Liked your video. One should scratch the outside of the root ball so that you don't get circling roots. That way the roots spread out better. In the worst case, a circling root may choke the plant.

Last year l grew thorned and thornless blackberries. The primacane growth on the thorned bush l interwove into a chain-link fence. If l prune the ends will this turned bush produce berries? Last year the thornless was a producer. Can l both, propagate some canes and prune back others? I, and the berries, live in zone 7b, Calif. Thanks for your video.

Meyer lemons make weird lemonade. Eureka lemons are better.

we planted our first Meyer lemon back in 1959, & kept it pruned down as a bush. That rascal produced several times a year. I made sure to plant a Meyer at each house I lived in from 1995 onward (when I finally moved from that 1959 house).

I have had my Meyer Lemon for at least 10 yrs in a pot in Texas Hill Country, allegedly zone 8b. For the first few years, I moved her into an uninsulated garage in front of a window for winter, until nighttime temps. did not go below 50*. I found as she grew that our hot sunny, cloudless, summers were too much for her so she lives under a shade cloth. After she became too big for me to move to the garage, I kept her in a series of plastic greenhouses. She just kept growing and needing a bigger house. “LemonTree” told me years ago she was unhappy below 50*. I insulate the greenhouse with that bubble wrap type insulation as needed, keeping a grow light over her during the daytime. I also put in an electric heater as needed to keep the temp. 45-50* I agree the biggest thing is soil that does not hold moisture. In summer, I water thoroughly every day. In winter, I may water every other day or less depending on whether I have had to run the heater. I fertilize weekly with a light fertilizer that is diluted in the water. I don’t know why production varies year to year but I get between 60-200 lemons each year. One year the lemons were gigantic, 5”, but just that once. LemonTree is my child. I check her leaves and branches daily and sing to her. She likes that. Our water is heavy on lime so I occasionally give her coffee grounds. I point out that fertilizer types/frequency must take into consideration the water quality.

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thank you! I grow a meyer lemon in northern calif-the north coast, where's it's zone 9 but by no means hot, or even warm! So mine is in a 30-=gallon garbage can in the greenhouse. It does well there-lots of big, juicy lemons, and it's a bit surprising that even though the sunlight coming in is diffused by the greenhouse plastic, it still seems to get enough of what it needs. I also found that by soaking eggshells a long time and pouring the water into the tree, it made it explode with lemons--I guess they love the calcium, as does other fruit trees

Our poting soul is tubbish in Australia, blood and bone and a boit of epsom salt and manure work wonders mixed with homemade compost. The stink bugs though are awful

I wish I knew they had huge spikes.

Thanks. Need to get another tree. I am paying $7 per pound for meyer lemons. Zone 9.

Thanks for great information. Super yield on that tree.

You were doing SO GREAT, INFORMATIVE, STELLAR--til (9:12)--the first corner of that Lemon Bar, the sugar plum fairies danced in the scene, waved around a little, disappeared, waved some more, you seemed so nice, too---that is just some kind of Diabolical right there--smiling and waving a lemon bar til (10:14)!? So dirty + wrong. Have my coffee right here, too. I need a hybrid lemon bar + lemon meringue pie tree to tend--no, I mean grown baked and ready to plate bars n pie. BTW, I work w a caterer crew + the owner cautions clients ordering their event's menu: Lemon bars are great indoors, but not being left in direct sun outside. They 'go off' a little, bitter or mealy, according to clients' feedback later. (Don't know cuz who neglects cut lemon desserts too long??) Great tips, esp soil mix, 2" little drying/ full water/draining. Thanks!

I’ve had a lemon tree in a pot for 35 years. Some years I don’t get any lemons one year I got at least 50. But I have to keep in the house for the winter. It doesn’t get a lot of sun, so it loses most of its leaves. And it has to spend the spring in the summer, trying to get them all back.

I was recently shocked to find the fruit on my dwarf lemon had been raided over night by some kind of animal. It took about half of the lemons and nibbled the stems down to the branches. What animal would do this?

Hello fellow Texan!!! Thank You for the awesome information!!!

I enjoy pruning in the garden. It is relaxing & satisfying to see the results! Those blackberry canes look so much better after you pruned them.

It has taken these two old people years to finally admit that gardening in Central Texas in January and July is an effort in futility. Even the things in the greenhouse take a break in January and so should we!

As a lemon grower, I find them the least lemony. Not the best but the least.

Wow! This is very helpful !! Thank you!! CaliKim

Nice video. Thanks for posting. I was wondering if that "sucker" or water-shoot that you cut out from your VPL tree would have fruited if you left it. The whole piece was variegated so it must have come from above the graft.

Great content & presentation style!I have learned that I need to have a plan to protect ripening fruit before they start looking tasty & ready to pick. Otherwise, the animals will beat me to it. 😂

Love the growing season for growing the gardener. I'm a texan living in a town South of Paris France. I have a young persimmon, the same variety as you have. I have seen one down the street about one hundred yards, or less, from mine. I'm wondering if the pollinators find that too far to travel. I have room for another, but would prefer not to. Someone brought me a lemon tree from Portugal which I grew in a pot, then last year was forced to plant in the ground. I'm not optimistic regarding it freezing to death. I think Mandarin is a better choice for a cold tolerant citrus. What do you think? Good luck with your tutorials and the actual fruit grove. It does not look like you will need heaters for you citrus fruit trees, this year. Perhaps you keep some for bad years. My Texas garden was big on figs and peaches. Here in France, several figs, no peaches, and many of the standard European fruits plus two tiny (different varieties) paw paws that I hope to live long enough to enjoy their fruits.

once the tree isn't a baby anymore would it have survived?

I created a perfect environment for an over population of rolly pollys/ pill bugs in my raised beds. They devoured all young beans and cukes. I started using diatomaceous earth a few times a week and after rain or watering that helped, but I figured it out too late in the season. I will start these in larger pots and plant them out later so they are past the most vulnerable stage and be diligent about using diatomaceous earth. Thanks for the info!

Have you tried to arctic frost satsuma - apparently they’re cold hardy to 15 degrees and you can order them in the state of Texas - maybe that’s the solution to growing in ground in zone 8b or the nagami kumquat or for avocados there is the fantastic avocado tree that is cold hardy to 15 I believe (of course for short periods) I live in las cruces NM 8b as well and if it gets cold it’s only for a few hours -

There is nothing like lemon curd made from Meyer's lemons. They are so fragrant. My grandmother made a lemon marmalade as well. Delicious.

For aphids or white flies, just hose the branches with water or spray with diluted soppy water.

someone asked about what fertilizer to use for Citrus Trees. The Company MicroLife offers the most organic wholistic fertilizers that exist for me as an organic environmentally friendly gardener> It's the Houston Zoo one-and-only fertilizer. MOST COMPLETE NUTRITIONAL FERTILIZER DESIGNED FOR ALL CITRUS & FRUIT TREES: contains over 100 + minerals, vitamins, natural plant hormones and stimulators, essential sugars/amino acids/carbon and protein plus billions of beneficial microorganisms including Endo & Ecto Mycorrhizal"

Hi, Merry Christmas and Healthy, Happy and Successful 2025. I loved your video. According to the Zone Maps, I live in Zone 8B/9A, Houston, however, I do not trust these Charts at all. Because one week of below 50F will kill the health of the lemon tree. I have them in pots and protect them with either cloth or, if the below 50F takes a week or longer, I will bring them into the house. What I am still wrestling with is the amount of fertilizer to give the plants. 1. Presently, one of my citrus blossoms but at the same time has a lot of yellow leaves. Do you recommend fertilizing it despite the fact that it is blossoming? 2. Full Sun, in m IV Organic White Wash,y garden does NOT work, it burns the leaves. This year I kept it under a bigger tree and, admittedly that was not enough sun. Next summer I will be experimenting with some IV Organic White Wash, sun/leave protecting spray. Any experience with leave burn? Your answer will be appreciated.

Not a lemon, it's a sour orange. This inferior, improved, poser is a marketing virus that is easily dispelled by taste test.

all you have todo is look things up. you keep compaining you didnt know. the info is out there.

I lost mine in Phoenix AZ in the winter where it gets down to 30 degrees

To thwart the Leaf Miner pests, keep the tree in full sun and limit Nitrogen. Use an Organic Citrus fertilizer..

We had a bunch of flowers this year, but now we’re down to one lonely lemon. It’s almost ripe. I’ve been struggling with learning the signs, so thanks for clarifying them. Hopefully it’ll be better this next season. I may need to move it to a larger pot as the horse water tub may be a little small, so I have a larger mineral tub ready.

I’ve had a Meyer’s in pot for over 30 years! You are spot on!

I really wanted to see you dig out the plant 😮😢

How big of a pot are you using?

One more thing you could do if you have ants farming, use this product Tree Tanglefoot. Just tie up a piece of cardboard or anything that you have laying around then apply the tanglefoot onto that. One more thing you might wanna do is to prevent sunburn on the trunks and branches is use a white tree paint to protect the bark

You are totally awesome. I have watched tons of videos trying to save my blueberry bushes. I am a new grower and am learning about acid loving plants. No other grower gave as ind3pth information as you. I am kicking myself. I finally found Coast of maine and the soil acidifier. It might be a bit too late because my leaves have turned red and yellow. I repotted all five of them last week and have been praying. Thank you for all the information

Great video, thank you!

I love my Meyer lemon tree. I have had it for 18 years in a pot . It gets covered in the cold weather.

And gophers can't get into a container. I use my own organic urine diluted with 10 parts of water, and do this every second watering. Of course, it you take medication, or don't eat organic food, then your urine might not be great for developing fruit that other people will want to eat. If you don't believe me, or feel uncomfortable about using your own urine for fertilizer, you can try this process with potted plants that you don't eat. You will be amazed at the results.

what a great video! I've wanted a Meyer Lemon for ages but was afraid it would die. Now I might try it!

Those winters are just the beginning of colder winters.

I live in las vegas I have a gold nugget mandarine and a lime tree I never cover or protect them at all. And I live in USDA zone 9a. And I also have a pink guava grown from seed, this summer it flowered and fruited for me for the first time, they were delicious, and I also never protect them from the cols.😊😅😊😅😅

Hello neighbor. Fellow east Texan here. Dragging my citrus trees in and out of my house (in pots) on those super cold nights is a pain but worth it.

My parents had a Meyer lemon they found growing in their backyard when they moved in to their 1st house in 1967. The house was built in the 1950's and the lemon was probably there since It was new. That tree has survived extreme cold ( well down to 28 degrees, but cold for California in winter, zone 9A), droughts, heat, smoke, pool construction, and was still going strong as of 2021 when they sold their house and moved to Texas to be near the grand kids. That tree, more of a bush really, must have produced 500 lemons a year. So many in fact that my sister and I would have lemon fights as kids throwing the older ones at each other. I have one in a pot here in Texas, 8B. I thought the freeze a couple of years ago killed it since it died back to the top of the pot when I didn't bring it in. But when the spring came and I watered the pot with some new flowers in it, a lemon came up and has been growing well ever since. Got 25 lemons on my lemon stick this year. Someday it may actually look like a tree or at least a bush.

That's a beautiful video, thanks for sharing!

Can someone help on my meyers potted plant- first year I got plenty of fruits 🍋; niw in 4 years My issue is I live in north east - in Dec jan I have it indoors/ lot if flowers now but but the fall n die / what do do ? My leaves are also falling.. help me

i'm in zone 9 Houston, i've kept my Meyer lemon in a large pot for the past 15 yrs, and glad i did b/c the week long freeze in 2021 killed all my in ground citrus trees even wrapped with frost blankets. i have added a clementine and satsuma to my collection and kept them in large pots also. the Meyer lemon is heavy bearing, it will drop some of the tiny fruits early on, but I also thin them out some more.