Moving my Meyor Lemon Tree Indoor

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  1. macysmommie

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    I want to move my Meyor Lemon indoors. I live in south Carolina, and it made it thru last winter, but did not flower much this summer. Last summer I had a lot of flowers but the fruit never got big enough to eat. Right know the leaves are starting to fall off and I want to know if it is best to bring it in know or wait. Any suggestions?
     
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    If you bring it in, make sure you either keep it out of direct sun--especially East or South facing windows, or heat the roots to at least 65F -- Temperature measured in the soil. Either method will protect your tree from leaf drop problems often encountered when citrus are brought indoors. Make sure you do not overwater, water only when the top2-3 inches are dry-- citrus will use much less water in the winter.

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    How do I heat the roots?
     
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    One simple method is to wrap Christmas lights around the pot--even the small light will raise soil temp about 15 degrees. Another method is to buy a waterproof heating mat, and yet another is to get a soil heating strip-- the type you can bury in soil-- often used for heating soil for seeds-- you can wrap it around the pot.

    I just had a thought--I don't know if anyone has tried it, but you could also probably use the adjustable aquarium heater probes-- the ones that are in a glass tube you put in the tank--it would only heat a portion of the soil, but probably enough to keep the tree alive-- you could use more than one.

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