My Edible Fruit Trees: Lemon Trees NSW

Citrus Splitzer - lemon/lime

Comments: -

One of the grafts seems much more vigorous than the other (not sure which yet). It's also helped by the fact there are 2 grafts of one and only 1 of the other.

Spring 2011: Covered in flowers and just starting to grow teeny tiny fruit.

About a month after this  I decided to get rid of the fruit. There was just so much and I thought that it was a bad idea to leave them all. It didn't seem to like that and suddenly dropped all of its leaves. There are teeny tiny new shoots appearingon some of the branches (mostly on one graft not the other). No idea what I did wrong - I am SURE there was enough food, I am sure it wasn't too wet or too dry. I am hoping that it was a sunlight issue so I have moved into a sunnier spot.

Summer 2012: First day of the new year and I have noticed new shoots on the bare branches. I think that the weather has just started to warm up enough for it to get going again. Catch is that I think they shoots might actually be flowers not leaves. What is it thinking? All I can do is keep an eye on it and keep reminding my man to help fertilise!

Fruiting Months September and October

Planted: 2010

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Charlie Carp, Seasol, and my partner helps out too

Double grafted lemon/lime (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

We don't have a lot of room at our place, so the idea of a double grafted tree was attractive, although it was an expensive tree. It also looks nice with the different foliage and flowers on the one tree

Planted: 2009

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Eureka Lemon ^7/10

Comments: - Training to form an informal fan espalier

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Pest Oil

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Meyer Lemon (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Fom Daleys this spring. Has fruit set already & very healthy

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol, Dynamice Lifter

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Partially Organic

lemon (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Fruits continually

Fruiting Months January, May, June, July, August, October, November, December

Planted: 2006

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pest Control: Had to treat for large orange beetles about a year ago 

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Lemon

Comments: -

Unknown variety. Covered in vicious inch long thorns. Fruit knobbly with thick skin.

Fruiting Months July, August, September

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Almost hacked it back to bare branches due to citrus gall wasp a few years ago and got no fruit for a year. It finally started to fruit again and now the gall wasp is back.

lemon (Grafted)

Fruiting Months June and July

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon

lemon ^5/10

Planted: 2007

Height 1.8 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pest Control:

nil

Question:

grown into a standard arrangement.

lemon thyme

Lemon Verbena - Aloysia citriodora (Cutting) ^7/10

Comments: -

Beautifully lemon scented. can be used just like Lemon Myrtle in tea.  Grows to 3-4 metres unpruned with an open canopy. Will be multi-stemmed and flop over if it isn't trained to a single stem when young. Has very small flowers but have never seen seeds and have never been able to grow from cuttings.

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Has anyone been able to grow cuttings?

Lemon Zest Mango (Grafted)

Planted: 2022

Height 55 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lots a Lemon

Comments: -

Meyer Lemon (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

My Meyer Lemon has clusters of flowers coming

Height 50 Centimetres

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

snail bait plus spray when needed

Meyer lemon x Tahition Lime (Grafted)

Comments: -

Meyer lemon and tahition lime grafted on one tree. Always kept in a pot (around 65L, should upgrade soon to 100L though i did a root prune a few years back). Lime side seems to have taken over in terms of growth. Hard to keep this tree balanced now.

Planted: 2012

Myer Lemon

Myer Lemon

Myer Lemon (Grafted) ^10/10

Planted: 2007

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Myer Lemon (Grafted)

Comments: - Easy to grow, hardy fruit tree.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Hosre manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

White Sapote - Lemon Gold

Comments: - Another find at a local fruit stall, this plant was so pot bound it was growing through the plastic into the ground below. Seemed to have transplanted ok, have bought it as a pollinator for "Vista".

Comments

Is it iron deficient? Phil - your plants are beautiful! The colour of them says it all..

Grew so fast the wind snapped off the sappy new growth - it was a little top heavy anyway

Now a sturdy productive tree, the skin thicker and less likely to split than other cultivars, more shell-like. I find the flavour exceptional, very rich although the fruit are never quite large enough!

Bush Lemon Tree (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - It is tough, grown on its own rootstock this tree gets bigger than grafted varieties and has some drought tolerance, we get fruit all year, even during drought. The fruit is a good quality lemon for home use. I have seedlings for swap.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 1970

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: weeeeee!!!

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Bush Lemon Tree

Comments: -

local bushfood

Bush Lemon Tree (Seedling)

Comments: - Something peels the lemons and leaves the fruit hanging in the tree.

Question: Why are there not Bush Mandarins, or Bush Oranges?

Bush Lemon Tree

Comments: -

Free standing. May dig up and return to pot to make space for other trees

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Bush Lemon Tree

Comments: -

Regrowth after fires destroyed garden 2001. Produces good rough lemons.

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Bush Lemon Tree

Comments

Bush Lemon Tree

Pollination: Self Pollination

Bush Lemon Tree (Seedling)

Comments: - Purchased 8 as a package deal. Gave two away & had an extra seedling about 10 centimetres high in one pot. All developed mild leaf curl. 

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Homemade garlic/oil/soap spray, along with the buddha hand to be safe.

Bush Lemon Tree

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 4

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Lemon - Eureka

Pollination: Self Pollination