Re: Meyer lemons - one reply ....

My guess, since you say it is  "half under"  a redwood tree, that it needs
more light.  Is there any way you could hang foil or a reflective mylar
curtain at an angle to catch sunlight and direct it at the tree to increase
the units that light is measured by ?  (my head injury from 1997 sometimes
does this to me - I know what I want to say but the dictionary file in my
head isn't immediately available for me to say the technical term)

I'm basing my guess on the fact that many things will grow with a minimum of
light, give them a little more and they will flower, give them still more
and they will fruit - provided their other needs are met, and if you are
beginning to feed it, then develop a feeding cycle and see how time affects
your crop - of course, if they have enough heat-light units, the crop will
also ripen, and that's where Seattle falls down - the lack of heat-light
units for things like grapes and figs, depending on the variety ..... I have
both fruits and neither does well, but I know there are other varieties that
do, and I must do my homework  *before*  I  "shop"  again.

Toni in Seattle .....



>Since all the talk of Meyer lemons I'll ask all of you about my tree. It's
>been in our garden since we moved in, 29 years ago. It's never produced
>well but we've been satisfied with what we've gotten since it's half under
>our neighbor's redwood tree. But this year it's had smaller than ever
>lemons and only 4 of them! I fed it in May with some Whitney Farms organic
>citrus food but that hasn't helped with lemon production. The foliage looks
>great however.
>
>If any of you has some advice, information etc. for me I'll accept any and
all.
>
>Thanks--
>
>Barbara in Berkeley
>
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