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Haven't purchased yet. Trying to decide if I want the "entry size" available at FW now, or wait until premium is available. No photo on website, but entry trees are described as being 12-18 mos, 1-2 feet high. The premium is 30-36 mos.

I think a tree has to be at least 3-4 years of age to get any fruit. That is why I always buy premium. If your tree is not setting fruit the year it is purchased, then you can count on the following year to get at least a couple of them.

Thank you Denise.

That is super amazing Steve. Thank you. Sounds like I might be quite content with the entry level.

Nancy

Depends on many factors, including rootstock and the age of the tree from which the budwood was taken. Assuming ideal growing conditions you could expect fruit in a year or two. Our Meyers are in ideal conditions, on Macrophylla rootstock (aggressive), and grafted from 10 year old budwood; we get first harvest (small) in 14 or 15 months.

I’ve has 2 Meyers both fruit when the tree was 1-2 years old. I don’t know the rootstock, but my problem is that they when too early. I want them to concentrate on getting bigger first.

i believe in small trees with the kumquat tree as the only tree you should buy one that is bigger because they grow so slow.

Steve

It is hard to predict how well an individual citrus tree will grow when planted in ground even with proper care. For example I planted 5 citrus trees in ground on the 8b/9a line in Louisiana in the spring of 2016 (replacing some that had died off over the years), 3 varieties of Satsuma, a Meyers Lemon and a Cara Cara Orange. None were on dwarfing rootstock (all, but the Meyers were on Carrizo) and all were roughly the same size when put into the ground (18-24 inches) with the Cara Cara being the smallest. Now almost 2 years later the Cara Cara and one of the Satsumas (Armstrong) are over 7 ft tall, the two other Satsumas (LA Early and St Ann's) are both under 4 ft, and the Meyers is around 5 ft tall.

Thanks everyone.

Just wanted to say that I grow in containers indoors under T5HO lights year round and my other citrus trees are thriving. (I'm the lady who lives right on the ocean in Oregon where the winds hit 80mph even in summer so my plants would not survive outdoors.) I'm not sure what root stock FW uses. I called this morning and left a message asking, but have always heard they are secretive about it.

With shipping the difference between the entry and premium sizes is about $30. I like growing from entry as I like watching them grow. But it's different with the Meyer lemon as want to use ithe fruit ASAP in cooking. May just cover my bases and invest in the premium.

Thanks again everybody.

I think my dilemma is solved.

One Green World is in Portland about 3 hours from where I live. Not only do they have 3-4 year old Meyer lemons with fruit on them, but they also have Miho Satsumas :-) Heart be still. Silly me to not think of them. Might even be able to start baking with Meyer lemons tomorrow nite.

They might survive outside fine, my inground citrus has survived tropical storm strength winds reasonably often and hurricane force winds in the 90+ mph range at least once here in Louisiana.

Look for Meyers (fruit) at Trader Joe's, or other upscale produce sellers. Personally I would not buy (or sell) a tree with fruit on it; transplanting/changing light conditions is very hard on Meyers; and if it has fruit the tree will hang onto that fruit to the detriment of the tree. Some of my gift trees have lemons on them; but I always cut them off before I give away the tree. If you buy a tree with fruit, I would advise cutting them before moving the tree.... okay, I know it is hard to do; but it is seriously important.

Thanks Ike. But no, they really wouldn't survive outside. Not just the wind but the sun rarely shines here, and then we have the heavy rain all year round. And it seems on the few sunny days we have, to get the sun the first part of the day is foggy. To say nothing of the salt air. I live directly on the ocean. We're on a 30 foot high cliff about 50 feet from the tideline. The weather sounds miserable but it's quite moody and beautiful- I love it.

Thanks for your input John and as always so helpful. I'll take a look at the trees and think of your advice about taking down the lemons. I live in an extremely rural area and the closest T. Joes is 2 hours away. No upscale fruit sellers around here. No upscale anything.

Nancy

Nancy, do you have Publix grocery stores? Ours carry Meyers.

Hi Kelley.

Nope. We really have very limited resources here. I drive 60 miles to the closest doctor and 15 miles to a small mom and pop grocery store. There are no Meyers within 2 hours of here. I was at my kids in SF last week who have a Meyer with more than 100 lemons on it. I even made myself a lemon birthday cake! But it's not ok to carry citrus out of CA.

Baked enough with them to know I had to have one of my own. If not lemons this year, then hopefully next.

Nancy When I was young i dreamed about being way out in the country. I now live in inner city Cincinnati and I prefer it here over the country.

Steve

Hey Nancy, can you post some pics of your location? I would love to see what it looks like.

By the way, my plumeria just put out a few new leaves. It's looking good. Can't wait for it to bloom.

Steve, I'm opposite. I'm from the big city, Los Angeles. As a kid I dreamed about living on an Oregon beach. And I prefer this over the big city.

Vlad, glad to hear about the plumeria :-) You have a magic touch with plants and I'm sure you'll have an early bloomer. Will take more pics tomorrow, but I took this from my living room window recently on a nice, but cold, day.

What a stunning view, Nancy! Boy how I would love to live along an ocean with a view like that. :) Hope you find and aquire a lovely Meyer from OGW. The trees I received from them are very nice.

Went to One Green World today and picked up my Meyer lemon. And also a Pearl tangelo and Kuno Wase satsuma. Steve, from the size ML I ended up with from OGW, I might've been better off just getting the entry at FW- and may still. All the trunks on these are kind of gnarly as all end of the season guys. The owner told me to prune heavily ASAP so posting a before and after.

Left to right- Pearl tangelo. Meyer lemon, Kuno Wase satsuma pre-trim

post-trim

Nancy You trees above were bought sight seen and accepted. You get sight unseen trees from FWG.

Nancy, why did you prune them?

Nancy pruned because the owner told her to per her above post. I thought the Kuno was lovely as is. I would not have pruned any of them because I have read not to prune very young trees. Oh well too late now the deed is done.

Vlad- the owner said that since I would be putting them under lights year round I should prune heavily now. It didn't make great sense to me but figured he's the expert. As Denise says the deed is done, but I should have waited and run it by others here.

I don't understand the logic in pruning them now. Maybe someone can explain it to me.

plants grown under lights indoors have too be kept short and fat for best fruit production and light penetration.

Steve

You are shaking my brain Steve, thanks. The guy did say something about light penetration.