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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] meyers lemon (was figs)
  • Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:29:29 -0500


On Dec 30, 2010, at 8:24 AM, Kieran &/or Donna wrote:

> When I had some potted citrus trees I put a plastic bag over them when I
> brought them indoors, to hold in humidity. I put them in a poorly heated
> room that had a window on the west side, but where the sun couldn't hit it.
> I was trying to copy the way the English kept their potted citrus trees
> alive back when, they kept them cool and rather poorly lit. Meyer lemon is
> a lot more willing to go dormant than real lemons. Limes are even livelier
> and less likely to be suppressed by cool temps than lemons are. For Up
> North you might do better with the lemons and limes. I remember Michael
> McConkey saying that he had some kind of dwarfing rootstock that wasn't
> hardy but did great in pots. Something weird I never heard of before.
> Donna
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I've actually had very good luck with the Meyers lemon. It fruits a little
most years, and it makes a very attractive houseplant in the winter. It's
low maintenance (it likes to dry out between watering) and because it's quite
cold hardy for a citrus, I don't have to bring it in until the oak leaves are
down, and theres's decent light on the windowsill.

Happy New Year to all,
Ginda



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