Meyer lemon trees require a warmer climate to thrive outdoors, surviving winters in hardiness zones 9-11. If you live in a colder region, you can keep your lemon tree outside during the warmer ...

Q: My Meyer lemon is about seven feet tall and is covered with small, green fruit, but it has lost most of its leaves. What should I do? A: Citrus tend naturally to drop some leaves during ...

The Meyer lemon, thought to be a cross between a mandarin orange and a regular lemon, is more cold tolerant than other varieties of lemon. They grow in USDA zones 9-11, so they typically do well ...

Typically, a Meyer lemon needs less fertilizer than an orange tree due to its smaller size but will still need 1.5 to 2 pounds of nitrogen per year, which could be 5 to 7 pounds of fertilizer each ...

Q: I have a 3-year-old Meyer lemon tree in my backyard. It has seven or eight lemons on it now, but they are huge and green. When I cut one open, the rind is about an inch thick, with just a tiny ...

But the surest way to acquire a Meyer lemon is to plant a tree. Fortunately, that’s not difficult. They’re widely available at nurseries, and I’ve even seen them at hardware stores.

I have a Meyer lemon sitting in my house waiting for the temperatures to cool down. When can I plant again?

Gardeners in zones 8 to 11 can plant a Meyer lemon tree outside. If you live outside these zones, grow your tree in a container and move it inside or to a sheltered location when temperatures drop.

Gardeners in zones 8 to 11 can plant a Meyer lemon tree outside. If you live outside these zones, grow your tree in a container and move it inside or to a sheltered location when temperatures drop.