. Has bunches of flowers.
Excellent information. I feel ready now to give a lemon tree a try.
I agree with some of the other comments about your being beautiful! You are and what you do is a beautiful thing too! This is a really great video! The info is valuable and very worthwhile. I love Logee's products! They are a top drawer supplier of fine plants!
If grown indoors, should we manually pollinate the flowers to get fruit? I don’t have many bees flying around the house. Thanks!
Yes. Byron gets bees in his greenhouse .... Or you can ideally put your lemon tree outside in the spring and summer months. But otherwise, hand-pollination is probably called for!
Great video!!! I would love to get a citrus!
Citrus plants are becoming increasingly popular among houseplant aficionados in Germany, esp. the citrus mitis calamondin. I took my calamondin inside in December, and, sadly, it has lost all its leaves and fruits by now...so I just hope it will come back as days are getting longer, and I can move it back outside as soon as temperatures stay above 10 degrees Celsius....hope it'll survive as I love the taste of those tiny oranges...very nice. Thanks for the detailed info Summer!
My friend, Anthony, grew me out a calamondin and shared it with me the other day. Tasty, tasty! Those plants are rather resilient, so I'm hoping spring comes fast for you so you too can grow it outdoors and et some leafage back!
Losing leafs and fruits happens because the circumstances inside are very different from outside: moisture, temperature. I take my citrus inside in oktober and put it in front of the wide OPEN window in my bedroom. Once a week I close the window 5 cm and when I close it at the end almost fully, all the leaves and fruits are still there.
Got a lemon tree from Logees about 4 months ago. Looks awesome with vigorous growth. 8 inch clay pot with HP Pro Mix. Using GH flora trio at 600-750 ppm but only using Flora Micro and Flora Bloom at 1:1 ratio with beneficial microbe tea made from Ancient Forest, Great White, Molasses and Orca to help prevent root pathogens.
1:22 "A little fatha no-uth", amazing
I love the Espoma Citrus tone fertilizer . And to feel top inch or two for dryness in the topsoil then water thoroughly. Citrus are tricky indoors have lost many but learned along the way. Nice video thanks
Great info👍
I have had a lemon tree as a potted plant indoors for man y years and this past year i was able to harvest 10 plus lemons!
Just bought my lemon plant, so excited! Thanks for the tips.
🤣 🤣 Did you say, what I thought you said? You little Mo fo (mealy crawler)???Is that what I heard?? 🤣 🤣
most trees in pots will drop leafs when brought in from out door. also i have notice the same when going from my grow room to out doors. plants love those big full spec 1000w hps bulbs. its like highnoon sun all day(17-24 hours of light cycle and i get 2-3 inch per day of growth depending on the kinds of plants) a year round growing season is greattho.
Thanks Mike for sharing great tips!
Thank you, much information! I have several citrus trees. I have realised, they struggle more with pests in winter when they are kept in a warm environment. I keep them in my cool staircase (between 5-10°C in Winter). Can you make a video on the different types of citrus? There are so many fun breeds out there, I'd like to know more about that!
Very great video thank you; you two🥰
Mites wise, I know a lot of people in Florida have found some success with planing their citrus under oak canopies. Florida, especially in the south has had serious issues with the rust mites to a point that most people don’t even attempt to plant them anymore. But for some reason, planting them under oaks seems to help with the issue. I haven’t seen research on it yet but I think I’m cooler climates you should be able to go out in the falls and collect oak leaves and make a tea from them that you can dilute and water with. This should give the same effect.
LOL, Did she say you little "MOFO" I can recall all my polynesians friends would say this back in the 90"s
Super vidéo!
I had a lemon and a grapefruit growing in pots for about five years, started it from seeds, they never bloomed :( One unfortunate day they froze to death 😢 I bought a small lemon tree from Home Depot two years ago, and now I have a happy tree that bloomed multiple times and even harvested one full grown lemon off of it! It had couple of problems though, first spider mites, I got rid of them by constantly blowing them off with water in a shower, it helped! No more little bustards! Another time because radiator heat and untimely watering I lost all of the foliage except 2 leaves 🙀
But it got recovered, grew many many new leaves in last spring and I’m ready for a new bloom season and hopefully harvest time! Don’t overwater it, but let it drink enough, and keep away from cold window and heat, they a bit moody I can say. But flowers smell heavenly! 🤙🏼
Great video. I've been meaning to make a rum to Logee's and Pick up a Meyer's Lemon. I have an avocado growing from seed and it's about three and a half feet tall. It needs a friend!
i grow mini chinese new year's orange from seeds from this year's chinese new year, planted only 2 seeds, and 2 all alive , still seedlings but theres already true leaves comin up , hope theyre alive up until small bush cuz i wanna keep it that size
Hey summer, i really enjoy watching your videos. I live in Germany and the "Trend" of growing exotic plants has not really setlled here but I was inspired by watching your videos. The thing is that due to the long and very cold winters here I am not really able to grow little plants in need of high moistire and lot of light so I am more of a Tree kind of grower. Could you make more videos in which you show or talk more about trees?
Thank you Fabio for your suggestions!
Thank you so much for this video! My family has a lemon tree in our backyard and we didn't know why it wasn't producing fruit. :)
Super! Thank you very much!
I started an orange tree 1.5 years ago from seed, it's sad to hear it would never fruit in my life time!
@Brainjock 57
Next generations will be able to pick the fruit of your labour
Transition from seedling vegetative stage to reproductive fruiting stage is variable, It can be hastened by never pruning the uppermost part of the plant. The top of the tree enters the fruiting stage first.Any top growth removed will need to re-grow before the process towards maturity can resume. Maintaining good health and vigor will accelerate the mature phase. I've had Citrus begin first fruiting at 5-6 years of age from seed.
So how do you manage the potted plant not to get too much or too often water from rains? Thanks for the video!
I bought a Meyer lemon and I’m in NC USA. I’m definitely going to have to repot it with better soil
Man I learned I should get on planting some citrus now if I wanna do it ever
I am in love with man's accent T.T
Me too!
Great explanation 🙂👍
I didn’t catch the name of the lemon tree at the very beginning of the video that has been in the same pot for over a decade? I’m interested in getting one.
I planted orange and lemon seeds together by mistake. The trees have grown together to about 4ft. the orange tree is taller than the lemon tree. Should I separate them ?? I also notice at the top of the orange one leaf that has curled up not down. I checked the entire plant for any infestation and found none. Its in a plastic container. Its 2yrs.old and its outdoor where its getting full sun and rainwater. I fertilize it with one made for citrus trees. My concern is that one leaf. Its not discolored in any way abd there's lots of new growth as well. I started this plant from store bought fruit. Any tips would be appreciated. I will have to bring it indoors come fall. I live in the northeast part of GEORGIA. THANKS.😊
i think you could have covered diagnosing nutritional deficits and recognizing them, also any citrus diseases. Thank you. Also if people spray their plant with water or give it a shower, advise them to be careful if their city water has high salinity or other chemicals like chlorine. I gave my citrus a shower in the bathroom and the next day it had burn holes in the leaves.
I have had a lime tree for over 5 years. It has only given me one lime so far. I think this year will be good as the leaf drop during winter was minimal. Oh and the thorns on this thing could cause serious injury. Lol
Hi Summer, Ive grown Myer and Lime for 3 years now bringing them in for the winter. they do struggle with Leaf drop when I first bring them in and to a lesser extent when I take them back out. the myer blooms and fruits well but the lie is still young and hasn't produced for me yet. this winter Ive been struggling with a pest that I think is a type of aphid (but is not the kind you'd see on roses) and another pest that seems to get inside the leaf. Ive been spraying with organic sprays which have slowed it down but haven't eradicated the problem. its super frustrating
Thanks a lot! Now I know why i have spider mites every yar when i take my lemon tree inside!
where can you keep a tree inside your house if its too big for a window sill. Can it still have medium light? Also someone told me when leaves turn yellow you have to add acid to plants but he didnt mention adding acidity to the soil. Thanks!
I think the challenge with giving advice on leaf color change is that it could be quite a number of issues/challenges with the plant; so....I would be reluctant to give advice without knowing more information. Lemon trees in particular will want the most light that you can give them. If you grow them outdoors on a patio and then give them medium light, they most definitely will start losing their leaves. Part of the reasons why I don't grow much citrus indoors is that I would want to give them more optimal light than I can give them in my space.
Scale can really delay budding if it gets heavy on Kishu mandrin I had to wipe the entire 4 foot tree bush and remove every one of the scale.
Fantastic!!!
After the flower fade and the fruit bud remains, it also drops off about a week later...any advice on what I can do to get the fruit to grow?
When was this filmed? I've been trying to figure out the right timing for pruning citrus, and Byron mentioned that it was maybe getting "a little late." It sounded like maybe you were there in the fall?
I have a bare root citrus 9 months and leaves dropping. Can I give it vermicompost tea even though it's only supposed to receive water the first year 🤔 it just looks like it needs a little help until the first feeding.
Byron Martin from logee's
I watching too
i have a calamondin orange. this summer will be 2 years since ive had it. its done great for me for the most part. one thing i struggled with last year is some kind of pest. i never saw any of the bugs but the young tender leaves were coming out very misshapen around the edges. i used an isecticidal spray and it worked last summer but im seeing very early signs of it now that were coming into spring. if anyone has had this happen to them, id love to hear how you dealt with it.
I wonder if it could be thrips or mites. Certain thrips, especially young ones, are light green flecks and can start to scrape leaf tissue ... Spider mites can also create stippling, and if on young leaves just emerging, can warp the leaves. Most are not visible with the naked eye. You'd need a loupe/magnifying lens to really see them.
I decided to grow a lemon tree from seed back in 2005. I still have it, and I came close to throwing it away a few times. It has gone through some periods of intense growth (it was over 6 feet tall at one point), heavy pruning, and complete leaf drop, but it's still alive and growing just fine. No blooms though. 15 years and never a single sign of a bloom. The main reason I wanted to grow a lemon tree was for the scent of the flowers. I had seen one at a greenhouse, and it had a ton of flowers on it, and the lemons were the size of grapefruits. The trunk on mine is nearly an inch or more wide at the base. I have trimmed it back to a few feet tall only. At this point I might just buy a commercially grown one that is already in bloom, and maybe pot them together? Seems way more rewarding to buy one for 30$ that is already established than to grow one from seed. If what he says is true it may be another decade before I see flowers on mine, which is really disappointing. I had heard from many people that it can take "up to" 10 years. Some of the leaves on it are almost 7 inches long, and 4 inches wide.
Just curious it’s been a year, did you buy a commercially grown lemon tree so you can grow lemons? I just bought my first one, it’s small and I need to repot it, but I am so happy to have one finally!!
Thank you Summer very informative. I have one question, can I spray my citrus tree with the neem oil/dish soap/water mixture while the tree is flowering? I am going to try the blast of water first but wanted to have a second plan ready to go. Thanks.
I planted lemon seeds and now I have a lemon tree and I can say that it has been growing for about 9 months and I must say that I am in London and the weather is not very good and now that it is November I brought it to the room and I know that it needs a lot of sun which we don't have but Its leaves are falling and I don't know why? And one question, how much water does it need in winter? Thank you
Love the video, is there any advice on the ratio of the soil medium used. I hear Moss, perlite and vermiculite but is there a ratio you could advise?
Did they mention how many hours of direct sunlight they need to survive or flower? Or did I just miss it?
So what size of pot was that 20 year old citrus in?
Good question. I think it was somewhere between 14-20" from looking at it.
Hi, i have a eureka lemon tree about 3ft tall, I live in zone 7 and had to keep it indoor for long cold months, now outdoors but Temp's have fluctuate quite much high and lows Temps, and he has not given any lemon, he gave three lemons b4 but now is summer and is kind of leggy and leaves are yellowish but green, is hard to say, I thoroughly water it and let it dry but I don't know what could been affecting him, What do u recommend? Thx!
Well I started a lemon tree about 7 years ago from seed and it’s pretty big now, I guess only 28 years more till I get some fruit from it 😂😭
I have two meyers from cuttings.
One has baby fruits at only about 1 ft tall.
I am curious to see if it grows full size instead of a dwarf.
I have a baby lemon tree with a tall trunk and branches that spreads on top. How do I make it grow tall like yours?
I want to know if my lemon 🍋 tree will give lemon 🍋 indoors as it has lots of flowers now indoors.??
I live in alabama i think it's zone 7ish so i'm growing my tree indoors & outdoors whats the best way to take care of my tree in the winter and do i need to use grow lights & if so what kind how much light ( lumens ) does it need i love my little tree I want to make sure it survives it's accident & the winter
i have a very young eureka lemon tree i bought it in june 2021 today it fell off the table as i was moving it i quickly out it back in it's pot and got most of the soil back in the pot ! but 1 branch was broken so i cut it off can i propagate this branch ? and will my tree be ok what can I do to make sure it is ok ?
So, why is it that my meyer lemon tree is losing its leaves but it is flowering? I know being inside my house is a factor, but it still has flowers but no foliage growth.
So interesting, as always! I'm wondering about sunlight? I assume citrus requires a full day of full sun indoors, so south facing window only? Probably not a plant for me in that case ... :-(
Yes but you can get a pendant light / grow light for artificial lighting while it’s inside if you don’t have a south facing window with good light!
Does it hurt the plant if you prune the thorns
Great video...thank you. I thought my 2 Meyers needed a new pot but when I took them out to repot them, I realized they had root rot just like the picture you had on film ...many roots fell off but some roots were still healthy or at least I thought so. I cleaned off the old soil and cleaned the remaining roots with a water spray and put them back in the nursery pot with new potting soil. Is there any coming back from root rot? One is flowering now and both fruited this past season. I also have red mites on the same plants which was another reason for new soil. I love citrus but for me it’s a work in progress. I live in CT and hopefully I’m going to Logee’s soon🌷 I missed your visit and I had the book.
I do find citrus challenging myself! If I had a patio/balcony, it would be a no-brainer, but trying to grow them exclusively indoors can be a challenge!
I'm desperate of my lemon tree, it's just recent when I decided to put it indoor and before putting indoor I watered it fully, like the water was draining down, then after few weeks, Im not sure if it needs water or not but the leaves are falling, it's not yellow but green, but looks like the vains are discoloring and turning to Yellow, I'm not sure what is wrong exactly.. 😟 I need help..
Where is he located I am in the market for a Kumquat tree and Id love to buy it from a nursery instead of a big chain place.
I need a lemon tree stat!!
So then, where do lemons 🍋 come from if not the seed???
Mites....in the cannabis community they are a nightmare. Almost as bad as aphids sometimes. We use a great product called 'Lost Coast Plant Therapy'. It's natural, and works on insects, and powdery mildew.. While I would consider Neem a good product, I would only use it as a last resort, and never when a plant is in flower. You don't wanna risk ingesting neem.
so what are the main points of growing citrus trees at home?
-give it lots of light
-let it dry out between waterings
-plant it small
-neem oil/hose to prevent pests
-prune top to keep bushy
the roots in that small one look yellow on on video
Yes, some of them were a little dry!
I found them extremely fussy and not happy in our climate. Toronto that is. Grow them indoors in the winter. Need a lot of light which we don’t have most of the year.
Neverstop Dreaming same experience in Toronto:( I’ve tried the last three years and it breaks my heart every time
I had the same experience. I live in the Netherlands. Never any sun here. I use grow lights and they are thriving!
farihienne , so glad to hear that yours are doing well under grow light. I do use them as well but my tree is over seven feet tall now and need a lot .
@@farihienne Never sun in my country? You must be kidding.
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Indoors? How they have fruits no good sun and good air