I have had my Meyer Lemon Tree in a large pot for about 4 years. The overall shape is good. It has been potted in a 24" pot for about 3 years now and is around 5 feet tall. It's in full sun. This year it produced about 20 lemons with not much new leaf growth. I feed once a month with Milorganite. It's on a drip system as well. I am wanting to plant in my front yard with faces the south. It will still get full sun. I am more interested in tree surviving the transplant and getting more leaves than I am in having fruit anytime soon. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Charles
MEYER LEMON TREE/PRUNING & PLANTING IN GROUND
Milorganite is a lawn fertilizer and doesn't provide the nutrients citrus trees need. The tree probably used up the nutrients found in the soil and just stopped growing. Micronutrients are very important and a fertilizer developed especially for citrus provides all it needs.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/homefruit/citrus/citrus.html
http://organic.lovetoknow.com/Organic_Citrus_Fertilizer
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS419
Right now is the time to transplant bare root non-tropical or semi-tropical trees, but you may want to wait until after the last frost date to plant your lemon tree. You will have to provide winter protection on freezing days and nights. Meyer lemon is the most hardy of the lemons because it is not a true lemon, but it will be damaged by freezing weather. Austin is outside the optimum citrus growing belt.