Here, on the tree, mostly. But, general advice seems to be to put them in the fridge. Once picked, they do dry out on the counter in a week or two.

I was going to say fridge (or freezer, but that's usually juice(, but Catspa is right about tree. ;) Store lemons are less ripe and could like sitting out awhile, but not more than a week or two. When I need and pick lemons, I usually take a couple extra, and they might stay out a day or two, but for storage they go in the fridge. They'll mold quickly otherwise. YMMV.

I store them in the fridge and if I remember, I take them out about an hour before using them to warm them up and then I roll them before juicing. .

Wash them in a clorox solution and they won't mold as quickly.

Ours pretty much stay on our tree. I do, most of the time, have lemons on display somewhere in the kitchen. I always include some of their leaves since I like how it looks. Right now I have some in the fridge that fell from the tree. The fridge is best if you need to store them more than a few days. They’ll yield more juice if brought to room temp after the fridge.

I'm sure Linda is right, but I'd rather treat my food with cold than bleach.

Missing the luxury of being able to pick lemons from a tree, I leave mine out on the counter. I use them up fast enough that I don't worry about molding.

Ok guys -- no need to rub in it that you all can grow lemons in your zone LOL. But how great is that, you can just walk outside and pick them fresh!

I always wash lemons with a tiny amount of dish soap, rinse well, and dry before putting them in the fridge.

“But how great is that, you can just walk outside and pick them fresh!”

🍋😉!!!

We buy two lemons at a time and only when we need them for baking Lemon Drop cookies. There's a bottle of lemon juice and a bottle of Nellie & Joe's key lime juice in the fridge, as well. Both are usually just for baking cookies, but occasionally, they'll find their way into an entree.

I miss my lemon tree - it was a Meyer and the lemons were abundant and held very well on the tree. Alas, it's been deceased for many years now, and I've had zero luck with replacements because we have greening (HLB) disease here ☹️

Now I prefer limes mostly, and only buy lemons occasionally, but I store all purchased citrus in plastic bags in the fruit/veg bin in my fridge.

I have a Key lime tree and those stay out, since for some reason, they spoil much more quickly when refrigerated.

I use a lot of lemons. I buy 6 or 8 at a time and usually store in the fridge if there's space. Limes always in the fridge.

I prefer Meyer lemons over regular lemons, but they can be very pricey here and seem to be available only certain time of the year -- if I stumble on them at a good price I will buy those.

We do all of the above--tree of course is preferred but once they're picked, they go in the fruit basket until they start to get soft (or I think they've been there long enough to be at risk of getting soft) and then into the refrigerator in the main compartment. We have both a Meyer and a Ponderosa tree--Meyers get soft fast but Ponderosas can generally stay out. I think most supermarket lemons are Eurekas, which fall somewhere in between.

I’m really missing my lemon trees. I had both Meyer and Eureka. Unfortunately, I cannot plant new ones at the new house because of the current disease restrictions. So, I’m relegated to grocery store lemons, usually Eureka, which I store in the refrigerator.

Lemons, limes, oranges....in the refrigerator. I did get some baby lemons on my tree (houseplant) a couple of years but they dropped off before acquiring any size and no color.

I'm always torn on the oranges. If I leave them in a fruit bowl on the counter DH will remember they are here and eat them. If I put them in the refer, it's almost like out of sight, out of mind.

Lemons and limes are on the expensive side here, when I buy them I want them to last and that seems to be chilled.

I did buy some lemon powder just this month that I'm told is good in sauces, recipes. Haven't tried it yet. In fact, I didn't open the jar to taste it. I should do that 😁

We have a lemon tree at our place in the city which produces heaps of lemons. I’d prefer to leave the lemons on the tree but for the three years previously, I’d look at the tree on a trip down and think, ”I should get some lemons next time I’m here,” and then come back to find that some creep had some in and stripped every lemon off the tree 🤬 I wouldn’t mind if people helped themselves to a lemon or two but to strip the whole tree of a hundred lemons or more is just rude.

So this year it became a mission to pick the lemons the instant they became ripe. I had to keep them in the fridge because on the counter here they will go soft. I was happy to give them away to family and friends but the last batch ended up in the freezer as rind and juice as everyone was all lemoned out 😁

" I'm always torn on the oranges. If I leave them in a fruit bowl on the counter DH will remember they are here and eat them. If I put them in the refer, it's almost like out of sight, out of mind."

Exactly. Except in my DH's case it's grapefruit. I do like a bowl of fruit on the counter, though -- I eat a lot of fruit so it doesn't have time to spoil even though it's left out. If I get an economy size bag of oranges or clementines I will keep them in the fridge and pull 4-5 out at a time to put out in the fruit bowl.

For those of you who can grow lemons …. FYI , consider buying a ”Seedless Lisbon” tree, aka ”Seedless”, in lieu of a Meyer or Eureka, we have a large one in our yard ,planted by a previous owner, it ’s incredible.. No seeds, thin skinned, bears tons of lemons mostly year around ( here in coastal SoCal ) . They’re now marketed as ”Wonderful” in our stores. BTW, I keep a large compote of them on island, we use a lot of them, but store some in refrigerator , seem to keep longer there.

I'll make a point of looking for a "Seedless Lisbon" tree, since right now I only get lemons about six months of the year in L.A. from my Meyer and Eureka trees.

In Cathedral City our neighbor has a huge lemon tree that grows over the wall into our patio, and it makes huge lemons and hundreds of them. It does block part of our view of some of the mountains, but only of the smaller mountains, and I appreciate it for the lemons.

When we get huge numbers of lemons, I store them whole in the freezer. They are easy to defrost in the microwave (10 seconds at a time until they are defrosted), and then they are much easier to juice. If I want zest, I zest the lemons frozen before defrosting.

Agree the seedless variety sounds nice. Our tree is a Eureka and produces year round. It was here when we bought the house and is very old. Hard to think of it being gone at some point. Decent lemons rarely get below 50 cents each here, yet lemon trees are everywhere. We had a neighbor who always put his out by the street for people to take. There were always plenty left, and the lemon lover in me never understood.🤷‍♀️

Lars…. I never thought of freezing them , juice the juice in ice cube trays. I’ll try that, we also get lemons from two trees (Eureka) in our desert home, La Quinta, so we get a lot! Our neighbors love them. We also have a key lime tree there that produces tons … citrus love the desert. The seedless lemons are very juicy & have better flavor IMO.

That's his choice to keep the status quoe be cause he doesn't want to try for he doesn't have the guts to try. For. Cold hardiness but that I know this takes courage for it t

akes guts and the will to try when no one else wants to try with protection. To get It to that point . After a few generations of that to push for cold hardiness with out the protection

Well said, Howie.

I'm just being honest but it takes guts to go against the flow

I don't store them in the fridge I store them out out on the counter top

I have some lemons that look like Meyer lemons but larger maybe I need to take picture of them they have one nipple point and larger I don't know the variety they are cat you guys tell you

What variety Is this. Too big for Meyer lemon. But looks similar to the Meyer lemon but I don't know this variety can you tell v me what I it is

It could just be an overgrown Meyer.