Winterizing Lemon Trees | At Home With P. Allen Smith

Have a potted lemon tree? P. Allen Smith suggests moving your lemon tree indoors during the cold winter months. With adequate shelter, good light, proper watering and fertilization, your lemon tree will be fully ready for a productive growing season!

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[gigglesmcgee]

Ladies and gentlemen just look at these beautiful lemons. Love it thanks for the tips

[jeannietreuil]

I'm in! I leased a home that's back neighbor has a huge lemon tree that is growing and flowing over the fence. Lucky me! All summer from the pool, I saw the fruit growing and thought they were limes! Then when they didn't fall, I realized they had to be lemons. I LOVE lemons. There were SO MANY on my side of the fence that I decided to see if they could be frozen. Yes they can be! Plus, I de-seeded each slice, half, wedge, and froze them on baking pans, then immediately placed them in Freezer bags. I had so many gallon size, filled bags that I began giving them away to my family. I can open the bag, get only what I need out to use, re-seal the bag and replace into the freezer for next time. To the lady who's tree isn't producing fruit, did you germinate the seeds? (Using a paper towel, dry off and hold the seed in a paper towel, peel off the alien pod cover starting the peel off the side of the seed, and inside is the REAL seed. (Do a lot of seeds 10+) Do NOT try to save ANY seeds that were cut by the knife. Once shelled, place the REAL seeds in between a WET, folded paper towel, place in a Ziploc bag (I used a sandwich bag for up to 30) and place in a warm, dark, place. Don't forget them! After about 7-10 days they germinate and have little green buds! Place the germinated seed in an eggshell container. HERE'S HOW: Place some dirt in half of a used eggshell until they get to the growing out of stage. If you save the original egg crate container, you can have your mini-lemon trees sitting happily upright in the perfect container. (And if you want to get fancy, decorate your egg crate to match your decor) Then transplant to a larger container by simply placing the entire plant, eggshell and all, into the the new container dirt. (Tap the bottom of the shell to break egg further at its bottom, and plant leaving the eggshell for compost too! I'm giving these trees to my kids and grandkids for Christmas this year. (5 grown, married kids and my grand kids!) Thank you God, for lemons! PS, I'm in Zone 8-B

[timido]

Thanks for the info, this is my first winter with my lemon tree.

[deniseward]

Wow beautiful lemons, home grown, organically!  Gorgeous!  I'd love to grow my own like that. Just starting out with seed.

[maccliff]

Helpful video, thank you for posting.

[ZIlberbot]

thanks Allen, your lemon trees look good and well-kept 👍

[nexingtoncaldwell]

did you buy this as a tree or bush? I have a bush and read that I could train as bush. I had it going on two years the first year it bloomed very well but dropped all its buds brought it in the house over the winter and it bloomed very well indoors took it out during spring/summer only got two lemons they are just turning yellow (seemed like forever is that normal timing) Now I have it indoors with the two lemons still holding on. It is filling up with greenery. When is a good time to prune for more blossoms and train for tree shape. I have a branch the same size as truck very near the bottom do I remove that. Also in zone 7.

[grabnrungranny]

ẞa my e here. This is my lemon trees first winter. I guess I can put them on my big front porch.

[onetailgunner]

Keep them in large pots . Bring them in if its below 45 degrees at night . To much stress on them . Dont let the dirt harden from drying out In the winter . I have 4 lemon trees from seed . Still growing . Im living in a area that gets to be 14 below in some winter days . Take care, mine are going on their 4th year about 3ft high stem is only 3/4 of a inch thick still no lemons yet . I was hoping this guy would tell us how to properly trim them back . Did yall know lemon trees have huge sharp thorns ?

[Jjmmarballo]

Hey I live in california and i have a citrus tree 3 years old in in the winter its gets 36-29f so here its good for an orange

[michaelwalsman]

I brought my 4’ Meyers Lemon tree in for the winter about a month ago. It has lost all of its leaves but is holding on to two Lemons that are almost ripe. It tried to rebud leaves but those have just died. What do I need to do?The tree is in front of a South facing window.

I also brought a Ruby Red Grapefruit tree in at the same time and it is so happy to be inside. It’s growing leaves that look healthy and are 10 times the size as the leaves it was growing outside. It is also flowering.

I water them about every 7-10 days.

[malakabdelrazig]

Hi, my Meyer lemon tree, lost almost all of her leaves, we are in zone 7, and I lost fruit too, I have it inside next to a big door with light.

[muhammadbhatty]

Please share the link for bug spray and fertilizer.

[TheVineyarder]

my potted citrus stay outdoors from may-october.I am on cape cod, and in spring they go out for the season and do quite well

[navdeepsingh-pkqk]

Bro it should be grown in pot or in ground?

[andomaxcha]

my lemon tree is like 4 times larger than this one and in a 32 gallon garbage can that has gravel underneath, but its not producing any lemons. i'm so sad. I grew it from the seed and it's been 5 or 6 years now. it just keeps getting bigger and growing green foliage. plz help

[himateesookhai]

What is the fertilizer are you using I would like to get some thank you.

[chetanpatel]

I am in southern california. My lemon plant is 10 years old, what is orgenic spray for leaves & fruits to protect from diseases ? My fruits do not looks healthy.

[tyebrown]

In the winter months when you have to bring them in, how can I prevent fungus nets in the house? Can I use rocks on top of the soil? I know that the top roots should be barrier in soil.

[kingaustin]

then grow one im from indiana and i doont think i could leave my lemon trees outside but what im doing is geting the seeds from the store bought lemons from a walmart and puting them in water bottles and then a day or two later il remove them and place them in store bought dirt and well water them once a day but sometimes i dont have to but i keep them under a animal lamp (because im cheap lol) and well when i planted them i pushed them into the dirt and well i see the roots in like 2-3 weeks (: