5 Reasons Why LEMONS are the BEST Fruit Tree to GROW in Containers or Pots
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2020
- In this video, I give you 5 reasons why lemons are the best fruit tree to grow in containers or pots.
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Agree
Absolutely
And could be a life saver if the store”s close Down
9 months old and this still holds true
Totally agree. Feel good video for sure.
When life gives you lemons
Grow them in a pot. 🍋
😆
did somebody say grow pot? :D
@@justinheads5751 that's ILLEGAL
@@justinheads5751 lmao
@@bonazza4476 depends where you live but I wouldn't recommend it
My girlfriend and I often fall asleep listening to your knowledge and wisdom. It's like a dad telling us a bed time story. We always wake up refreshed wanting to plant. 🤭
That frog on the lemon, at 1:22, is just the cutest thing ever! Here on Canada’s West Coast, there are a few lemon trees which survive, in sheltered spots, but container growing is the best way!
i haven't had the luck to find a tree frog yet in my yard but years ago i found a green, im guessing garden snake is what most call them, plain green, small, in my garden once, it was way back then when i was a kid so i did not have a camera lol old days. but i left em alone... any idea on how to attract them to the gardens more?
kevin esposito that’s a common grass snake if it’s green; like green as grass.
Frogs would be awesome to keep the pests away, I would love them to live in my garden lol
@@kevinesposito1693 make yourself like a 3‘ x 3 foot hole, line it and fill with water. I did that and I had tadpoles the next year and snakes swimming in it. It’s that simple to attract them.
I have too agree 100% with your 5 reasons to grow a Lemon tree. I am in SoCal and we have a Lisbon Lemon variety in our yard. This tree is at least 60 years old and is large and as healthy as any tree half its age. We can harvest a 5 gal bucket every 2 or 3 days just by giving the branches a good shake, if ripe, the lemons just fall right off. We have many neighbors who come by for a bag full on a weekly schedule. We squeeze a lemon, add some dill pickle juice with V-8 tomato juice as a refreshing tonic.
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Vodka too right
Sounds like a magic lemon tree you have there! All the best :)
Mark, that tree is a true blessing that's for sure. And, I understand that the Lisbon Lemon Variety is originally from Australia ! ! ! Really love all your gardening videos and excellent tips, keep up the Great Work.
Yeah, we have Yuzu here in Japan. Very unique but great flavor.
Yuzu juice, honey, and a bit of hot water makes a great winter drink.
A friend gave me a great tea recipe...I have been drinking for years...a few lemon leaves, cinnamon, ginger and mint...yum
Funny that you talk about fruit trees, I have an orange tree in a large pot, it’s as old as me at 50 years old and is a good size, but it has never fruited, it was probably grown from seed , I’ve often thought about grafting onto it with pieces of a known fruiting orange tree, but as yet I haven’t. Now it’s on my list . Oh by the way my wife hates the tree lol, I’ve owned it since 1995 so 25 years, half my life...
I live in southern Ontario Canada, so it lives outside during the summer months and inside during the winter months
cheers
Rob
I love how those frog shots are like humble brags. Like, "look at my beautiful lemon trees - even these cute frogs flock to them".
😄😉
Does anybody else find these videos to be oddly calming? This guy has the best attitude I just want to be his friend lol
He's not kidding about the perfume when a lemon tree flowers. Mine flowered in spring and you could smell it any time you stepped out. It still has lemons from that fruiting and it's flowering again, though not at prodigiously as in the spring. The little green new fruit can be seen growing up next to some of the old and withered (but still edible) old fruit.
That smell is the best. Have mine indoors and they are pretty small plants. But if the first flowers start appearing, you can smell it all over the house.
Also, if you harvested too much at some point, you can squeeze the lemons and freeze the juice as little cubes. Makes for an easy way of measuring how much lemon you want for cooking, so there is some use to it. Certainly not nearly as good as fresh juice though.
Last night i dreamed my basil, pepper and kiwi finally germinated. And that my pomegranate seedlings came back to life.
And actually my peppers and kiwi are now germinating. Same with the apple
Live in the Northeast US...just got my Meyer Lemon tree and Clementine tree two weeks ago that I have in pots. Very excited about it.
I live in PA and want a lemon tree. Hope it makes it through the winter when I do get it.
@@caroldhenrich9021 I potted mine so I can prune it and bring into my living room by the window for the coldest months of the year.
This is my new favorite channel. Thank you for your fun and informative videos. I'm a total newbie to gardening and your advice is really easy to follow.
Love your positive attitude and your great tips. Thank you very much from California.
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You do such a great job with using your hands to help tell the story. Appreciate the videos!
Mark you are an amazing inspiration not JUST for gardening but self sufficient aspects overall! Keep up the great work, making me wish I was in AU.
I like watching your videos, your humor is on point:). Keep us laughing, while learning!
Thanks Mike for those great tips! Happy gardening!!
I love this guys creativity to talk about plants
How timely this video was! I recently bought lemon, lime and orange trees in the pot from a local home improvement store. Thank you for the tips on growing in the container. I cannot wait to enjoy those citrus fruits!!!
Greetings from Houston, Texas! We absolutely adore this channel and enjoy your gardening tips!
Love your channel. I wish I had neighbors who loved gardening as much as you do. Happy Growing!
Awesome video! I just got myself an improved Meyer Lemon tree. Its only 20 inches tall. But I love it. I potted it into a 10 inch pot. I enjoyed the video, thank you!
glad you made this.. I just started lemons in a pot this year..I planted many gave a few away and have 4 left .. I only need 1 but was told its best to plant many for dying off reasons..I have 2 that are doing great and 2 that are rather small..ty again
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I’ve always wanted to try to grow one from a store bought lemon but haven’t tried yet. Thank you for the info!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden, I really enjoyed it.
I have always wanted a Myers lemon always heard they did really good. Well after seeing this video I am sold !!!
Loving this. Planted a cutting a while back in a container, can't wait to see how it turns out
I've got a mandarin, lemonade, and lemon tree all in terracotta pots (I've got my eyes on a pink lemon tree as well lol). We rent in Sydney so its pretty cool we can just pick it up and go. Love to cook with lemons, lemons, parsley, garlic, salt pepper and chicken, delish & simple
I'm in sydney too! How big are you pots for these plants? 40-50cm like he said?
Thats what I love about mine too,I rent in Adelaide and if I ever shift or am lucky enough to buy a home I can just take them with me as well.
We’re out near Picton and the lemon in the pot does better than the one in the ground! Some Yates food twice a year. The pots we have are 50cm wide and 50cm deep squares.
@Loyal and Faithful yep a lemonade tree, it's a cross between lemon & mandarin
@@ellorawilson1240 I actually got the largest pots I could afford at Bunnings 😂 I'm not really sure of the size sorry!
Through the entire video, I was waiting for you to answer whether or not you could grow one from seed. I am so glad you answered it with real knowledge!
I was hoping to not spend so much, but I really want a lemon tree and I will certainly be buying one. One of the nurseries in town has 25% off fruit trees right now!
You just blew my mind with that preservation technique! Thank you, honestly a video that involves some of the ways you go out about preserving different fruits and veggies.. hmm.. just an idea of course. Either way ill keep coming back for more!
Hope all is well!
What perfect timing...I bought a Meyer lemon tree today! 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋 I'll have to bring it inside for winter. Great video as always....
That tiny frog has been the best part of my week! Also, thanks for the video. I planted a few lemon seeds last summer and I’m currently obsessing over citrus trees
Very much impressed and inspired after watching lemon and lemon grass video
I love when I open my mail and see a video from you. No matter what the videos about you always make me smile!
Cheers to you and your family!
Thank you Pamela for your support and all the best to you and yours! Cheers :)
I absolutely love your garden. I grew yp eating figs, apricots, plums, all the Veges, lemonades... with all the flowers. Mum is the green thumb. Good for you! You make me want to go back to living on the land.
Thank you to my son, he bought me my first lemon tree and a pot to put it in for mothers day. Hope I can keep it alive in sunny Florida. 🍋
I am crazy about you, you are serious about your topic and yet you make it fun to listen to you. Keep on doing what u r doing. Just looking at your face I can see you are a kind person. Cheers from SOUTH AFRICA,. ANNA
Fantastic video, you give us inspiration to begin growing. Thanks, from USA.
I just recently bought 5 half wine barrels (150 litre capacity) got 15 50 kg casters (swivel wheels) from Bunnings and fitted them to the base of the barrels. Now we have 5 movable plant pots containing dwarf fruit trees and Blueberries, each weighing about 130 kilos and they move easily about and the casters lock so they don't roll away. :)
I live in Maine. We have about a dozen lemon tree's of different age. I love the look and smell, our daughter like to rub the leaf's to get that lemon smell.
One thing to remember, if you're growing citrus in a more temperate climate: Check for root rot regularly, plant them in half sand, half potting mix, and keep more to the dry side. Don't regularly water just because your other trees also require water at the time.
Another trouble for temperate citrus growers: Citrus do not like to be either the entire year inside the house. They are not tropicals, they do need a rest season (cooler weather), but preferably get some light. This sadly means that both inside of the house (too warm for a resting season, temperatures too constant) as well as most garages (cooler, but generally very low light) aren't really great.
Some options that can work overwintering citrus in colder climates: un-/low- heated sunroom or garage and supplemented with grow lights on sometimes.
I don’t have a garage or sun room.will using sand and lights be enough?
How much cold do they need?
@@piapia5723 Im in regional SE Vic Aust - Hot summer/cold winter & temps go down to frost at times and my containers have been fine. They're situated from the worst cold winds and facing sunny NE on back veranda including winter sun. (Dwarf Eureka, Orange, Cumquat)
My mom grew 2 from seed, last time it took 5 years, this time it's 3 years in so far, but we live in tropics.....
Great video mate, thank you for sharing ❤❤❤
What a coincidence!!! just bought a lemon tree and was thinking of growing it in a pot as I want to take it with me when I move on!!! you must have read my mind!!!!
I live in central Poland and my tangerine is growing pretty well in a container in my house, grew it from a single seed I brought from Italy. It sometimes has some problems during winter, but you can easily grow it without any land! All you need is some space near a window
I always wondered if I could grow ANY fruit trees in my climate, (Pennsylvania, US.) We get a LOT of snow here in the winters, and I just love lemons and oranges! I think now, I'm going to try and grow them in containers, and see if I can get something to grow! Thank you so much for all your informative Video's. . I have learned so much from this channel!
We've got the outdoor space and have other fruit trees in a small orchard but our climate zone is too cold in winter for citrus so we keep our lemons and limes in pots and bring them indoors for the cold season. They do well. Have propagated from cuttings and that was successful, too. Will try more in the spring. Excellent video.
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Hi Mark you are the man! Keep up the GREAT work.
Lemon inspirato! Excellent video. Thanks Mark! I would watch again for sure.
Loved squeezing out all the information. I’ve been growing a Meyer lemon from a seed and have the gardeners patience to wait. It’s only 3 inches higher about 4 mo old. Wish me luck. Thank you love your Chanel
1:23 aaaand yep my heart just melted
Thanks for getting into it Mike.
Being in a rental and the cost of buying them in the shops, I'm going to do this. Love lemons from cleaning your hands with to using for cooking. Thank you for the advice.
Just bought an eureka lemon! Super excited. I've had a satsuma in a pot for about 5 years now. Just have to have a well drained potting mix. Since they're not cold hardy here, it's a little more difficult in the winter. Ours lives in the garage by a window when it's below freezing.
Excellent video. I have 4 in ground citrus trees and one in a pot. I am potting more this month. I love citrus. Totally addicted !
THANK YOU SIR. I LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS. LOTS OF INFORMATION AND MOTIVATION 🤗🤗🤗.I AM FROM SOUTH AFRICA. GAUTENG REGION. JOHANNESBURG 👏👏👏
I live in a unit with a terrace in Brisbane and looking for more content for potted fruit and vegetables! Loved this video! Would love to see more!
LOL, I missed the tiny frog the first time I watched the video, soooo cute, what a great shot! Thanks for a fantastic channel full of easy to digest & very useful information 👏🏻🥰
I just watched some old videos people and my favorite funny and insightful of the character of this man was his ,dog is a addicted to frogs, video. For sure gunna watch more and all.
I usually avoid fruit and stick to growing veg, but this week I purchased a couple of blueberry bushes, I usually purchase a pack a week and have them with my porridge, but I'm so glad I decided to buy them, they already look brilliant and producing fruit for me.
This video is great timing. I already have a Tahitian lime in the backyard and was tossing up to plant another citrus. Anyway, based on some of your videos chose a Valencia orange tree. Cleared the area today. We use oranges and limes more than lemons. But now a lemon in a pot would be a good option where space in the backyard is a bit tight. 🤙🏻
Love our Meyer Lemon tree, it’s compact, pretty, about 20 years old and flowers and fruits all year around 😍
The chickens love it too - they enjoy sitting up in its branches, which is fine by us - they are fertilising it directly 😀
Mark, you have an infectious attitude!!!
You are so close to 1 million subscribers! Keep up all the good work👍
I must admit it would be pretty awesome to reach that milestone! Cheers :)
I remember when you only had 100 thousand subs and now you have over 800 thousand subs
@@Selfsufficientme , during winter or harder weather can you store inside or in a garage? I'm assuming best to keep them in a house with adequate light
Ohhh I have 2 yuzu, 1 Meyer, 1 Calamondin & 1 kumquat in pots. Love them all. I enjoyed your video. I do have a big yard now but prefer to keep in pots bc of freezes.
Thanks for the warning about starting from seed.
Just planted a Meyer lemon this spring in a pot.
What a coincidence! I just bought myself a lemon tree to grow in a pot and it arrived today!
They are so useful and hardy. I use lemons all the time from drinks to cooking, citrus like lemon and limes really elevate food too. My lemon tree isn't in a pot and is well established but it thrives through winter with frost's often and temps sometimes down to -5C with no frost cloth around it.
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Funny you came out with this video today i just got a lemon tree in the mail yesterday that my wife got me for a father's day present been wanting one for years now. Always great and informational videos keep up the great work brother and stay minty 👌
Thanks David and all the best with your lemon tree what a top gift! Cheers :)
thanks for a informative video , have watched almost 8 - 10 videos of yours
I love this channel- just bought my first dwarf lemon tree
Love watching these, Im going through all your videos, please keep making them!
Watching the cutest little frog ( 5:35 ) going into camo mode, was just amazing.
Great video, I enjoy watching your videos, they are useful, and you have a lovable person
Thank you Mark! Awesome video
I have a Meyer lemon in a pot in a corner of my kitchen. In Canada. Bloom in progress right now. Looks like about and easy dozen coming this year. A fun hobby
You always give me a good laugh my friend😂 The knife 🔪.Great video keep them coming 👍👍👍
I have a lemon tree. This was in my recommendation. Thank you UA-cam.
Thank you for sharing! I’m in the Northeast United States and the Japanese (Yuzu) lemon sounds perfect 👌🏼
Thanks for the advice! Working on my permaculture yard/channel and citrus thrives in Arizona
Miss my beautiful lemon and mandarin trees I had in NSW, in the uk now, maybe I’ll invest in a green house.
Love the videos...👏🏼👏🏼
A lemon tree for our unheated greenhouse is at the top of my garden wishlist. 😍🍋
i'm 100 km south of Sydney near Bargo, we grow: oranges, grapefruit, mandarine, lime , cumquat, lemon, this year i'm trying pomello. my friend in Bundanoon is growing Tahitial lime and Kaffir lime very well in 70cm clay pots on a concrete patio next to a brick house protected from wind in full sun.
Hello from Northern Vermont USA, glad to discover and subscribed to your excellent channel.
Thanks For This Informative Video.
Lol, I bought both the Meyer and bushie, my plan is potted but I purchased some air pots, rocket pots.... Thanks mate, another awesome vid!!
Here in Brazil, we have a sixth reason to plant lemon trees. We have a traditional drink called "caipirinha". It is made with cachaça (it is possible to substitute vodka, but it is not the same thing), sugar, lemon and ice. Congratulations from Brazil.
I was growing a lemon tree in the kitchen window and I was training it in a circle. I LOVED that tree, it sat next to my deceased Dad's spider plant. My Mom had to go to the ICU and while I was tending to her at the hospital someone walked into my home and STOLE IT and my Dad's plant and all my tomato starters. The dog didn't stop them, she was a push over Lab.
I have been drinking hot lemon water every morning for years and I used to have nasty heartburn and indignation , doesn’t matter what I eat or drink now I never get heartburn or any issues anymore easy fix
@Grace Asher try ginger in your food it helps a lot
@Grace Asher I'm telling you this is all because of your diet, you need to start trying other diets. Try eating just fruit and vegetables for a day. I bet even cooked foods like lentils and quinoa would be okay but do not eat any meat or dairy or any weird processed food (even bread or pasta) I bet you will have no acid reflux. It may take you a few days though because it sounds like you have a pretty intense case. Acid reflux is a detox system your body is attempting to detox whatever you ate. and It might take you like 3 days on a new diet to fully detox and stop having acid reflux. The medication you're taking was designed to make profit they don't want you to know you can just change your diet, ditch the meds, and start trying out a new plant-based diet. It might be daunting for you to begin with so just dabble with it here and there you will simply just start to feel better and better and when you stray from the diet will likely be hit with acid reflux and feel all-around worse this will incentivize you to commit to the diet.
Big Wrath, we do this juice routine in the morning as well. The reason it works is that the acidity of the lemon juice triggers your body to adjust the digestive balance in your stomach to more alkalinity.
@Grace Asher , at our house... we usually use capsules of betaine hcl: one or two before eating - it helps normalize stomach acid. Before I learned about this from my daughter, I would put about a quarter teaspoon (pretty much a speck or two) in a small glass of water and sip it until my reflux settled. That's what I learned from my Grandmother.
holy channel batman! nearly at a million! good to see you're doing so well!
i am planning to grow lemon in container .. thank you for sharing this video this is very helpful well explained thank you muahh
Mark, when you sampled that first lemon my face involuntarily puckered. I love lemons, maybe a bit too much. A great vid to wake up to here in the states. Cheers!
That cute frog alone was worth recording, thanks for another awesome Video. Blessings and Love from Germany. P.S: Most of the citrus plants sold in containers were once rooted cuttings, cause most of the citrus var. are not true to seed unless you have polyembryo's and pick them out.
Always a big juicy thumbs up for you my friend.
I love your vids your like the Bob Ross of plants