RE: Meyer lemons - problem
Hi,
I hope you don't mind me popping up with a suggestion for this one - usually
I'm a lurker due to being a beginner with extremely scanty knowledge but I
thought in this case I may have some useful information.
Every Saturday and Sunday morning there is a gardening show on one of the local
radio stations. Without fail every week someone rings up to ask why their
citrus/fruit tree/ passion fruit vine is not flowering and without fail the
gardening expert (besides lots of other suggestions including regular deep
watering, adequate light etc) suggests they use Sulphate of Potash on the tree.
Apparently Sulphate of Potash contains an element(s) that helps fruit to set
(helps the little tiny fruit stay in the tree and mature into big delicious
fruit) and also apparently makes fruit sweeter. Depending on the size of the
tree you need to sprinkle a large handful around the dripline 4 times a year
and then water it or let the rain water it in.
Hope this helps,
Tori Hocking
Adelaide
South Australia
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From: Barbara Sargent [SMTP:rsgt@california.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 6:29 AM
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Meyer lemons - problem
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
