Real Signs of Life From Lemon Tree

in #gardening5 years ago

When we bought this from the greenhouse, when it was cooped up in its original tiny container, the canopy it boasted was extensive and lush.. attributable to the original environment’s full day Sun location and also the moisture/feeding regime given to it by the greenhouse Amish staff.

When I brought it home those two key parameters changed and with it the leaves began falling and thinning..

Sure, there are enough leaves for the plant to gather energy from the little available sunlight and make food, but with each passing week, more leaves began to drop until I began to wonder if the lemon tree would ever pump out some new foliage instead of continuing to grow flowers.. which will blossom into tiny lemons for a bit before dropping into the dirt as wasted energy (and time).

Perhaps it had something to do with the Winter Solstice and the length of day/Sunlight, ( I think more so than the feeding, since I have kept up with feeding this lemon plant), the only logical location for this large plant potter only receives just enough sunlight each day to suffice and maybe even not enough.

But this week I noticed a little bright green shoot and sure enough a few days later we can clearly see a new set of leaves forming..

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And there are still plenty of flower buds forming along with the leaves.. so if I could care for this plant well enough into the warm season perhaps we could see some incredible growth and maybe a little production out of this prepubescent lemon tree.

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Spot the 5 tiny, but growing flower buds, on the left hand side of photo, and two larger, more developed flowers on the right, almost ready to open.

45 days or so left until baby James enters our world. The thought never leaves my head. I know I can care for a child, my own. It’s like caring for a plant, just much, much faster paced, and the plant can talk and move around.

It’s snowing outside here right now, a light flurry.. but has been doing so since yesterday evening so there is about two to three inches on the ground. Models predict it to stop tomorrow after changing to rain, we shall see. This is obviously what they were getting out ahead of with the spray operation they pulled on Friday.

Stay safe everyone out there!

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Looks like it is in pretty good shape. Fresh leaves and flowers you could end up with a few lemons.

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