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Citruholic
Citruholic


Joined: 13 Jan 2010
Posts: 399
Location: Homestead, FL Zone 10

Posted: Thu 15 Apr, 2010 10:44 pm

My Meyer lemon plant has lots of flowers but they are very weak! Many of the flowers have no stigma or pollen tube at all and most of those that have stigma have tiny yellow ovule. It has lots of new leaves and stems though from the first growth flush of the season. It does not not look like much fruit will set this year for some reason. Last year I harvest about 500 lemons from one plant? Maybe it will bloom again in May or June? Here are some pictures.


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Anyone else have many citrus flowers with no pollen tube?

The manderins in contrast have lots of healthy flowers and should have very good fruit set.
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jk840



Joined: 05 Feb 2010
Posts: 10
Location: PNW 8a

Posted: Fri 16 Apr, 2010 3:25 am

My Meyer lemon tree in a indoor container also has some flowers without a pollen tube. Also, some flowers have pale yellow (almost white) pollen on them instead of dark yellow.
It had put out a prolific bloom couple of months back but shed most of it leaves after that. Must have been winter leaf drop or some other stress. Anyway, it is sprouting new leaves now but is dropping all the bloom as the buds open up and mature and I haven't seen any signs of fruit.
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