[Arid_gardener] missing lemons

[Tyler Storey]

Hi Gloria,
It is possible, depending on the timing of your lemon blossoms, that they
were lost in the January freeze, around the 12th or 13th.  I noted among my
and my clients' citrus trees that the lemons and Mexican limes in particular
seemed to lose their fruit this year.  

For instance, some lemons were blooming before the freeze and lost the
flowers without setting more.  Some Mexican limes I observed had not yet set
flowers but lost their flower buds and never did blossom.  

If your lemon blossomed pre-freeze, that may explain the lack of fruit.  It
is unfortunately fairly common across the Valley right now.  My normally
prolific lemon tree (usually bushels of lemons) is offering up only 4 fruits
this year, albeit abnormally large ones.

If the blossoms were post-frost, then I'm afraid I don't have an answer.

Thanks much,
Tyler


tyler at tylerstorey.com
http://tylerstorey.com
602-738-2978

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Gloria
85248
gbancroft at w-link.net

Our lemon tree had a lot of blossoms on it this spring but now there are no
lemons on the tree. What happened?


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