Do I have to transplant an Improved Meyer Lemon Tree into a container so that I can bring it indoors when the temp dips below 30F & what size of container would be ideal for such plant?
I live in Frisco, TX & we purchased an Improved Meyer Lemon Tree a couple of months ago, which I planted in my garden. The plant is about 3.5 feet tall. Upon doing some reading about the tree, I found out that it may not survive the winter in our area. Do I have to transplant it into a container so that I can bring it indoors when the temp dips below 30F & what size of container would be ideal for such plant? Any advice would be grealtly appreciated.
In order to protect it through the Winter freezing weather you'll need to have it in a container that you can bring indoors. The size should probably be about an 18 to 22-inch container in order to maintain the root system that has been growing in your soil. Also it would be helpful for you to have a dolly or some sort of conveyance that you can use to move it because it will probably be heavy.
Last month I purchased an
Last month I purchased an Improved Meyer Lemmon tree from a nursery. It is just under 1" diameter at the trunk and is about 6 feet tall from the bottom of the pot and about 3 feet wide at the widest point. It is in about a 5 gallon pot (18"x18"). The soil does not look like a quality potting soil.
It has a single lemmon and a cluster of 7 lemmos (about 2" in diameter) growing at the current time and has very large amount of new growing minature lemmons along with many new flowers currently opening up (probably 60 in all).
I have noticed that bees really love visiting this tree which I assume are doing the pollinating for me.
I have a few questions:
1.) Should I repot this tree? And if so what size pot and what kind of potting soil should I use?
2.) I purchased some fertilizer at the same nursery (which they reccomended) which is ferti-lome Fruit, Citrus and Pecan Tree Food which contains 3% zinc and is (19-10-5). Is this a good fertilizer and how much should I use?
3.) I do have a few leaves that are "curling" Can you help me understand why?
I live in Houston Texas if this helps.
If you perfer I can forward you a picture of this tree.
Thank you for anything you may asist with.