Originally Posted by *Dearly Depotted*

Pretty cool! I’m genuinely impressed about the amount of lemons you get! Very nice! However, now I am really worried! I wonder why the person I bought it from told me that. At least I think that’s what the person said! Oh, boy!

Originally Posted by edwmax

Okay ... just a couple of notes. From your grow zone I assume you intend these to be container orange trees. These need to be in bigger pots so now is a good time to repot. Try not to break up the existing soil & root ball. Put a stake in the pot to support the main stem. For the next 2 years I wouldn't trim the tree; but DO cut off anything that grows below the graft flush with the tree trunk. ... After 2 years pick the best limbs and trim to shape & height (4 or 5 ft ???). .... As a container orange tree I doubt it will ever support a large crop of oranges. For the first 1 or 2 fruit cycles keep the fruit load to 12 or 16 orange. Figure it out after that. .... Do a google search for more info on how to grow container orange trees. I don't think what I said above to be far off the mark.



Just my thoughts ... I haven't done this. My lemons trees are in the ground and about 4 ft tall now & 4 years old. They had some fruit last year and they are loaded this year. They dropped their fruit the first 2 years after forming.

Originally Posted by Yug

The person might not know, or he/she 'may' have said that so you think it is normal and it delays your going back and complaining about it dying.

Originally Posted by *Dearly Depotted*

Pretty cool! I’m genuinely impressed about the amount of lemons you get! Very nice! However, now I am really worried! I wonder why the person I bought it from told me that. At least I think that’s what the person said! Oh, boy!

Originally Posted by Snarkie

Once it comes out of shock, get it out that peat moss. That stuff is just pure evil. I would also suggest a pH meter to test the soil you do put it in, to make sure it's at the optimum pH for your tree(s). You can get one at the Homie Despot that doesn't take batteries pretty cheap. You have Menard's up there, right? They should have them too. In containers, it's really easy to change your pH. I had a dawn redwood one time that was growing in 3.8. Vinegar is 3.5, so it was pretty acidic. Luckily the dawn could take it, but it would have killed just about everything else though. It was a damn fine experiment however! Even I didn't know they could take that low of a number and be okay. It wasn't thriving, mind you, but it wasn't languishing either. I have no idea how in the hell they went extinct, as hardy as they are.

Originally Posted by Yug

When it blooms, there are sometimes as many as 20 blooms in each clump. I wait until the fruit begins to form, and pinch off all but about 3 or 4 of them. The branch would not be able to handle the weight of more than that.

Originally Posted by subsonicdrone

i had prolific flowers on mine after bringing it indoors
it was the first time it had flowered
it dropped all the flowers which i somewhat expected since it was the first time it had flowered
hopefully next time a few of them set fruit

Originally Posted by *Dearly Depotted*

Hey! Thanks for the suggestions! Yes I’ll go and get a ph meter! I’ve been meaning to buy one before just never did yet! I can’t believe that your Dawn redwood was growing in that acidic of conditions! Wow I’m shocked! Pretty neat experiment! Thanks so much for helping me out and being so kind to reply!

Originally Posted by subsonicdrone

i had prolific flowers on mine after bringing it indoors
it was the first time it had flowered
it dropped all the flowers which i somewhat expected since it was the first time it had flowered
hopefully next time a few of them set fruit

Originally Posted by subsonicdrone

i do have the odd fly down there,
all my other citrus flowered and set fruit when i brought them inside
lots of limes, lemons, calamondin, buddhashand, and pomello fruits forming

Originally Posted by Snarkie

Umm, don't you have to pollinate them? I know on peppers and tomatoes and such, if they don't get pollinated, the flowers just fall off.

Originally Posted by Snarkie

YW.

Yeah, anyone who is familiar with plants and pH's, is usually shocked to hear it was growing. A friend of mine who went to forestry school and I, went to see Dante's Peak. When Pierce Brosnan took a sample of the lake water and it registered 1, we both said at the same time, "Holy s**t!" We were the only people in the entire theater who understood the significance, or what it even meant. Battery acid.

Originally Posted by Yug

I have a few citrus growing, and have never heard that the leaves need to fall off before the fruit sets. I have a Myer lemon, 2 Kalamansi, and my daughter is also growing a Myer lemon. None of these have ever dropped leaves to fruit. In fact the Myer lemons make so many lemons in each bunch (15-20) that I have to snip off all but 3 so the branches can support the weight. All the while, they are full of leaves.

Originally Posted by *Dearly Depotted*

Yeah I think you’re right about having to pollinate orange trees! Do you have to have 2 orange trees to do that? Can bugs like bees do it for you? Hopefully mine won’t fall off, but it’s aright if they do! No biggie!



Yeah I can see why anyone would be surprised to know any plant would or could grow in that low of ph! It’s pretty interesting that you & your friend were the only ones in the theatre who knew what it meant about the ph being only 1! Yuck! Can you imagine if that lake water from that movie was actually a real lake and you tried to swim in it! 🤮

Thanks for replying! I truly appreciate it!