Re: Requiem for a lemon tree

If you come up with a good minigreenhouse let me know. I have figs again that won't have time to mature. I think I want to move it to the south side of the garage next spring. It's at the side of the yard now and has frozen to the ground the past 2 winters. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 3:28 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] 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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