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Potted Meyer Lemon, zone 7

9 years ago
As recommended by Johnmerr I have been using Foliage Pro augmented with vinegar. I have seen some improvement over the summer in the health of the tree; no lemons tho. I have a new flush of leaves and some yellowing which may be normal this time of year. When do I stop (or do I stop feeding) with FP? Do I continue to augment watering with vinegar? I keep it outdoors until nights get into the 40s. Thank you.

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  • 9 years ago

    Thank you Claire. I wish I had a good spot on the western side of my house, but alas I do not. My Meyer Lemon spends its spring, summer and fall on our deck which faces east ☹️. I will definitely keep the potash and phosphorus in mind in the he spring. This is very tricky.

  • 9 years ago
    Is there a way you can keep it inside and purchase a sun light for plants
  • 8 years ago

    How is your tree doing? Head over to the citrus section, they are wonderful!

  • 8 years ago

    aprosser, I as well would like to know how is your tree doing and you of course.

  • 8 years ago

    Sadly, I gave up on my potted Meyer lemon. I had good luck in Houston, but I had the climate and a yard in my favor. These days I have a fiddleleaf fig. “She” is growing like crazy and seems to like our east facing sunroom. I can leave for a week or two and she doesn’t seem to mind .

  • 8 years ago

    Awwwwe sorry to hear that but at least you have another plant to brighten up the place

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    4 easy steps to grow a meyer in a container.

    1) Use a terra cotta pot. They breath. Never use PVC pots.

    2) Use a potting soil with high compost, loamy, peat, rose soil, 60% max humidity

    3) Foliage Pro was designed and balanced for Cannabis not Citrus! Use a proper citrus fertilizer.

    4) If you followed point 2 and 3 you would NEVER need to add vinegar.

    Aprosser your plant most likely died from the vinegar. Most potting soils are around 6.1 pH. If you used a proper potting soil you would have absolutely no reason to add vinegar. The vinegar would have made the soil highly acidic and that would block nutrients from uptake. It is a mystery to me why people use Foliage Pro. It was designed and balanced specifically for cannabis. Plastic pots and mulch trap to much moisture. Look at the microingreints on a bottle of Foliage Pro and compare with a specific citrus fertlizer like Jacks.

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  • 5 years ago

    Hi there - I’m also a newbie with citrus - as my Covid experiment I bought a Meyer lemon seen in the first pic on the right and two Bearss limes - one is in the left of the first pic. I brought them all inside when temps got down to the 50s a couple of weeks ago. They seem to like the grow lights I made - pendant cord and shade from Ikea and GE LED grow and fruit light bought from Amazon with smart plugs to be on 12 hrs a day. From what I’ve read these trees need a ton of light and deep watering every couple of weeks. My tallest oldest tree has a lime (2nd pic) and is about to flower. I’ve been fertilizing with Blood meal every 3 months and spraying with Foliage pro regularly.

  • 5 years ago

    Btw I’m also in zone 7