My Lemon Tree

 Hi to all, 

This is my lemon tree. I had a lemon tree that Nita gave me (she grew it from a seed) I grew it into a huge plant in which a robin made her nest one year in Ohio. That tree came back down to West Virginia and still did not produce any lemons, never even one flower. So I let it sit outside and freeze. It had 1 and 1/2 inch thorns on it also. Then two years ago I bought a small lemon tree. He was about 1/2 foot tall when I got it two years ago. Last summer it put on one flower and then let it fall off later on. So it is two years old now and next summer I expect a lot of lemons.

Then this early spring, it sat on 8 to 10 flowers, still so cold outside, he lives with me inside during winter, they smelled so good, then as summer got here he had lost some of the flowers and had set on about 3 different lemons. But slowly all of the little lemons dropped off but one. This is the pic of the one that stayed on the tree and keeps growing. Not sure if it will be any good or not but just the fun of having one grow on a small tree for me is wonderful.

 I do have to re-pot this thing and give him a larger root area. I think the letting it get too dry before I watered it may have caused the problems, so larger pot and less problems and perhaps next year I will have a few lemons. I love to eat them with salt sprinkled on them, love them in ice tea also. 

Here are a couple of pics and one with my glasses to show some size for lemon. 

 

 I let the lemon rest of the rail of the porch because it is pulling the lemon tree over side ways. Not bothered with huge thorns either. 

Watch your pets, I feed this tree in the spring with its citrus food and Kricket was caught eating the citrus from top of the pot. He is ok and it did not seem to make him sick either. thank God.

Love and Prayers, 

Margo