"Meyer's Lemon" Tree HEAVY w/blooms in garage

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mkjones Aurora, TX(Zone 8a) Feb 14, 2008

Usually, I bring this guy into the house for the winter; this year, he's in the garage. As opposed to the few blooms I customarily get during winter, the tree (4 years, 3 ft) is LOADED with blossoms. I'd bet there's 150 on the thing. Few questions:

--should I hand pollinate? I did last year, but then read they self-pollinate....
--should I water more? Less?
--fertilize now? No?

I want that crop of lemons. =)

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bettydee La Grange, TX(Zone 8b) Feb 15, 2008

Unless bees find their way into your garage, hand pollination is required. They do self-pollinate, but with bees as the transfer agents. I would wait until next month to fertilize unless you start to see some new growth. With fruit forming, there will be a demand for more water so it wouldn't hurt to increase the watering frequency. Does the tree get sunlight or artificial light? If it doesn't, then I wouldn't increase the water.

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mkjones Aurora, TX(Zone 8a) Feb 21, 2008

The tree gets sunlight through a west-facing window in the garage. And it's LOADED with blooms......I'll go water and hand pollinate right now!! Thanks, Bettydee!

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Texasescimo Argyle, TX(Zone 7b) Feb 21, 2008

WOW! mk, soulds like your lemon is doing good. I am new to citrus. My surviving lemon, lime, orange, and whatever the other one is (started out with two of each) are in the house and I have two grow lights that I run in the day. No flowers at all, and the orange has lost all of its leaves which I think has scale (white specks and brown spots were on all of the leaves before the last two fell off last week), but not for sure. I took photos with my wifes camera but I am not good with a camera. She is the realtor, not me, I just used her company name so that I could remember my DG name. Have you grown any other citrus? Any problems? Any suggestions? Sorry for invading your thread. Thanks, Mike

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