I have used the Levington Citrus compost, it works fine but is a little on the expensive side when you get to re-pot a few into 2L pots as I have done recently. I have been recommended John Innes No3 as a mix and have been using this and the Levington as a 50/50, seems to be working so far, time will tell.

I also wasn't aware of the root circle thing, seems so obvious now though, and have repotted a bunch of my "largest trees in smallest pots" and done a bit of root separation (they seem to want to stick together) and redirection down the new pot, hope it works as I want a particular bunch of lemons to get bigger by May as they were grown from pips gained at a wedding and I'd like to give some trees as 1st anniversary pressies.

Richard

well today ( hopefully before it gets to cold ) i took the lemon tree out and it did indeed do what i feared it came out in the exact shape i put it in as about 2 months ago so it has done absolutly nothing !

i washed the roots which seemed to be in one big ball so i washed the crap out of t to get all the soil out then tryed to prise the away to the side so that they where facing the right direction then re planet it in the same pot

the soil is haskins citrus it does seem really soiley im going to leave it alone now as winter is coming n bring it inside and hoe for the best i dont really want to mess about with it to much as it is coming up to the cold months

summer is over i cant see it producing any lemons this time of year lets all hope that it gets its roots fixed

it got a dose of citrus plant food aswell just to show i love it

GiT

Yep, getting cold here, no frost yet but very cold in the mornings. I will wait as long as I can before getting all my two pineapples, oranges, lemons and grapefruits inside. The Lychees, Pomegranates, single Passion Fruit and my three Kiwis are in already... hope the heating in the house don't kill them off.

Richard

take Pomgranates and Kiwis in so early? Both should do well in ground outdoors.
/Robert

Well yes, I know it's early. I left the Kiwis out late last year and they almost died, the two largest ones I have are all that remain from about 20 or so seedlings. They take me so long to grow I don't want to take any chances. The Pomegranates also, they are really small, they have grown quickly to about 3" and then have stalled at that for about 3 months, don't want to risk them either. Guess I'm naturally wary of the frost. It's took me so much effort to get the citrus going, the Kiwis surviving, the Pomegranates alive that I'm not willing to take a chance. We got down to +2 C one morning last week, not sure what that is in F.

Richard