Myer lemon flowering after I brought it indoors (lemmy.world)

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My potted myer lemon tree started flowering a few weeks after I brought it indoors for the winter. Is it OK to let it flower? Should I try pollinating the flowers to get more lemons?

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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I'm in Los Angeles so my potted lemon stays outside, and it's a dwarf Eureka, so ymmv, but I would enjoy the flowers without trying to force another crop of lemons. If you can't resist, maybe only do one or two. Because isn't this the part of the cycle when the tree will store up nourishment for strength?

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

This is kind of what I was wondering. Like would letting it flower and/or fruit stress it out?

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Flowers don't take as much energy as fruit. You could probably just remove them as they fade, and pinch off any fruit that starts to form, or most of them anyway.

Or maybe it will be okay to fruit if you give it fertilizer.

Y'know, you should probably check with a local plant expert, I'm just a random old lady on Lemmy in a 10b climate zone.

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