Re: what not to buy


"tpow" wrote after
"Bob Hobden" answered
"tpow" wrote
Small Lemon trees with loads of those lovely lemons on............cos
that's the first and last time you will see the things..............once
they are picked or dropped off they just will not grow back in the UK
environment

Rubbish. We have two small Lemon Trees and get lots of full sized Lemons
every year such that we make Lemoncello or freeze the juice into ice cube
containers during a glut.
Similar situation with our Tahiti Lime (28 supermarket sized limes last
year). All our trees are in full bloom at this time.
What are you doing wrong?

*** knows..............
Once purchased the first thing most need is to be repotted into a larger
pot, we use ericaceous compost with added bark chips to aid drainage and
without adding too much weight. Strictly speaking ericaceous compost is not
needed but all Citrus prefer an acid soil and it becomes important if you
water with hard tap water.
Anyway, the old gardeners always repotted into ericaceous compost if a
citrus tree looked sick.
Citrus are gross feeders so feed with every other watering, specialist feeds
are available, we also use a feed of Sequestered Iron early in the season to
get them going, and a handful of chicken manure pellets each too.
Never let your citrus sit in water, you will kill the roots, so avoid using
a water tray if at all possible, just let the excess water run through and
away.
Plenty of sun during the summer months, outside against a S. facing wall is
good, and somewhere very light and cool but not frosty during the winter is
all they ask.

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Regards
Bob Hobden





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