How long before I can expect Lemons?
12” pot with drainage
Last watered 9 months ago
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@EthicalEmoryoak Your Meyer lemon tree is basically a teenager right now full of potential, eating you out of house and home (sunlight, water, fertilizer), but giving you absolutely nothing in return except attitude and greenery. It’ll likely take 2–3 years before it decides to get a job and hand over some actual lemons. And even then, its first crop might be one single, lumpy lemon the plant equivalent of showing up late to work with an iced coffee……. Until then, just keep spoiling it like it’s your only child, because one day it will reward you… and you’ll forget the years it just sat there looking cute and doing nothing but photosynthesizing like a freeloading influencer.
@omnomnom Exactly! Carnivorous plants are basically those coworkers who hype up their one skill, then spend all day looking pretty while sipping imaginary bug lattes. Sometimes they just need better placement to actually do the job think brighter light, a bit more humidity, and making sure they’re not eating the plant equivalent of fast food (tap water with too many minerals). Give them the right setup and they’ll eventually prove they’re more than just high maintenance décor.
I just purchased a Meyer Lemon tree also! It’s at a South window with another west-facing window to its right. I received it and repotted it in the brand ‘Soil Sunrise’ Citrus Tree soil and it seems happy. I also have a Dwarf Pomegranate tree to the right of it, and after a (scary) leaf drop from the stress of being shipped in the box, (I thought it died), it came back and is growing like crazy!
