How Can I Get Lemons on My Lemon Tree Faster?

Lemon trees have beautiful, dark green glossy leaves and the white flowers will give your home a fresh lovely scent during the winter months, as the blooms are heavy with fragrance. Lemons are full of vitamin C and give a fresh delicious flavor to foods and beverages, such as lemonade or lemon icebox pie. Taking excellent care of your lemon tree is the most effective way to ensure that it produces fruit during the early years and throughout its lifetime.

Large container to grow your lemon tree indoors
Lime treatment
Pruning shears
2 liter plastic bottle

Instructions

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  Check with your cooperative extension service or a local nursery to see which type of lemon tree cultivars will grow best in your area of the country.
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  Choose a sunny spot for your lemon tree. You may want to consider growing your lemon tree in a container; this will be handy if the winter temperatures dip below 30 degrees F, so that you can bring the tree indoors or give it shelter in a greenhouse. If you decide to plant it outdoors, make sure it is near your home or another building to help shelter it from cold, bitter winds. If the forecast calls for frigid temperatures, be sure to wrap a blanket around the trunk of the tree.
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  Drill extra holes in the container you are planting your lemon tree in; this type of citrus tree requires a well-drained soil to keep the roots healthy and to yield the most produce.
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  Test the soil for acidity. Lemon trees do not tolerate highly acidic soils, so add some lime to the soil if necessary.
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  Water your lemon tree at least once a week. The Flower and Garden Tips website recommends that you use a 2-liter bottle to water your lemon tree thoroughly once a week. Cut off the bottom of the bottle and insert the spout into the soil approximately 1 to 2 feet from the tree trunk at an angle leaning toward the roots. Use the cut-off bottom as a lid and once a week fill the bottle with water and then replace the lid in order to keep leaves and other debris out of the water.
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  Gather pollen from the winter blooms onto a small artist's paintbrush. Spread the pollen to other flowers on the tree. Lemon trees are self-pollinating but helping it along will help you to reap more lemons during the harvest.
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  Pick every single lemon off your tree during its first two years. This will help it to thrive and to quickly produce an abundance of fruit. This is a big job, but it is very effective in keeping the lemon production up.
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  Prune your lemon tree annually in order to keep your lemon production up and to keep it from being too unwieldy if the tree is grown indoors.

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