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Old 10-06-2017, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by cordenny View Post
My husband would like to plant a lemon tree in place of a rose bush we had that died. I am afraid of getting mice. Does anyone have one? I would appreciate any advice you could give us.
There's enough palms around to feed the rats, so IMO one lemon tree won't make difference. Go for it. It will take 5 or more years for it to really start producing. IMO if you can't eat something off the plant it's not worth planting especially those pricking hollies.