congratulations.. 6 years and I might get my first kumquat

I feel your pain. I swore off meyers at one point. But the one I have now is stable, they are definitely more finicky than the other citrus. Luckily it is good sized already. Getting them to grow and not just bloom constantly is.....Mine is blooming now a little on edge tips with not even 1 new growth leaf......They are good but not a great lemon, but thats personal taste.

I don't have issues with the Meyer's, was just out to the garage to pick some limes and did see lemons on the Meyer's. I get limes, lemons, kumquats, calamondins, a few blood oranges. Got to work on my Valencia and Navel in the Spring to see what's what at the roots..., nada.

Persian limes below

@Jurassic Park You seem to be one of the only whose Meyer's might actually like you :)

We live in an area famous for lemons, and we still lost two Meyers trees before we got one that survived. I find them very hard to grow. My father in law lives three hours south of us and he has a Myers that is self tending and very productive.

Sounds like not all Meyers are made equal? :)

I have a Meyer lemon that is puny in size but mighty in production - the largish lemons weigh the flimsy branches down, and this less than 2 foot tall tree currently has 8 lemons on it. Like DBarron's tree, it just didn't want to get bigger even when up-potted and the blossoms removed.

However, after this 2nd year of bearing fruit I have to say that I also am not much of a fan. The flavor lacks that real lemon zip, and tastes a bit "off" somehow.

From what I have read in the past, IIRC, this hybrid variety can be quite variable in the characteristics of individual plants. So, one might be something of a dud flavor wise, while another is lovely. Why the grower would continue to propagate the dud is a mystery though, unless the flavor really is in the taste buds of the consumer.

Well, not really a mystery, since it would cost how much $ to replace the stock that the scions are taken from. Maybe some of them have good flavor and they don't know which ones don't.

All this discussion of Meyer's lemons encouraged me to search my memory banks for info on my Meyer's purchase. I've had it a while and it's always been productive, well now I think I might know the difference. Mine was labeled as Dwarf, Meyer's Lemon 'Improved'. It does stay squat and is very productive, albeit quite top heavy. I researched it just now and it describes the fruit as being less acid than the previous Meyer's. Its flowers are certainly very aromatic.

Improved Meyer lemon has nothing to do with the quality of he fruit. Improved Meyer lemon means that the tree is free of a virus infection that the original variety had.

So was out in garage today, my Ponderosa changed from green (see below) to bright yellow. Yes, definitely yellow Meyer's lemon on that dwarf, also noticed that my Eureka Lemon is flowering and fruiting, Lisbon not doing much, more Persian limes doing their thing. Here is today's harvest. You know they are ripe when just drop when you walk by.

I just harvested my New Zealand lemonade tree. Since there's only five fruit, each one gets to be queen for a day when consumed.

The first lemon was squeezed onto a simple chicken recipe. The NZL fruit is good enough to eat straight up and that's exactly what I did with the extra sections.

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/crispy-garlicky-chicken/

Wow congratulations dbarron! How exciting, reading your post I felt like you were me but my Logee’s is too skimpy to hold a lemon. Would love to see a photo of your tree. If i ever manage to get a single Meyer lemon, I plan to make a 10-course meal around it!

Margaritaville- are you saying that your Ponderosa tree is growing Meyer lemons? Or am I misunderstanding?

I just moved the lemon into crowded houseplant haven (table in laundry room), so no pictures will be forthcoming, but imagine that you have a tiny thing with three branches (basically from ground) and each is less than a foot. I think I do have an older photo, let me dig for it.

This was November 1st..and it looks like I should say 2 sticks.

Ok, I plucked it today...maybe left it on too long (9 months)...I think I'll just make lemonade *lol*.

I see what people say about the lemonade, it tastes exactly like what it is orange x lemon. It's not lemonade, but I'm enjoying it. I also zested it...and will use in a cake tomorrow. The zest was very fragrant.

Having produced one lemon, maybe I need a mexican lime ? Hee.

Congratulations! That's a beautiful looking lemon you got. Growing your first from flower after seven years is a major feat! (And signals there could be more to come). Hope the cake turns out well!

A fruit fell off from my New Zealand Lemonade tree today and that signals it's ripe. I segmented it and ate it with a pear. Eating it straight from the tree is the main feature of the NZL.