RE: Requiem for a lemon tree

I have often thought about how I might plant one in the ground and
protect it in the winter somehow, maybe a little portable greenhouse or
a really big cloche to fit over the top and something to provide heat,
then in spring just lift the whole thing off. Alas I can't figure out
where it would go that I could also get electricity to it without a heck
of a lot of work. Although we have enough extension cords running around
the back yard right now I don't know why I'm quibbling about one more.
The pond pump is still (after 5 or 6 years) on an extension cord and our
lights at the horse corrals as well, that's only been one winter. I'm
sure none of it would pass any kind of common-sense safety check.

Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Theresa W
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:50 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Requiem for a lemon tree

Ahh-  Jim would know better than I about Meyer lemon hardiness.  We have

gotten into the 20s here- especially last winter.  Mine is planted right

next to the house though, so likely protects is some and I threw a
blanket over it a couple of times.  Actually, my lemon has done better
this summer than the last couple of years, so I guess the cold didn't
phase it much.
So Jim- how hardy is the Meyer???

Theresa

on Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
> Well, it gets into the low twenties most winters at my house. I'm
> thinking it would freeze.
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Theresa W
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:16 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Requiem for a lemon tree
>
> Cyndi- Why do have your lemon in a pot?  Why not just plant one?  I
> couldn't keep one alive in a pot either- but in the ground it's pretty
> easy.
>
> Theresa
>
> Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>> I killed my lemon tree. This was #3 in my quest to have my own lemons
>> and I've failed again. I'm not entirely certain what happened to it
> this
>> time. I had decided not to move its pot out into the veggie garden
> area
>> because last year squirrels bit off the lemons. So I moved it into
the
>> front yard, where I have a little hose attached to the sprinklers
that
>> could water it directly and I could just leave it. Well we were
pretty
>> busy this summer, the front garden is totally overgrown, and because
> it
>> wasn't directly in my path every day I only took a look at it now and
>> again. It wasn't exactly thriving but I was so busy I kept telling
>> myself I would move it in a few days, didn't have time right now.
Last
>> time I saw it was really waterlogged so I moved the little irrigation
>> hose away from it figuring the regular sprinklers would keep it moist
>> enough but let it dry out some. Saturday I looked and it's dead. So I
>> don't know if it was too much water, or whether I moved the hose just
>> before that awful heat wave we had around Labor Day and it didn't get
>> any water at all.
>> I'm not sure if I'll try it again. I keep remembering the Meyer
lemons
>> from the dwarf tree my mom had and how good they were. But it's been
>> YEARS and I haven't managed one lemon, not one. Hmmm.
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
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