Good morning all! I have two indoor Ponderosa lemon trees that were started from seeds. They are now over 6' tall. I keep them inside over the winter months and then outside in the summer. The one tree blooms and produces many lemons. The other one blooms like crazy but they never set.(see attached photo) in fact I noticed today that the bee's are pollinating the producing tree and avoiding the non producing tree, (which is covered in flowers). If I get rid of the non producing tree will the producing one stop producing? and why wont the non producing one produce? its really strange to me because I was told they are self pollinating. Please help!!! Thanks for the advice! Tom
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/citrus/lemons.htm Here's a link for lemon culture. It seems unlikely that your tree is sterile but I suppose it's possible. It may just not be mature enough to set a crop and hold the fruit. Ponderosa lemon is a hybrid. Seedling fruit trees especially from hybrids are not likely to resemble the parent tree in fruit quality or quantity.
HI Thanks for the reply! The two trees are the same age and parent. They are, I would guess, 6 years old. they actually grew like weeds! They LOVE Miracle- Grow The lemons on the bearing tree are huge! I have to thin them out or the branches cant hold the weight. The bearing tree has produced lemons for the past 3 years. The other one just sits there and looks pretty! Thanks Tom
Just as Humans mature at different rates(even with the same parents) so do fruiting plants. 7 to 9 years is typical for Citrus to begin fruiting.
