My old lemon tree has been a prolific fruiter for years, but this year has had only one or two lemons but masses of lush green foliage. Something has gone wrong.
This article should help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/lemons/lemon-tree-not-fruiting.htm
Please tell me the names of fertilizers and organic matter required, and also their proportion. My lemon plant is a foot tall planted a month ago.
At this size, you want a fertilizer that has an even NPK ratio and a low ratio. The numbers should 8-8-8 or lower. If it is a potted lemon, I would recommend using a water soluble fertilizer. This article should also help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/lemons/learn-about-fertilizer-for-a-lemon-tree.htm
Do you remove all the first year fruit? Plants are currently about 2 feet tall with one having an abundance of fruit for size, while other has only 4. Thank you.
You should not harvest the first crop, but actually you should just remove the fruit as soon as you see it. When you first plant a fruit tree, it is best to let it focus on becoming established for the first year. When it grows fruit, its energy is split between fruit and root growth, rather than just focusing on root growth. Removing the fruit allows the tree to work on growing a big, healthy root system.
I have a 10 year old Lemon tree that is in the house in winter and on the deck in summer. It currently has the first 2 lemons on it, one of which has been on for 10 months and is still somewhat green and hard. My question: How long should it take to rippen? What can I do to increase output?
The amount of time time it takes for a lemon to ripen can vary depending on several things. First, different varieties have different ripening times (typically between 3-18 months). Second, the conditions the lemon is grown under can shorten or lengthen the time it takes for it to get ripe. In your case, I would suspect that the house is not warm enough to encourage ripening and it slowed down the ripening process when it was brought indoors. Once you set it back outside, the lemons should start ripening again.
Hi, I am Sylvia and I live in Hong Kong. I have bought a lemon tree in a pot for almost a year. It had pretty good harvest at the beginning and we regularly put fertilizer. However this year, it just seems to have lots of flowers but no fruit. I just wonder if I should clip off some of the flowers because they are probably taking up all the nutrients. Please kindly advise.
It needs to be pollinated. Since it sounds like yours is in a container, it probably does not have access to pollinators. So you need to be the pollinator for it. It is very easy. Just take a small paintbrush and swirl it around the inside of the flowers. Don't pollinate all of the flowers, as the plant produces more flowers than it can handle if they all become fruit. Just do a few per branch.
I have a lemon tree that is losing its flowers or fruit and I would like to know what type of fertilizer to use. It looks like it's growing good but it doesn't give the fruit that it should.
These articles have information on how to fertilize your trees: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/citrus/fertilizing-citrus-trees-best-practices-for-citrus-fertilizing.htm, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/lemons/learn-about-fertilizer-for-a-lemon-tree.htm I would also try giving it some phosphorus rich fertilizer, like bone meal. If it is lacking phosphorus, it will not be able to produce blossoms (which means no fruit.). The requirements for lemons are very similar to that of limes. If you have not read it yet, this article may also be helpful: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/lime/reasons-and-fixes-for-lime-tree-not-producing-blossoms-or-fruit.htm
If you plant lemon trees next to orange trees or other citrus, will they cross pollinate? Or is that something that needs to be done in lab condition?
There is a possibility that they would cross pollinate but you would only see the results of that cross pollination if you planted and grew the seeds from the cross pollinated fruit. As citrus trees are not typically grown from seed, it is not normally considered an issue.