'Improved Meyer' Lemon Tree (YEAR 2) - Pruning Tips by IV Organic 3-in-1 Plant Guard
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Charles Malki, Biologist & Plant Expert from ivorganics.com/ discusses citrus pruning tips, specifically on the 'Improved Meyer' Lemon Tree.
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Useful tutorial indeed.!! I have a lemon tree that's never been pruned for years. Now I know! Thank you so much , tutorial greatly appreciated!!
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This lesson is exactly what I needed to see, as I have a seven year Meyer lemon tree that needs pruning , so there vedio was right on time. Thanks so much______soooo helpful.
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Hi there help me . I planted a lemon seed 7 years ago but no lemons. Its about 3feet tall with leaves dnd thornes😢
I have a Meyer lemon tree. Learned more about pruning from this video than anywhere else. I have the confidence to make the cuts now.
My Meyer is 16 now, and going strong. Fantastic lemons. Thanks for the vid, very interesting.
What a great and informative video. Thank you for taking the time to share it. I appreciate all the details in regards to cleaning the blade and why, and what to do if you want a smaller more compact tree. Thank you!
Thank you SO MUCH for the compliment! Happy to be a part of your growing gardening successes!!
Charles 🌱👍
Great video .I learned a lot about pruning lemon tree. Thanks a lot. Enjoy your lemon juice and the beautiful weather of Los angels. My favorite city. Good job. 👍
Thank you SO VERY MUCH for the compliment W. Bens
! Charles :-)
Thank you so much for this very informative video! I have watched so many videos on pruning trees and so far your video has showed me what I should be doing and how to do it! Thanks
Please advise again on what fertilizer to use and when, very good job on teaching us how to prune said citrus
It's April, 2020, and your video is very informative thank you.
love your channel ? Thanks to you I have now 7 happy citric trees. This year I am going to work on propagating my (big and delicious) 2 Bing cherry trees, I have space for 2 more. 👍
I love your Lemon trees 🍋!!!! so beautiful!!!😍 Looking forward the new video content about Lemon trees! 😊
Dude great tips on pruning. Thank you…
She made lots of lemon cello!
TFS......THIS IS A VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO AND THOSE LEMONS LOOK SO LUSCIOUS........
Great video!! Thanks for the great info!
Hi, I have a Myer tree and it arrived with a brach that is broken although still producing healthy looking leaves. Should I prune that from the tree?
Very Informative... Could you root the limbs you pruned off ?
Hi! In Camarillo, CA, have a semi-dwarf Meyer lemon. It is FULL Of heavy, bushy branches and already got some fruit! Here we are in early June 2020. Is it too late for me to prune. It sure looks as if it needs it. The fruits that bloomed were deep inside. I can’t even see them or get to them! Very healthy, but too full. What should I do? Thank you so much.
I have a seedling Meyer lemon that produces lots of excellent fruit. The skin is a little thicker and not as smooth as the improved meyer, but the fruit size is large and the flavor is outstanding. It’s about 6’ tall and produces countless fruit each year. I think the fact that it’s been growing in Oregon for nearly 4 decades where there aren’t a lot of other citrus trees is the reason the seedlings from this tree make fruit that is true to the parent. I grow it on an unheated covered patio where the temp doesn’t drop much below 30. On some of the coldest winter nights it hits 28. The tree has never shown any signs of stress at that temp. I’m also able to grow sudachi here which are also seedlings and excellent. Sudachi is a yuzu and mandarin hybrid and makes juicy fruit that tastes like a lime. I bring it up because the yuzu is one of the few citrus that grow true to seed.
I live in western Ky and my tree is in a pot which we take into the greenhouse in the winter and bring outside on the patio in spring and summer. What time of year should I prune my tree? We’ve only had one lemon this year on it.
Hi, can i use the spray on the small flowers of the lemon?
I have a lime tree about the same size as yours, and noticed that it has young branches growing that looks different, different leaves and big stents. Do you have a video with that problem in your 🍋.?
Hello I have a little orange tree that I grew from a cutting of the orange tree we had in our old house it was just a green little branch for about 2 1/2 years and it finally started growing leaves the past year but now it has a super long branch growing straight up and the branches underneath are not growing anymore my question is should I trim the longer branch to allow the others to grow and if yes how much should I trim?
What about branches that have thorns? I was told years ago to prune those and not the ones without thorns.
What i learned is that the tree is happiest left alone. Each intervention has its risks.
So you don't prune your tree at all? We moved last year to house that has a well established 6 ft tall by 6 ft wide (approx) tree that is very happy and productive (probably 75 lemons this past year?). It already had flowers while we were picking fruit, so it is continually producing. We thought we should prune it, but maybe we should leave it alone...
It would be interesting to see how the tree looks in 2020. How tall will you let the tree grow with a standard root stock? I do not like my trees to get larger than what I can manage with my feet on stable ground. I am in zone 5 and there for grow my citrus in containers in a cool heated greenhouse. I am having problems with the trees dropping leaves between January and February each winter. I do not provide supplemental light and do not know if it is due to shorter day length here in Oregon or some other stress factor.
Does the fruit itself also need direct sunlight or only the leaves? Looking at my other fruit trees I would say the former...
What if ordinary white latex paint is used?
tomas jina Latex paint is designed to last forever- and when it eventually falls off the growing tree lasts a very long time in the soil. IV Organic products are an organic healthier alternative for organic gardening! And, the added oils in IV Organic 3in1 offer repellent protection again insects & rodents- another plus! I hope this helps explain?
Charles 🌱👍
Wish I live next door to you!
I recently moved to Naples FL and have several Citrus trees on my property sadly none seem to have ever been pruned or tended to properly and are well over grown. I have what I have been told is a Meyers Lemon tree (2), a Guava tree and I believe a Mango still very unsure of this one. My question is my Meyers lemon trees are are so over grown, 1 has spider mites & rotted wood with ants (just discovered this tonight) that tree is not producing normal fruit.. The trunk of the tree is covered in moss as well as some of the branches. Is there a chance at saving these trees? I can send you some photos if you would like to see
Greatings from Denmark and thanks for sharing. I am making at pit greenhouse, and I would like to know if there is any reason why I should not companion plant lemons with avocado, pineapple and prickly pear?
Hello Mikkel Jylland,
Great to hear from you-- all the way from Denmark! :-) My wife is from Sweden (Stockholm) and I hear about those long, cold winters all the time. It must be a bit warmer in your country? Please e-mail me a picture of you pit greenhouse once you complete it! Info@IVOrganics.com To answer your question, it is a great idea to companion plant a diversity of plants in your greenhouse for a so many reasons: Diversity helps to prevent the spread of disease and pests. For example, if a disease plaques your citrus, the disease (or pests) can move quickly between plants if they are in contact or close proximity to one another. Diversification of plants species can block the spread of disease and a total loss of plants. Additionally, I do recommend having some (2-3) more closely related plants such as a lemon, an orange and a grapefruit to further increase fruit size and yields (according to much research) when related species cross pollinate. Further, although Avocados are self fertile, having a 'Type A' and 'Type B' variety cross pollinating one another will increase yields by 5% to 20% according to most research! I hope this helps. Keep me posted on your gardening successes! :-)
Charles
Thank you for taking the time.
Danish weather is something between swedish and English. It will be a small greenhouse, and not possible to keep plants far away from each other. But I will have many different plants in there while they are small. Then I will see what makes it, and what does not. Perhaps building an extra green house or making a larger and more permanent.
I bought two lemontrees. Only two feet hight with 5 lemons on each. Gave them bigger pots. Also have 1 lemon grown from seed. 2 years old. No flowers yet. Pruned it last night. And I have a tangerine that just sprouted. Will be fun to see what kind of fruit they give.
That's great that you are having such success growing tropical plants in your growing zone Mikkel! I learn something new all the time for you viewers! I am looking forward to seeing the final result on your pit greenhouse! Charles :-)
Thank you for the great tips. I live in San Antonio, TX. I wanted to grow a tree in the ground but is this a bad idea? Should I keep it in a pot instead?
You could leave the meyer lemon in a pot
VerticalStrafes - Thanks! I have since planted it in the ground.
Rose Oatley no problem, mine has been growing in a pot for a couple years now.
You can send me those branches you cut off so you don't have to throw them away!😉👋🏽😁
Hì Charles, do you prune all Citrus tree same ưay? Thx
Hello hiep nguyen
! The principles are the same to for all citrus. One important goal is to have the tree create a canopy that naturally shades and protects the lower trunk & branches for over exposure to sunlight and potential sunburn. IV Organic products are available to help prevent the burn & damage during the younger years or pruning that results in an open canopy that over exposes the underlying trunk & branches. Keep me posted on your citrus growing successes!!! Charles :-)
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Where are you growing these?
Im thinking cirtus plants untouched ( if there were no humans) were not pruned then, why do they have to be now? Im not trying to rude but just trying to educate myself...
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I noticed that while you were pruning, you had two branches growing too close together, You cut off the good branch and left the sucker ? Any branch that goes straight up that has thorns are extremely bad for the tree. I am glad that you found out about not putting "compost"in the hole when you are transplanting your avocados.
I'm going to wrap this up (12 minute mark of a 30 minute video) LOL! That was too funny. I love seeing someone passionate about teaching. Very informative and new subscriber. Thanks for sharing wisdom.
Thank you for the compliment Andy Rea
! I can go on for hours.... Actually, I do if you add up all the time per month, per year(s)... LOL. Hoping this growing season will be your BEST!!! Charles :-)
@@IVOrganic I was wondering if you could help me with some advice. At the moment, I only have 2 young semi-dwarf 'Improved Meyer' trees. Both of them had blooms and some fruit developing when I got them last week. One of them looks MUCH better than the other. I decided to not transplant that one. The scraggly one was picked by my 5 year old because "it was cute" and I couldn't say no. I figured I would take on the challenge and give the little ugly duckling a happy forever home. :D My question is it OK to prune some of the young branches right now in the spring? Some are heading in the wrong direction. Should I wait until after the fruit has been harvested in the winter? One of your other responses to me which I took to heart is to not worry too much about the first available harvest but to look ahead at future harvests. That will be hard to do though because we are all so excited to see our trees with fruit! Thanks again for your wisdom and time.
IV Organic
Do i do the same things i use grow lights and when my plant gets bigger i’ll bring it in front of a window but i can’t put mine outside it’s way to cold with winters down to -60F
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Yes, prune you citrus up to 10 to 20%. I have done this every year and in Spring, my trees are full of blossoms and bees. My trees are in containers and the scent from the blossoms is incredible.
Hello laluna. So glad that we share common pruning practices!!! And yes, citrus are the best!!! Rewarding when the flower, fruit & year round beautiful green plants!!! A MUST HAVE in every garden!!! Charles :-)
Hello! I am a trained arborist who has recently moved south and started collecting potted citrus trees. Typically when pruning other types of trees, you do not want to cut into the collar of the branch as it opens the main trunk to rot and disease. Watching these instructions I wonder, do citrus trees not have this issue? I can't wait to dive in a learn more! Thank you for the video and your time!
Absolutely the most helpful and informative video I’ve ever seen on lemon tree pruning. Thank you!
Earlier today I watched a video where on "Clone your favorite plants and trees". I am the 84 year old "novice who planted three trees a few months ago, one being a lemon tree, so thank you for showing me what to do after the tree has lemons. All the leaves were blown off in January, but with all the rain, the tree has many budding flowers. A few new small leaves, but lots of flowers.....do the flowers mean there will be lots of lemons? The tree in only about two feet tall. I am so excited, guess I'll have to wait and see sigh......(smiles)
Yes flowers once pollinated will be fruit but it’s best to let your tree have a year or two to grow roots and develop before having it focus on tons of fruit. Usually you just remove the blossoms or tiny fruit it’s probably ok to leave a half dozen but young trees that are let to establish a good foundation will reward greatly within a less amount of time, cheers
When you first showed us the bottle of alcohol, I thought you were going to use it to clean the inevitable scratches on your arms from reaching in to prune. My Meyer fights back, LOL! Thanks for the great video. P.S. Tell your camera person to let you stand up straight. I'm worried for your back!
So many lemons...beautiful! I needed Meyer Lemon pruning tips here in Las Vegas Siena Summerlin!
After watching this, I want a giant glass of fresh squeezed lemonade, with extra lemon for extra tartness. Thanks for the video and info.
God Bless bro.
Thank you for the compliment! God bless you too skyym3! Charles :-)
I can't get enough of your citrus videos! it helps SO much see you pruning live like this. I've just been guessing so far with my pruning. thank you. keep 'em coming! :)
Sheryl
Thank you SO MUCH for the compliment Sheryl! :-)
Charles
JuicingGardener (Sheryl Mann) qq
Thank you.
Will be watching
and learning.
I have grown 6
saplings from lemon
seeds, waiting to see
how they do in pots.
Summer outside,
Winter inside. English
Weather not as good
in winter. 😎👏🌨☃️🇬🇧
I have never seen a lemon tree with so many lemons on it. Amazing.
It's. Australia he proones it probably most people buy Fruit tress and never do anything to them and expect a miracle
I love the way that you speak to the tree, with your positive energy; and how you take your time and nurture the plant. There is power in the tongue:)
Pick before you prune, some of those branches were pointing down only because they had fruit pulling the main branch down.
Yup, that’s what fruits do to branches.
To bad your product takes away from the natural beauty of the bark .cheers
I sure wish I had some of your cuttings. I have watched this video several times. You do great work with such a beautiful Meyer Lemon tree.
Very informative, and you make the job so clear. Thank you. What and when does one fertilizer the meter !emon. Thank you
Your lemons are beautiful I bet you’re fresh lemonade drinks taste beautiful - seems like a lot off work to look after the tree I thought growing lemons was easy 😒
My meyer lemon in the pot, the fruits never big and it will turn yellow and skin wrinkle when it about big toes size.
A young tree will sometimes produce inferior fruit. Hopefully as the plant gets more established & mature the quality of the fruit will improve! Keep us posted on your Meyer lemon growing successes!
Charles 🍋👍
Hello,
if the tree grows from the upper end and not the bottom of the tree how come a dwarf rootstock actually dwarfs the whole tree? the grafted scion is not a dwarf and thus should grow normally? please help me understand this.
Thank you for the wonderful video containing lot of information i am so in love with it and love seeing someone passionate about teaching. Thank you so much for sharing this video.
Such a beautiful lemon tree 🌳 ❤😊
I wish I found your video before I butchered my Meyer Lemon. I have 2 Meyer lemon trees. My first had fruit the first year but not much. But nothing for years. Perhaps I planted it too close to the fence. The second tree I planted went nuts. I had bags and bags of wonderful fruit. Then the following year nothing. So someone told me to prune it. I did not knowing what to do but I was told 10%. Today, I have possible 2-3 dozen lemons. But nothing like my first year. So I will try your method and perhaps those IV items you have.
A friend of mine gave me a starter lemon plant last year with about six tiny leaves. This past March it started to grow faster, now it stands about 8 inches high , 3 inches wide, and the leaves are almost ten times bigger. After watching your video, I all set in knowing what to do coming next Spring. Thank you, this is very informative! Amazing tips!
I just learned so much!! Thanx
Any recommended sites to buy meyer lemon trees from? Where I'm from has literally no meyer lemons so I would have to import the tree, none the less your video was quite helpful as other people didnt explain that the seeds in most cases wont be true to the family
Thank you. Great videos! Very informative
backdraft57 Hello 👋Thank you so much for the compliment!!
Charles 🌱👍
I watched your video this morning and spent 4 hours pruning my Meyer lemon. I don't remember how old it is....maybe 20 years. It is a under 5 ft, but many years produced well over 300 lemons. Thanks to your video I really got in there and cleaned up the dead wood and the downward spiraling branches. I hope to get to the other side tomorrow. I also have blossoms starting and a couple of small fruit. I am in Central California and between high heat, limited water, deer and squirrels it has managed quite well. I look forward to finding your products.
Our family always whitewashed the trees. My sister liked your video and
subscribed as well. Thank you. You are an excellent teacher!
I'll come pick up the extra lemons, I'm in Long Beach
I just paid attention to your video for the first time...thank you for letting us go through with your good and detailed explaination....good job...
I learned alot...I will do that to my lemon tree nxt year......
Since we cannot get an exact same fruit from seeds...how about the cuttings...will this process work...I have not done any of this grafts....thank you ...and keep up the good works..
Loved your videos and so glad I found you. I live in Australia and have 3 questions. 1 what is the ideal time to prune 2 what do you suggest for gall wasp. I’ll pruned those branches off after slicing open which didn’t work. The fall wasp then develops further done closer to the main trunk. Thanks again, and keep up the fantastic work.
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Best time to prune is after the last chance of frost has passed your grow zone area, and before the spring growth/ bloom. For citrus, I prune 1-2 year growth immediately after winter harvest- if you have older growth to prune, it’s best to wait until the coldest nights have passed, so the wounds can begin heal shortly thereafter. Regarding the wasp, IV Organic has both (1) 7 natural oils to help repel those pests, plus (2) diatomaceous earth that will harm wasps attempting to burrow into/ out of your trees. Keep new holes coated to prevent & reduce tree injury.
And, THANK YOU PETA for the compliment! :-)
Charles 🌱👍
I didn't know that about mango seeds. Nice 👍🏼 thanks for that. :)
Your lemons are so beautiful on all sides. Mine that grow touching each other get discolored where they touch their neighbors. This is Florida, so I'm guessing it's a humidity thing?
I'm experimenting on stem cuttings-clipping to transplant and root new ones from mature Mothers.....
I just became a Master Gardener in Georgia, and will learn so much additional information with your videos. I will be watching and hopefully in time mastering the art of gardening. Thanks Charles.
Surely if you’re a master gardener you’ve already mastered gardening?
@IVOrganic.
I have a two year old improved Meyer in 3’ X 2’ pot. This winter( while indoors) it had numerous blooms down one limb. I barely bumped it and to my shock they ALL fell off. Why?
Now, it has but one lemon. Still green. This summer on the deck, it grew four long, tall, skinny shoots that are about 4’ taller than the main bush.
It’s Sept. May I prune it now ? I’m wanting more a ‘bush’ type tree.
I have a five year old lemon tree in a pot on my patio, all of the leaves have a strange shape, they are pinched in towards the rib and then come out again can you tell me what could cause this?
put it in a bigger pot
Love your videos! Wish I can have a branch to graft 😭😭 your citrus trees are so beautiful and healthy!
Me too!!
You are lucky that you are in a warmer country! I am in zone 4/5 and I have an indoor lemon tree, it's only 1 stem straight up with no branch off. Should I cut the top off so it will grow another branch?
I need advice about my Meyer Lemon tree I’ve had it for 2 years now and unsure if I’m pruning it right. Also some of its leaves are curled. What’s the best way for me to share a picture of my tree to get help with it. No one in my garden groups care for citrus trees.
Leaves curling could be insects (like leaf miners) or under/over watering.
Some good info, and some well-known. Video doesn't keep to topic or cover topic comprehensively. 30 mins doesn't even cover topic. Lots of superfluous actions and words. Waste of viewers' time.
Thanks for such a wonderful video ….I have a dwarf lime tree for almost 10 years and gave me little limes but never developed as a regular lime …and fall off ….I also live in Los Angeles and I planning to change the soil with better nutrients….is in a pot!…
Is this the right time to do it?…thanks for your help….this was a gift from my husband and want to keep it ….
Hello, I have a baby Meyer with lots of new growth and looking for a video on babies. Its actually about 4' in container. Should I shape it a little? Afraid 😬😆🍋
Help! I pruned my potted Meyer lemon tree and now all the leaves are falling off. Yikes, maybe I over-pruned it?? I also brought her inside to protect her from the Portland rain. Can I fertilize it one more time this late in the season and even after I pruned it? My poor tree...her name is Liz Lemon and I can't lose her!!
My Mier is loaded but the leaves are curling! I’m thinking I need to put it in a bigger pot. I live in Texas 8a with southern and west exposure in the afternoon. There is a small open type tree protects it from 110 degree weather. I had 2 beautiful lemons last yr that were wonderful! I had it in my southern exposure garden room and it bloom awesome and has so many now but I’m not sure what to do now to save the many lemons I have! Do I need to repot it into a larger pot? It’s in a 12” pot now. It’s only 2 yrs old and came in a 8 “ pot!
Can you prune in the Fall? There’s a tree in my yard that’s prolly never been pruned. It looks like a giant bush. It’s fruiting and has green fruit right now. Also doesn’t have a predominant trunk. Looks like 3 growing like fingers almost all the way from the ground. Belongs to an elderly lady who also doesn’t seem to have picked fruit, there are a lot of dried fruit on the branches too.
I want to thank you so much for this tutorial. I have bought your white wash product and it literally saved my euraka lemon tree. I am writing because I purchase two Meyer lemon. The vendor "moon valley nursery" says they are semi-dwarf "improved" meyer. Ok my dilemma is I am still not clear on spacing and size of these trees. The Vendor said they can go as close as 5 feet apart. is that true? I can also plant 8 feet apart, but no more then that. Just how tall and wide to these trees get? Both trees have a Y shape at top. Vendor said that will make them grow wide. not sure if thats good or bad, but they look lovely that way. Thank you.
The great thing about growing from the seeds is that you can accidentally create an amazing new variety that might have it’s own benefits.
Ain't no sccidente
But if you grow from seed, doesn’t it usually take atleast 30-45 years before the tree will begin fruiting?
@@timjohnson3913 They begin fruiting between 3-6 years old, so while it's definitely longer than growing from a cutting, it's totally possible.
@@joeltm8697 Byron Martin from Logee’s Greenhouses says if you start a citrus from seed, you usually won’t see it bear fruit in your lifetime, which is a bit of an exaggeration. They have a citrus tree that took 45 years to fruit. He’s a 3rd generation family business owner of plant/tree business, but maybe he’s wrong. What’s your experience with horticulture and what citrus trees have you grown from seed that are fruiting in 3-6 years?
@@timjohnson3913 I suppose it could vary a lot from variety to variety but I've had a lion yuzu that I started from seed back in 2014 and has been bearing fruit since I think 2019, which was a very exciting experience. It was no significant harvest but the tree did manage to produce a few fruits. (Most died before maturity though, maybe insufficient pollination.)
How many times I water my baby lemon tree, and how many times I water my adult lemon tree???
I am slightly confused. If the parents of the tree are both genetically identical then would the offspring be diverse from the parent(s) genetically? I mean both the pollinators and pollinated identical. How then would a child be anything other than identical? I am not a botanist or otherwise and am not trolling to insite anger. I just do not understand how two parents with the exact same genome can produce anything other than an identical offspring in a tree, that is. Thank you. I have two trees i have grown from seed. The story is beautiful to me but I will hild iff on selling it until asked. Than you for your time.
I see a long straight branch growing from near the bottom of the trunk. It looks like a “sucker” or “water sprout”, what do you do with these? I have a few of these on my Myers. I don’t see any flower buds. What do you do with these?
What did you do with all the branches that you pruned cut? Asking cause you can make seedless meyer lemons from the cuttings. All lemons produced from cuttings will be seedless.
Hello sir. Im a new subbie n a new mom to a myers n lime tree. They just arrived pretty beat up. Ill be growing them in pots. Do i need to use the paint now (theyre 1-2ft and im planning in reporting in 2-3 wks.
Can I prune my meyer lemon on Aug, its so misshappened. Its about 18 months old, it has only a few leaves and has only had about 3 pieces of fruit on it. ?+
Hello karen guth,
Yes. I prune my citrus year round to control the size, shape, etc.... Just last week I pruned about 5-10 of my Meyer Lemon; however, be careful that the underlying trunk & branches do not burn from over exposure to sun & whitewash the underlying trunk and branches to protect from summer sunburn, as well as winter sunscald. Please keep me posted! Charles :-)
I am living in Henderson, Nevada, where it can be sometimes very windy. At the time when my blossoms are coming out most of blossoms will be wiped off. Is there any way to protect it from the wind?
Hi! So six weeks ago, after watching this video I pruned my potted Meyer lemon tree and she is so happy now! She is pushing so much new growth, probably the most I have very seen her push. We have had her for 10 years. First, in huge ceramic pot at first and then transferred to a wooden whiskey barrel about three years ago. Last year was the first season we had a decent lemon harvest. I love this tree so much and I feel like with these tips, I have finally treated her the way she needed to be treated. Thanks for your help! I have the brown paint and plan to paint her soon too!
Hello Kim 👋 AWESOME NEWS!! Once you’ve learned the basic care tips for your lemon tree- it just gets easier year-after-year getting the most from your tree(s).
Happy Gardening,
Charles 🍋🙌
@@IVOrganicOK Charles so our tree grew to 7 feet tall and is covered in fruit! Yay! Unfortunately she toppled over in the windy storms we’ve had up here in the Bay Area. I’m at a loss. Do I trim her now even though rain is forecasted all week or wait for dryer weather? I don’t want to make her vulnerable to fungus and root. When you have a moment, any advice would be helpful. 😊
Really off putting when products are introduced all the time. Plants are independent of man made commercial products and surely there must be simp,et and more economic ways of doing gardening. So, any gardener who needs to rely on advertising products repeatedly as this guy does on his site is useless as far as I’m concerned.
Wow. These could be super helpful and definitely educational for someone who doesnt garden alot. Or is new to gardening.
Thank you for your rudimentary explanation of the Meyer Lemon trees. I have a question of concern: my Meyer Lemons trees and Satsuma orange trees have a lot of thorns. Why is that? I am looking at your video and do not see thorns. What can I do to correct?
New Mexico here Las Cruces Just got my Meyer Lemon i have to grow in container . My point i bought the IV organics for all my fruit trees so we will see how it works
Very interesting gardening tips. I have a lemon tree and it is still a young plant about 50 cms tall only. There are only four lemons at the moment and the lemons have grown bigger this year. Thank you Mr. Charles Malki.
I think I have ruined my dwarf improved Meyer lemon and dwarf bears lime trees by making a header cut on the tallest branch at the top. Should I start over?
we don't care what year the meyer lemon tree came into popularity just get to the pruning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!