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Meyer Lemon season.

My little helper with a bucket of delicious mild lemons. Makes the best lemon tea ever. Don't even start to argue that!

I wish I knew how to make a pie. Lemon meringue. Must be on a higher level with garden Meyers.



oop! A Senecio leaf must have gotten torn off as I walked by to the Lemon tree.

Comments (11)

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    One of my biggest disappointments with my Meyer is how short the fruiting season is. Ours get ripe around mid November but by February or March the remaining fruit have softened and fallen off the tree. So I have about 3-5 months when fruit is available.

    Meyer rinds are soft and thin which makes them short lived on the tree. Standard lemon tree rinds are much thicker and tougher so you can have lemons on the tree almost year round for using in the kitchen. I assumed when I planted a Meyer that would also be the case but at least in my garden it's not. If I were doing things over I would only plant a Meyer if I had room enough for a second lemon after planting a traditional lemon tree.

    stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area thanked kentc
  • 7 years ago

    Nice bunch of Meyer lemons! Our Meyer tree didn't survive, but our Eureka is loaded year round. Huge lemon lover here for cooking, baking and just having them on the counter. :-)

    stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area thanked chloebud
  • 7 years ago

    I'm on the border of zones 9/10 and have Meyer's almost continuously.

    stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area thanked lgteacher
  • 7 years ago

    I have both Meyer and Eureka lemons, and when I have a lot of Meyer lemons, I freeze the excess. I put (usually three) in a foodsaver bag, which I vacuum seal and then store in the freezer. When I want to use the lemons, I zest them before defrosted (if I want zest) and the defrost them in the microwave at 10 second intervals. The defrosted lemons are just as good as the fresh ones and easier to juice. I do the same with limes.

  • 7 years ago

    I used to freeze citrus zest and juice before we our trees...worked great. I would freeze the juice in ice cube trays. I also used to freeze buttermilk (just for baking purposes) in ice cube trays. My husband decided it would be a good idea to put some frozen lemon juice cubes in his glass of lemonade. However, he grabbed the buttermilk cubes by mistake. I noticed his glass of lemonade looked "frothy" and asked him what it was. He just said "I thought it started tasting
    weird." :-/

  • 7 years ago

    I grew my Meyers for a decade at least in a half barrel that was falling apart. I planted it in ground about five years ago..and only THIS year have the lemons become large. Took quite a while to become a tree again.

    Glad to see it shed runty growth.

  • 7 years ago

    I'm going to print that out Lars. What a childhood treat to eat that in the central valley cooked by family friend, May. Hard to find a good lemon Meringue pie for sale.

  • 7 years ago

    I have also made this tart with kiwi

    stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area thanked Lars
  • 7 years ago

    Beautiful photos and wonderful harvest. Enjoy those lemons! Lars, I am going to copy that recipe of yours...wow!!! What a beautiful tart. I will make that when I have my meyers! Thank you!

    stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area thanked Laura LaRosa (7b)
  • 7 years ago

    Year before last, I canned my lemon juice. It's acidic, so nothing had to be added, and I had lemon juice for ages, without taking up freezer space.

    stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area thanked pbsjones