Re: I like fall

I bring it in in October. Last spring it started to bloom in early March, before it went outside, and it continued to bloom through April. That's when it started to get little lemons. The ones that are ripe now began then. It is budding again now and will probably bloom sporadically throughout the winter. 
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> 
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You're in zone 7, is your lemon tree outside all winter? I think mine
would freeze. So I bring it inside and there aren't any pollinators.

Cyndi

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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [CHAT] I like fall

I don't understand why you lack pollinators either.  My little Meyer
lemon had four fruits this year.  I just picked one last week, and the
others will soon be ripe enough to pick.  It is also in bud.  Last
spring it had dozens of tiny lemons, but I'm sure it would have been
sprawled on the ground if all of them had reached maturity.  This is
only the second year I've overwintered it.  Last year I fed it a week
acid fertilizer once a month and it flourished.
zem
zone  7
West TN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Hodges" <andreah@hargray.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:14 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] I like fall



Why do you have to pollinate the lemon yourself? Is it inside? Just
curious. I've been reading Eric Grissell's Insects and Gardens (Great
read, and we should all take this man's advice to heart) so this makes



me curious as to your lack of pollinators.
A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
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Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 4:40 PM
Subject: [CHAT] I like fall



It's seventy degrees, no wind, and clear as anything. The weather the



last few weeks has been just wonderful. I think it might have been
almost 80 yesterday. We usually have great weather in October but
November is kind of iffy, this year it's been amazing.
I finally got all my patio plants into the greenhouse. Hasn't been
any hurry because it's been so warm - I don't think we've had frost
yet. It got cold enough to blast my peppers and basil right on
schedule, at the end of October, but I still have living tomato
plants in the garden. But everything tender is tucked away now. I
think I will have to do something about spiders in the near future
though. I haven't seen any more black widows but there are webs from
other kinds showing up weekly, and I'm sure I brought in a few more
with this weekend. I thought about spraying everything down before
putting it inside but in the end I didn't, just wanted to get the job



done. Hope I don't regret that...I didn't see any whiteflies but it
doesn't mean there weren't some lurking. I got the pond filter

cleaned too, and watered the dry garden.

Oh and my lemon tree has flower buds, I'll have to watch and get out
there with my paintbrush when they open. If I'm really lucky I might
get a lemon next year...but I'll not count my lemons before they're

picked.

That was about it for the weekend's gardening - I had a riding lesson



Saturday morning and then did the gardening chores. Sunday I went
hiking in the morning, helped my husband with some construction when
I got back, and we went riding in our neighborhood in the afternoon.
First time I've taken my new horse out. (Wow, I own a horse - every
now and again this thought smacks me one.)  Anyway we had a nice
relaxing ride, just what I was hoping for. If the weather holds,
we'll trailer up to my sister's on Thanksgiving and go riding before
the feast, I'm looking forward to that.

Cyndi

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