The new Lemon Tree
Another trip to the nursery on the weekend saw us come home with a swag of new plants, one of them being a lemon tree.
After choosing a nice looking specimen the lady at the nursery asked what it’s primary use was.
My fiance was not impressed when I told her that all I wanted was a lemon tree to pee on. (Peter Cundall recommends it!)
After working out that we would be using the lemons for cooking, the variety I had chosen (Meyer) was not the ideal variety as it does not set very well (in cheesecake etc).
I ended up with a Eureka lemon, which is very similar to the old Lisbon variety with fewer thorns. Here are some more differences between the lemon varieties.
After digging a large hole (about 1.5 times as deep as the roots and 5 times the diameter) and mixing in some dolomite to sweeten the soil, the tree was in the ground. The nursery lady said not to touch the roots as lemon’s do not like that.
A good water and a bit of sunshine later the lemon tree is looking fantastic. All I need to do is wait for the lemons to make some lemon cordial!
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Nice, I also have planted a new lemon tree. And everything is going ok. The only problem is that I having problems not sleeping in the house, usually sleeping at my gf’s house. So that means I can water the tree, so don’t know if it will last long!
Interesting. I just planted a tomato plant that will hopefully grow. I’m hoping to have a huge garden with zucchini, tomatoes, peppers and lettuce, but one step at a time, lol.