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lemons & tea

  • 30-07-2009 12:23am
    #1
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭


    I see that Aldi are selling lemon, tea and coffee plants in their stores, but what are the chances of them actually coming to fruitition in ireland > even in a glasshouse??


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  • #2
    stackerman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭stackerman


    We have had a lemon tree in our sunroom for a few years, great crop every year and easy to look after.


  • #3
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    keving wrote: »
    We have had a lemon tree in our sunroom for a few years, great crop every year and easy to look after.

    really, and how many years would i have to wait for the first crop??


  • #4
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    fryup, how large are the trees, and have they a variety name on them?

    Three of the most popular variety of lemons are Eureka, Lisbon and Meyer. Usually these varieties will be cuttings of existing, successful trees, grafted onto rootstock suitable for the environment you live in.

    If this is the case with the trees for sale in Aldi, you may get a crop from the first or second year you have the tree, because they're cuttings from larger plants. If the Aldi plants are grown from seed, you can't even guarantee a crop.

    Citrus are hungry feeders - so while they're quite happy in a pot, you can't ignore them for months. They would do better with a pot broader than it is deep, because they send out a lot of surface roots. They need regular watering and regular feeding depending on the fertiliser used. The leaves will turn yellow when the plant starts to sicken for something - usually a twice-yearly application of chelated iron, in spring and summer, will prevent this (assuming you're feeding appropriately).

    You don't prune citrus the way you would an apple tree, but when the plant begins to get too big for your position you can prune by taking out whole branches.


  • #5
    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    its not a plant, its a kit > seeds, fertiliser & small pot

    €1.50 a go


  • #6
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    buy a lemon in the supermarket and plant the pips!
    same thing only a lot cheaper :)


    i planted apple pips a few months ago and now have 6 young apple trees,

    It was only an experiment for the kids but will plant them out next year maybe.
    they are about 350mm tall now.


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