the tree is about 18 inches tall (meyer lemon ) and as you see full of flowers have some flowers that have set fruit (4)..... is it better to pinch off the all the flowers and fruit so it will grow bigger or if i do will it just rebud??????
thank for your time....
swimmingfree
ps
its 2 year old

The usual response to this is that the tree will self-manage and drop any fruit it cannot handle, that 90% of flowers don't become mature fruit anyway, and that any maturing fruit only uses energy from the nearest few leaves. So you are probably fine leaving it on its own.

thank you will do ...
swimmingfree

[quote="swimmingfree"]thank you will do ...
swimmingfree[/quote]

This is a young tree and doesnt have a strong structure yet....If you let this tree set fruits...I cant see it having strong enough branches to support the fruit.
I have grown a dwarf meyer in the ground and the first thing to note about them is they are very optimistic flower makers....greedy to say the least.The best time to thin them out is when fruits are the size of a pea.....thin them to individual fruits...to give them space to grow.
On this occasion....I would however...suggest you dont let any fruit grow....I know this will be very hard to do but you need to build a strong canopy that can support your fruit and you dont have that yet.......A small tree like that will find it a big strain to grow fruit....prune back all fruits when the size of a pea.....you will be rewarded next year...I can tell you that.

have strip all the fruit off the tree ... i had the some though its to small of a tree....
thank for your input..
swimmingfree

According to research by Purdue University, leaving 1 or 2 fruits on a small citrus tree does not harm the tree, and will not retard the growth. Millet

im getting the 2 bloom on the try so i may let a frout stay on the tree...
swimmingfree

[quote="Millet"]According to research by Purdue University, leaving 1 or 2 fruits on a small citrus tree does not harm the tree, and will not retard the growth. Millet[/quote]
The other day i went to a garden centre and they had this very small dwarf meyor lemon with one enormous lemon hanging over the edge of the pot(was right down the bottom of tree)...was bright yellow and looked pretty impressive.......Its position meant it wasnt putting any strain on the tree.
With the lemon in pic.....I would have thought those branches are not strong enough to support a lemon millet?
I might well consider leaving a few fruits on each of my trees this year then

thank for your input its all good to hear from you guys ...its getting cold up here in Michigan and the tree is doing fine pulled it in the summer porch ...there is about 10 flowers on it and will have to do the bees work but will live one on the tree..
thank for your input
swimmingfree