A Meyer is one of the more challenging citrus to grow in a container with the high demand for nutrients. The FP will help that a lot.

The bigger container would certainly help if the mix is fast draining like 5-1-1. Black plastic in direct sun will be a problem and the tree doesn't have enough leaves to even protect its own trunk in much of SoCal.

The white stripe on the rootstock identifies that - probably C-35. The brown & green on the cultivar identify that as Meyer. Each grower may choose their own colors.

It is a Standard, not a Semi-Dwarf, although Meyers are naturally small. It will never get huge in the ground, maxing out at 10'x10' or so in 10 years. A pot will keep it much smaller.

Thanks the the info Greg -

I wanted to go to a half whiskey barrel, but read that I should move up container size slowly - I had already gotten the wood container, but then 1 size up would be the #7 I picked up in case.

Sounds like black plastic is a bad choice - so use I guess I'll start with the wood container, or maybe go a little bigger.

Am I best to wait till fall to transplant, or go for it now? Soil is real sandy and I have to water using a punctured water bottle to slow it down enough to fully soak.

Biggest problem for me I am beginning to see is that these pots will sit on my cement, so not as easy to just let it drain all over without staining using this mix. I started an avocado in the mix to see how it behaves before I transplant my Meyer.

Devon

From what I hear the ideal leaf to fruit ratio is 40 to 1. So if it was me I'd remove all fruit this year.

The advantage of a wood, or other porous, container is that is will make a given potting mix drain faster in a climate that isn't high humidity. So you could up pot into the wood container while only disturbing the existing potting mix a little bit, minimizing/eliminating shock. You could certainly do that in summer, although I would still protect it from direct mid day sun if you are in an area like mine.

I pot into a gritty-ish mix with no peat and remove the existing potting mix. I get no staining on concrete. If you are going to use a saucer, use spacers to raise the pot above the saucer.

As you can see in this pic, no stains onto very light colored concrete. My mistakes from this early potting were rocks on top and too dark concrete pot. Rocks removed but I'm stuck with the dark pot.

Gotcha Greg. Yes Thousand Oaks, CA may be similar, but not as hot. No peat huh, my trial 5-1-1 avocado container dries out so fast. Guess you're right about the staining, that was more from the soil in my containers. Thanks