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[Chris Garriss <cgarriss@garriss.net>]

Sorry cannot post inline from my cell.

We had a Ponderosa lemon for another 35 years - started out life in a 15"
pot and ended up in a half whiskey barrel.   Made great lemonade & pies.  At
the time we lived 20 miles west of Baltimore.  There were pictures of it in
the Baltimore Sun - would have been in the early 1980s.  Used to put it
outside for summers,  got hit by a very early cold snap.  We had to get
quite inventive to support the lemons.

I'd like to have another, but no room for it - and outside is not an option
since I live pretty close to you Lawrence ...Moncure.   Mostly I am apples ,
cherries and pears now.  Lee Calhoun is about 12 miles from me.

Sorry for wandering off topic.
On Feb 5, 2011 12:37 PM, "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
> On 2/5/2011 9:06 AM, Kieran &/or Donna wrote:
>> Lawrence, Lovely little tree. If you have any problems with fruit drop
>> in the summer, give it boron, just a smidgen. Borax will do. It has
>
> Thanks. I'll try that if needed. It is potted in a soil mix containing
> a lot of rock quarry dust, mostly granite, volcanic tuff and
> pyrophyllite so it should be fully mineralized; I was advised that it
> likes urine so have added that too in measured amounts.
>
>> something to do with changing dry/wet, so if you can give it a big pot
>> in summer and keep it watered, it will hold more fruit. Donna
>
> Its in the biggest pot I have and put there recently from a smaller one.
> I can get a much bigger one from Tractor Supply but will have to build a
> dolly for it, a future option.
>
> It is loaded with tiny green fruit buds which I hope will mature into
> full sized fruit in warmer weather. If every flower produced a lemon
> there would be many hundreds of them on this small tree. As it looks now
> I will get quite a harvest followed by a second one later in the season.
>
> My Grandparents in Pittsboro NC had two Ponderosa lemons potted in giant
> tubs which they put into a below ground unheated cold frame in winter
> and back in the yard in Spring to fruit. One lemon = one lemon pie.
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