Dancinglemons,

I do not think it should matter much either way, but if the plant sends out flowers again I would let it flower. It will inevitably shed the fruit it can't support, and you may be surprised by how many fruit it can support. I have a Meyer Lemon in a container that is about 24inches tall, and about 3 feet across, in a 16 inch pot, and it has had as many as 33 full-size lemons on it. That was several years ago. Two years ago it had 25. This year it only has 8, but it already has set 10 new fruit this winter. It resides in the living room in front of a west-facing picture window here in Connecticut, so it does not get any kind of extraordinary treatment. While this year it is fairly leafy, in the past, even with heavier crops, it has looked quite sparse.

The other reason I'd let the flowers blossom if they reappear is that my lemons in particular seem to only send out new grow after they blossom. In other words, the flowering process may be a trigger for new growth. When you think about it, the small fruit are not that big a drain on the plant, and by the time they really start growing you will probably have lush new growth to help feed them.

Don