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Sat, May 7, 11 at 10:52
| My Meyers Lemon, barely more than a twig (though a very healthy twig) had lots of flowers. I expected that any fruits would abort, but there are six (!) that seem determined to continue. Obviously the plant can't physically support even one fruit at this point. Should I remove them or wait for the plant to figure it out and drop them? |
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| Fruit is expensive to growth, as fruit is a stronger energy sink than foliage or branch extension, so any increase in fruit mass would likely have gone toward an increase in vegetative mass. AL |
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| Plus the limb is likely to split off the "tree" before giving up the fruit. Al |
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| Thanks. That was my intuition. I just wanted it confirmed by those who know more than I do. Snipping to proceed! |
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| It's tough isn't it? I bought a beautiful meyer lemon tree that had several large lemons already. But my friends on the Florida Gardening forum suggested removing them. I hated that, but I understand! |
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