Citrus Growers Forum

frank_zone5.5 · Posted: Mon 29 Jul, 2013 11:14 pm

fwiw I am still wondering what is up with my 4x4 foot meyer, the is bright green with no fruit

BobsCitrus · Posted: Wed 31 Jul, 2013 2:00 am

How old? In ground in Massachusetts? Is it in a green house?

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frank_zone5.5 · Posted: Wed 31 Jul, 2013 8:04 am

5 years old, in the ground, it has fruited a bit before, it is covered and well loved for in the winter, I have 12 or so trees outside in Massachusetts

pertman · Posted: Tue 15 Oct, 2013 2:21 am

Hi:

Where in Tucson are you? I am over by Saguaro NP East. I have the same issue about Meyer fruiting as you do this year. Unlike last year where I had dozens and dozens of fruit, this year I had only 12-18. I think it must have been the huge winds we had during last March (of course, it could have been because of http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/pertmanpb/library/January%202013).

Here are pix from 2012:

http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/pertmanpb/library/Lemon%20Harvest

and from 2013:

http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/pertmanpb/media/2013%20citrus%20tour/meyerlemon_zps9b043ee2.jpg.html (note the lack of lemons)

As far as Meyers blooming only once, I think that isn't strictly true. I had a large bloom in March, before the wind and for the past several weeks have had sporadic, less dense blooms.

Regards,

Peter

PS Here are pix of the rest of my citrus: http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/pertmanpb/library/Fall_Citrus_2013

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gregn · Posted: Tue 15 Oct, 2013 11:52 pm

Well, I am FAR AWAY away from any citrus growing area and my Meyers have been blooming non-stop since the last week in April. They are still blooming - half way through October Confused

They seem to like their spot under my front window Exclamation

The two bushes have been in the ground since 2006 and are about 9' or 3 meters tall.

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BobsCitrus · Posted: Sat 23 Nov, 2013 6:26 pm

Well, now that the fruit are ripening it looks like I have about 30-40 fruit that survived the nasty spring wind storm in the lower and inner protected areas. Woo-hoo! Cool

Also an odd late/post season small bloom is coming out during this rainy weekend in late November. I can definitely confirm several smaller sub-blooms after the initial spring bloom this year. Makes sense with some (most?) lemon varieties being in the "ever-blooming" category. Obviously, this varies quite a bit, based on the fact most of the folks on this board have Meyers and their experiences differ greatly.

The tree is a vigorous, shrubby 5'x5' (moderate pruning here and there for form/aesthetics), and trunk is 3-3.5" at base.

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BobsCitrus · Posted: Sat 23 Nov, 2013 6:35 pm

pertman wrote:

...Where in Tucson are you? I am over by Saguaro NP East. I have the same issue about Meyer fruiting as you do this year. Unlike last year where I had dozens and dozens of fruit, this year I had only 12-18. I think it must have been the huge winds we had during last March (of course, it could have been because of http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/pertmanpb/library/January%202013). ...

Hi Peter,

I am southwest of the metro area in the Star Valley neighborhood, about two miles west of the Casino del Sol on Valencia Rd.
That said, I'll be moving soon to Speedway/Greasewood area and abandoning my current trees Crying or Very sad

and starting new ones Smile

. Looks like I'll be getting my fruit from the farmers market for a few years.

Great pics, I like the hat for scale - I also include a common object in my pics when appropriate for scale. It's fun to look back a year or two (or more) later and really appreciate how far a tree has come. hate-ok

Hope you, your trees and your weather station are enjoying all the rain this weekend...

Bob

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