Ask Gardenerd: Lemon Tree Grown from Seed
A question came in to Ask Gardenerd about a lemon tree grown from seed. We explore whether that’s a good idea or not.
A question came in to Ask Gardenerd about a lemon tree grown from seed. We explore whether that’s a good idea or not.
Forget the farmer’s market. Grow your own delicious, organic apples, figs, peaches, plums, strawberries, blackberries, citrus fruits, and more with Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden. No green thumb required. Even beginners become successful fruit “farmers” with the techniques and advice offered by author Christy Wilhelmi, the force behind the popular gardening website, Gardenerd. Selecting the best small-scale fruit trees, bushes, vines, and plants for your climate, siting them properly, and pruning your compact trees for health and productivity are some of the many topics covered in the pages of this bible of small-space fruit growing. You’ll also discover how to:
With modern, dwarf varieties, and help from Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden, a healthy, high-yielding garden filled with fruit-producing plants is possible — even in the smallest of yards.
Cool Springs Press, April 2021
ISBN-13: 9780760370261
192pp.
Every once in awhile we get a question or comment from a fruit gardener that their citrus fruit tastes terrible. This week, Paul Marini wrote in to Ask Gardenerd with a different question that is related: “I know the Meyer lemon tree is a combination of lemon and mandarin orange. I am pretty sure there are orange branches growing out of the bottom half [of my tree]. Is it OK to leave them on, or should I cut them off?”
We’ve been using a trick to help clients fix most citrus tree problems for more than a decade. You’ll find it in Christy’s new book, Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden, but we decided to give you a sneak peak in this week’s video.
We hear from a lot of gardenerds asking, “when is the best time for pruning citrus trees?” Well, we share the answer and so much more in our latest YouTube video on pruning citrus.
Big news, gardenerds (and a distraction from Election Day after you’ve voted)! My latest book, Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden, is available for pre-order. If you’ve been wishing for the fruit version of Gardening for Geeks, here it is!
Resources Books Buckingham, Alan. Grow Fruit. Great Britain: DK Publishing, 2010. Ingels, Chuck A., Geisel, Pamela M., and Maxwell V. Norton editors. The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit…
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