I'd recommend plant & service
Quick efficient delivery. Lemon tree was healthy, decent size & potted well.
Steve
Norfolk
Quick efficient delivery. Lemon tree was healthy, decent size & potted well.
Steve
Norfolk
Thus was a present and is doing well. We have to remember to bring it in for the winter and then put it out again in the spring. I have been careful to feed it summer and winter feed. We have 6 lemons on the bush - they take ages to ripen up but I am told that is normal. Makes G & T really personal!
Hazel
Bishops Waltham
Still going strong, this was a gift for my dad. Loads of beautiful flowers and a lot of lemons as well.
Lemons for my gin
Windlesham
Lovely plant
Alice
London
Beautiful lemon tree and has grown so much since I bought it. Also given lots of lemons, but they all remain green...I wonder why, I did not manage to get one to turn green they are all hunging from the tree quite big but green
Lalu
Brighton
I bought this lemon tree as a gift for my partner April 2018. It has grown in size & has flowered continually since then till now. We have brought into our conservatory over the winter & it's ok, so far.
Jason
Grimsby, N.E.Lincs
The lemon Tree has been in flower for several months and the lemons, about 12, which were on the plant when it arrived are just going yellow.
Les Lemon
Leicester
we have become firm friends over the past 9 months! It needed a bit of attention when outside, as the pot and base are quite light and it easily falls over in the slightest breeze. Have had to put in a more solid pot. It's been very happy since it came in for the winter, about a dozen fruits are ripening and another dozen flowers are turning to fruit. It will need repotting before it goes back outside.
Doobydoo
London
Given as a gift, fascinating to see the lemons grow.
pruner
WD3
Wanted this for the patio and its a beautiful plant. Looking forward to using the lemons.
Linda
Mablethorpe
88.2
HappyRaj
This plant is tender so will need to be brought into a conservatory or heated greenhouse during the winter. It sounds like the tree is suffering from the unseasonably cold conditions earlier in the spring. Watering - daily and even if it has been raining, keep an eye on moisture levels. I would suggest feeding it once a week during the summer. Feel free to send photos with your order number (and mention you posted here first) to customerservices@crocus.co.uk and we can take a closer look - thanks.
Andy
Steve
It's always difficult to be too specific, however these plants will not tolerate being frozen. Therefore, they usually cope well in winter temperatures between 1-5C.
Helen
KT
Hello It is quite common for some of the flowers to drop off and not develop into fruits, but if this is excessive then this can be caused by dry roots and lack of humidity. As a rough guide a 1m tall tree should bear maximum of 20 fruits. However if there is a sticky fluid oozing from the leaves this sounds like it has an infestation. Lemon trees can be prone to scale insect, mealy bug or red spider mite so I would have a good look at the stems,and under the leaves to see if you can see any of these pests.
Georgin
Jenny
There are no hard and fast rules as it will depend on the variety, however I would say, you should get the biggest pot you can find if you want the plants to reach their full height.
Helen
Pl
Hello, Often these plants are laden with lemons, however this is not something we can guarantee.
Helen
goldie
Hello, If this lemon is grown in a pot, then the height will naturally be restricted, and while little pruning is needed by the plants, you can thin them out, or cut back leggy plants in late winter, while pinching out the growing tips in summer will help encourage bushier growth.
Helen
lemonysnicket
Hello, If the shoot is definitely not appearing below the graft union, then I suspect it is a water shoot, so I would simply cut it back to a within a couple of buds from the main stem.
Helen
fuzzyHQ
Hello, Yes and unheated greenhouse should be fine too - and whether or not you will need extra protection will depend on how cold it gets in your area. They tend to be fine in temperatures down to 7C, so you may need to fleece in conditions below that.
Helen
FuzzyHQ
Hello, Yes, this sounds ideal!
Helen
Cat
Hello, These plants are evergreen, so it is not unusual for their older leaves to turn yellow and brown before they drop off. Also, most evergeens tend to shed this old foliage in spring when they are getting ready to put on new growth. Therefore I would not be too concerned, however as lemons are very heavy feeders, you should be using the summer citrus feed now http://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/summer-citrus-feed/classid.1000000238/ and the winter citrus feed during the colder months. http://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/winter-citrus-feed/classid.1000000237/
Helen
I am a naughty gardener.I have been gallivanting again, this time in spring when no self-respecting grower ever strays more than five feet from the garden gate. I abandoned a whole greenhouse full of just-emerged seedlings and a half-planted veg garde
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