Sometimes nurseries will plant several (usually rooted cuttings) in one pot to give it a fuller, bushier appearance. I don't know if it makes much difference if you separate them or leave them together. Your choice. BTW the Meyer is inherently more of a bush than what most people would consider a "tree".

I like how it looks. If it won't affect the growth of the tree I would leave it the way it is and put it in a bigger pot. So can anyone can tell me if that's ok or if separating it is the healthier choice?

I think separating them or leaving them together is irrelevent; it is a personal choice.

I would separate them because their roots will become even more entangled than they are now and all of them will suffer.

I would separate them so I have 4 trees instead of 1. If you don't separate them they will fuse together as 1 tree and will do fine .

6b Steve

Is it grafted?

I don't think it was grafted, because I can't find a graft line. Maybe it was planted from the cuttings.

Four rooted cuttings in one pot -- faster to market!

I would probably separate them now while they still have time to recover during this growing season. Maybe compromise? Two per pot? Less root damage.

Get a big 5-gallon bucket filled with water. Swirl the rootball around in that until soil falls away and try to gently coax the roots apart. This seems to be a less traumatic way to separate plants.

I would separate also. Then you'll have four times the fun!

I would separate the trees, they will not have to share space and nutrients.

I would be interested in hearing whether you decide to go ahead and separate them. I also just bought a citrus with 4 stems - I think even from the same grower because the shape of the pot and the logo on the pot look similar!

I separated a pot of coffee plants yesterday: 1 pot into 7. But, those plants are much younger. They seem to be doing ok so far.

I think the ONLY decision you have to make is do you want one tree or do you want 4? I assume if you wanted 4, you would have bought 4; they are healthy and the price is very reasonable.

There are debates online whether it is ok or not to have multiple citrus trees within the same pot. I wanted to see if someone has gone ahead with the separation and whether the plants were able to handle the shock. If someone has successfully separated citrus, then I will also go ahead because I lean toward it being better for them in the long run. Otherwise, I may leave them.

I have separated calamondins - two in the same pot. That was over a year ago and look at them now:

Very nice! I was also worried that if I separate them, they'll look thin and sparse after having been crowded in. But, your pictures show they fill out. Thanks!

They will look thin initially, but they will lush out.

Meyers do not grow quite as fast as calamondin; but pretty close.

John, I recently separated a Meyer and limequat and the Meyer was crushing the limequat. Had I not separated them, the limequat would have been obliterated by the Meyer. That said, neither is doing much since the separation...both look lanky and pathetic, but holding their own. I suspect they are busy growing roots...

Meyers suffer light changes and transplant more than most. The limequat is an exotic, usually meaning weak.

Speaking of Meyer lemon, Johnmerr, my tree is very young and it had 20 fruitlets when I got it in June, it dropped most of them, kept 5 fruits and blooming like crazy. I removed blooms already two times and it is blooming again right now, what's up with this tree? I want it to grow leaves and branches so the 5 fruit can ripen. Any advice?

Thanks a lot, Johnmerr!

New update:

So I decided to separate my Meyer lemons, but now I'm not so sure if it was the best idea. It was a pain in a but, cuz the roots were so tangled that at some point I wanted to give up. When I was finally done I put them in 4 separate pots. First week I kept them in a darker room to help recover from the shock. The plants were doing ok no significant changes so the seccond week I put them closer to the window but not in a direct light. At the end of the second week my new plants start loosing leafs but only the new ones that grow this season. Third week I put them by the big window where they were mostly in a sun but my trees were still dropping those new leafs and little baby branches start dying off. Now I'm on the 4th week and I see some of the first leafs on the bottom of the tree start turning yellow and than dying off. Idk what's wrong with my plants. If that's from the stress?If there's anything I can do to help them survive? If there could be any other reason then stress? I'll post some pics so maybe you guys have a better understanding of what's going on.

Matt

They look great. Congratulations

They look good to me, some leaf drop can happen, because you manipulated the roots.

The yellow leaves at the bottom are old and the plants discard them because those leaves are no longer producing as much nutrients as they should.

They will do so much better in their pots in the long run

I ended up separating mine. And, in my case, I think it was good because the 2 largest plants actually had their roots entwined around each other - I don't know if you can see the big roots in the 2nd picture down - shaped like circles because they were wound around each other! I think if they were allowed to grow in the same pot, they might strangle each other over time.

I soaked the root ball in water for at least a day, then used a thin, but round ended aluminum tent spike to poke and loosen up the soil around the roots.

3rd picture down shows how they are now, separated. So far, so good, but it's been only a week. I will update in a couple of weeks.

I had done the same thing earlier for a set of coffee plants that were in the same pot. It's been over 2 weeks now for the coffee plants. They are in the last picture and look ok so far. But, they are much younger so had fewer tangled roots.

They are all looking good!. I see no reason why they should not survive and be healthy. Be sure to keep them in shade for a week. Semi-shade for another week. Then sun.

sirbazyl86, I don't know where you live, but can you keep your plants outdoors rather than inside? They will benefit from higher humidity and higher light levels as they recover.

Yea I can at least for few more weeks. But for the winter I will have to put them inside. I live in Connecticut.

Thank

I'm so glad I found this! I've been wondering if I should separate these three lemon plants and I still haven't made a decision.. but now I don't feel like the three plants will die if I separate them. And they're still pretty young so I have a lot of time to decide right?

make your decision soon and do it.

Those look like seedlings. I'd do it when you can set them outside. Then they should recover quickly. If they are seedlings, do you really need them all? Maybe select the one that looks the best (most roots) when you separate and just grow one. It's going to eventually get 8 feet tall, so....just how many can you take care of?