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Old 10-02-2011, 04:02 PM
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I wish we could grow more stuff here.

I know that I am going to try to have a lemon and an orange tree for sure. I hate paying IN FLORIDA so much for those fruits. Two dollars for three lemons? That is a crime![/QUOTE]

Gracie,

I just got back from Ohio last weekend a week ago and found that my Meyer lemon has 12 nice-sized lemons on it - just starting to turn yellow (I think they ripen in October). It's only about 2 feet high and maybe 3 feet in diameter.

I planted it in a pot last November (it was on clearance at Home Depot for $10), covered it last winter during all the freezes and just put it where the sprinklers would hit it when we left in early May.

I overwatered it last spring and many tiny lemons turned black and fell off or I'd probably have more. Now I'm trying to figure out if I have room for a Persian lime somewhere or if I can put it in a pot as well.

You can do it!