Sometimes Meyers can get into a habit of bi-annual fruit production. Which means it puts out tons of fruit one year, but the next year it then needs to "rest" and puts out very little fruit.

Best way to stop this is to thin the amount of fruit on the heavy year when they're about dime sized. Take off at least half on the heavy year. It should even out after a couple seasons.

Two other things, first Meyers are heavy feeders, more than other citrus. I'd feed it at least every other month.Post the NPK (the 3 numbers with hyphens between them, like 1-1-1 ) and the ingredients and we'll let you know if it's good for citrus.

Second, if you have any grass under the tree, it must be removed. The grass will snatch up the fertilizer faster than that tree and leave the tree with not enough. And some think it gives off something that will inhibit the tree, but the fertilizer issue is reason enough. Don't pull it out though, as the citrus roots are shallow and that could damage it. Put down a thick cloth like burlap and then put mulch like shredded bark over that. It will block the light from the grass and kill it while being fine for the tree. Remember to keep the cloth/mulch away from the tree bark by about 4-6 inches, to keep the tree bark from staying too damp.

Many lemons get a purple color on flower buds and new leaves. It's a good sign and means you are fertilizing enough. Your Meyer should have purple too, if it doesn't then it does need more food too.

Thank you for the response.

I will check the NPK on the fertilizer tonight and post. The few buds I did see on the meyer were not purple, they were green. They were actually hard to find once I saw the first few and went back to look again. I'm not sure if there's grass but I don't think there is. I try to weed around all my trees as often as I can(We've planted a lime and a nectarine and the Lisbon lemon I posted about previously. I put mulch around the nectarine based on some advice in these forums so I have leftover I can use if I see any grass. I didn't use it on the citrus based on most advice I've read in this forum but if needed I will keep it away from the bark.

Some here don't like using mulch on their citrus because they're worried it will hold too much water. But almost all of them are from states with much wetter weather, particularly in the summer, like Florida. Here in California we don't need to worry about that, in fact we need the mulch to keep the moisture in and the soil temps down in the summer.

Yep, those little "buds" are developing fruit; the purple-ish color indicates you are maybe being a little too kind to your trees in terms of fertilizer. As the fruits get larger they will become dark green, and eventually yellow, when mature.

What do you mean too kind? Over or under fertilizing?