Lime or Lemon?

Discussion in 'Indoor and Greenhouse Plants' started by addypalmer, Aug 23, 2011.

  1. addypalmer

    addypalmer Active Member

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    I had bought a "meyer" lemon tree back in April and it has since bloomed and set fruit in may. Now the the fruit has kept growing at a constant rate now at about pingpong ball or bigger but hasn't seemed to grow in size for about a month or two I was wondering could my green lemons actually be limes? My tree has just finished blooming again and putting out a bunch of new growth. Here are some pics:

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  2. Junglekeeper

    Junglekeeper Esteemed Contributor 10 Years

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    The new growth will have a purple tinge if it's a lemon.
     
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    The blossoms have purple on them, and if so how long is it for a lemon to mature?
     
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    Junglekeeper Esteemed Contributor 10 Years

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    It depends on the growing conditions. Could be up to a year.
     
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    I have an "Improved" Meyer & a Eureka lemon trees and both have several green fruit on them. They've been in my greenhouse but now that we're finally having a stretch of hot sunny weather, I brought the Eureka out into the garden where it'll have full sun all day.
     

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