Comments on: Meyer, Meyer, Plants on Fire

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panel duvar, hazır duvar, bölme duvar, alçıpan, alçıpan duvar, duvar panelleri — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:26:14 +0000

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By: mitch

mitch — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:38:55 +0000

Hi
I have a lemon myer from New Zealand and it’s living with me in Cold Londn as I write tis thread.
I’m a bit concerned as my leaves too are falling off and there has been some spider mite on the plant that I have had to wash off.
Ok lemons are not for the UK but can anyone help me on how I can look after it in doors, ideal temperature pot size etc it a plant thats about 12 cms tall (metric) Thanks all.

By: V

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:50:58 +0000

With the others above, if you don’t see any new buds at the tips of your branches, pop that baby lemon off- it’s zapping the tree’s nutrients and you need to refocus its energy in order to get more lemons this year. In addition, you should get a good organic citrus fertilizer that you can rake into the topsoil or add to water, and be sure to throw some mulch around the base of its trunk (I personally love the brick version of a coconut husk by-product; it takes up very little storage space and you can flake off a bit when you need it.) The mulch will help to keep those feeder roots at the tree’s base nice and moist which will help the overall well being of your little tree. (And seriously, don’t water it too often! That’s how most container-bound citrus end up dying.)

By: Jessica T.

Jessica T. — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:43:38 +0000

I cannot believe that is your living room! It looks like a holistic health center or a yoga studio or else some other enlightened yet professionally designed space. I love it!

By: Pesa

Pesa — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:51:05 +0000

What the flourist said is true: Don’t over-love it and don’t drown it with too much attention. Plants sense that and, according to my personal experience, they seem not to like it.

By: cheaplikeme

cheaplikeme — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:00:39 +0000

Oooh, enjoy! We have a Meyer lemon plant that is about 8 years old. We live in Denver, where it is way too cold for lemons in the winter, almost-even inside. Our plant is very resilient, though. Just about every year it gets spider mites. My husband (who is in charge of plant husbandry) uses a soap spray outside in the spring. But it loses almost all its leaves every year … and then dutifully grows them back and makes us a few lemons. We put the plant outside in the summer, once nights are over 50 degrees F, to take advantage of the sunshine and bugs who can eat the mites. The blossoms smell fantastic, and the lemons grow slowly, taking almost a year, but they are delicious.

By: pat

pat — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:10:34 +0000

I got you some lemons just in case. (you know what. sshhh. it dies!)

By: Dahlia

Dahlia — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:46:27 +0000

NOOOOOO! don’t salt your tree!!! it would be okay if it was outdoors, but it is in a wee pot, so no pee either: the roots will get burned!
listen to your florist: it’s winter, it’s cold, the plant is in dormancy. If you can bare it, remove the baby lemon, your tree will thank you later.
do not transplant Meyer: potted plants actually prefer being SLIGHTLY pot-bound. Meyer will tell you when he needs a new pot: when you start watering him way more than usual…. which means you probably won’t notice until the end of summer, and that is okay.
the mold IS mold, but it’s good stuff, don’t scrape it off. It’s called mycchoryze (sp?), it’s a fungus that actually encourages root growth. a lot of commercial potting medium now contain the stuff, it is completely harmless, so do not remove it unless you have acute allergies to mold and it starts to smell like a mushroom farm. it usually disappears on its own, when it realises it is happier underground.
the fallen leaf coould have been caused by shock, but it’s nothing to worry about: Meyer was moved from a temperature and light controlled greenhouse to a most-likely chilly and dark-ish room. he’s just getting adjusted. a couple of leaves here and there, and a few yellow ones are normal, but if by mid-feb he still hasn’t adjusted, i would worry, maybe… just make sure you turn the pot every couple of days so that he gets sunned on all sides. and if your base board or radiator is not under the window, i’d put the pot up close to the window. if you don’t have a heater-less window, then i would still put the tree near the window, but with a bowl of water to keep the air less dry. if your floors are cold, i would elevate the pot a little so that the roots don’t get too chilly: lemons don’t like having cold feet.
it’s a bit of a long post, but i hope this helps. And don’t worry! Meyer will be fine!

By: Gwendolyn Elliott

Gwendolyn Elliott — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:10:53 +0000

Hello! Be strong! the days are getting longer, as my mother reminds me every day. don’t worry about the mould. i bet its not even mould. sometimes soil looks like that. think of it as plant dandruff.
epsom saltsare supposed to help plants get nutrients, and those are easy to fin in an earthy-friendly brand. then you can put them in ur bath to soothe ur tired plant-tending muscles.
in my family, we say the plants of my mom and her mom grew because they talked to them. the power of positive energy maybe????

By: The Shopping Sherpa

The Shopping Sherpa — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:30:15 +0000

I believe lemon trees like being peed on. At least I know my mum used to send my Dad out to the backyard to pee on our tree…