My aunt passed away last year, and last time I saw her she gave me a blood orange. I planted one of the seeds for the heck of it, and it grew! I hope for two things. 1, I dont kill it. Tropical trees hate me in winter. 2, it looks like your lemon tree one day. You're an endless source of inspiration for me and my collection of trees =] Thanks as always Nigel!
Sorry about the loss of your Aunt. I think trees are a perfect way to memorialize a loved one. And since the seed makes that connection it's perfect that it sprouted. I wanted to let you know that blood oranges were found by chance. And the mechanism that turns the oranges red inside is cool evenings as the oranges ripen. Incidentally they were first discovered in Italy. I hope your tree flourishes for you!
I have a beautiful blood orange, lemon and grapefruit that I started from seed about five years ago. Hopefully you have the same luck. It’ll be something to remember your aunt by every time you get to enjoy it.
@@dk2614 Thats awesome! Thanks for the little nugget of knowledge. I won't get any fruit on it because I live a tad too far north, but I'll still cherish the tree for as long as I can =]. thanks again!
@@nolesfan8900 I hope so, she was great! I was actually pretty surprised at how well it did the first year, (and so far this winter... knock on wood) I have it inside under a grow light trying to keep it on the cooler side. I thought it was gonna be a delicate/ weak tree, being a citrus tree in the north-east, but so far so good =]. Thanks for the encouragement!
It does look better with that section gone. The size of this tree surprised me. I didn't realize how thick it is until you touched the trunk! Then part way through I kind of forgot again till you touched the truck and I was taken aback a second time LOL Very nice tree Nigel.
Your other lemon tree inspired me to give bonsai a try. 5 years later I just gave my Mexican lime (from seed) a hard prune and the new leaves are just now growing in. I love seeing these updates.
Love this tree 🍋. I want to get mine to flower. So you say to just let get grow and don't prune. Do you have a suggestion when it comes to which month to allow it to grow? Any suggestions as to when the flowers should begin to bloom if I decided to let it grow?
I've got my first thorned bonsai material. Roses. Figured it should be a wee bit easier than a citrus as it has lower light requirements. The plants are still in QT so I won't be doing anything to them for a few weeks yet. My cat though, has started the trimming for me and hasn't figured out what the thorns are quite yet. Hopefully he'll learn his lesson soon. Do you find your soapy and water spray works well vs spider mites? I saw webbing while you were defoliating, not sure if it's from predatory spider or mites. Hope you've finally got on top of your scale problem.
I hope that leader bud develops nicely, I was also thinking the branch under it could be a possible leader but your front may need to change too. But yes, that really straight/previous leader was also bothering me haha
Don't forget to sterilize your pruners after defoliating the tree so that those pruners do not spread the sooty mold to other trees. I like hydrogen peroxide. Works very good.
Thanks for this video Nigel. I've kind of a similar shaped lemon tree which I found thrown out somewhere on the street last autumn. I kept it in my greenhouse this winter were it got below 0 degrees celcius. I heard you saying that you keep it in your basement. So this migth be a stupid question but does this mean that for the winter this plant doenst get any daylight while in your basement or do you have some daylight lamps hanging in your basement?
Hi Nigel, very informative video as always. I have a potted lemon tree for almost 7 years. not a bonsai. I live in Istanbul and it's outdoors 24x7 winter is "rarely" lowest -5 C (I cover it with a plastic bag when it drops that much) summer is 35 C max. Last winter (Feb) i believe i gave wrong or too much fertiliser so all leaves curl up inwards i ended up cutting all the leaves on april (defoliated without knowing it) now it's budding like crazy. When do you think should i fertilize it and with what NPK value. ? I gave burned cattle manure, but it is unstable and i dont get lemons every year.
I use 1/2 perlite and 1/2 turface as a general mix. These ingredients are found locally for me, there are better soil mixes out there, but this is inexpensive and works fine!! Try the "Bonsai Supply" for pre mixed soil, you can order it online from the Home Depot or their website!
Yellow leaves could be a sign of the plant staying too wet. It could also be old leaves. If it's staying too wet too long it might be in a shallow pot the needs one side of the pot that needs to be elevated to allow the water to follow the gradient and drain out. Shallow pots actually drain poorly because there's not enough volume of soil that let's gravity pull the water down. So shallow pots stay too wet too long. It could also be a problem with the type of soil. If it's a heavy soil with too much organic matter the tree likely isn't able to use up all the water because it's not growing much because it's indoors under lights. As much as we'd like there is no substitue for the sun. I hope that gives you a few things to investigate. Best wishes.
The tree may be lacking iron, as citrus tend to like soil on the acidic side of the scale. I add a few drops of iron vitamin supplement to my water once a month (you can add iron chelate) and it seems to bring the darker green colour back to the leaves.
do you not have any citrus ,, hmm, lice ? aphids ? not Toxoptera citricida (black citrus aphid), even smaller ones. i do not know for sure what the name is, little 1 mm black crawling insects , living on citrus tree not exclusively but mainly. you get scale insects i see, do you think the scale insects eat the little black ones ? scale insect seems less damaging to the trees, when my little black crawlers attack a tree the leafs gets all damaged, curled up and obviously attacked.
when life gives you lemons... Bonsai it!
Indeed.
My aunt passed away last year, and last time I saw her she gave me a blood orange. I planted one of the seeds for the heck of it, and it grew! I hope for two things. 1, I dont kill it. Tropical trees hate me in winter. 2, it looks like your lemon tree one day. You're an endless source of inspiration for me and my collection of trees =] Thanks as always Nigel!
Sorry about the loss of your Aunt. I think trees are a perfect way to memorialize a loved one. And since the seed makes that connection it's perfect that it sprouted. I wanted to let you know that blood oranges were found by chance. And the mechanism that turns the oranges red inside is cool evenings as the oranges ripen. Incidentally they were first discovered in Italy. I hope your tree flourishes for you!
I have a beautiful blood orange, lemon and grapefruit that I started from seed about five years ago. Hopefully you have the same luck. It’ll be something to remember your aunt by every time you get to enjoy it.
@@dk2614 Thats awesome! Thanks for the little nugget of knowledge. I won't get any fruit on it because I live a tad too far north, but I'll still cherish the tree for as long as I can =]. thanks again!
@@nolesfan8900 I hope so, she was great! I was actually pretty surprised at how well it did the first year, (and so far this winter... knock on wood) I have it inside under a grow light trying to keep it on the cooler side. I thought it was gonna be a delicate/ weak tree, being a citrus tree in the north-east, but so far so good =]. Thanks for the encouragement!
It was quite enjoyable to watch the snow slowly fall from the roof throughout the video! Haha
Big cut turned out just right. Trunk developing really nice. Great little tutorial on this lemon tree.
It does look better with that section gone. The size of this tree surprised me. I didn't realize how thick it is until you touched the trunk! Then part way through I kind of forgot again till you touched the truck and I was taken aback a second time LOL Very nice tree Nigel.
Thank you again Nigel for another amazing video. 👏
Your other lemon tree inspired me to give bonsai a try. 5 years later I just gave my Mexican lime (from seed) a hard prune and the new leaves are just now growing in. I love seeing these updates.
The tree looks fantastic 👍
Love the citrus trees! Especially when they fruit!
Very nice pruning!
Thank you for sharing
When you had defoliated this tree it was really beautiful. Enjoyed watching you work with this one.
We love you Nigel.
Love this tree 🍋. I want to get mine to flower. So you say to just let get grow and don't prune. Do you have a suggestion when it comes to which month to allow it to grow? Any suggestions as to when the flowers should begin to bloom if I decided to let it grow?
Almost a little deja vu to yesterday.
appreciate these videos
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I've got my first thorned bonsai material. Roses. Figured it should be a wee bit easier than a citrus as it has lower light requirements. The plants are still in QT so I won't be doing anything to them for a few weeks yet. My cat though, has started the trimming for me and hasn't figured out what the thorns are quite yet. Hopefully he'll learn his lesson soon. Do you find your soapy and water spray works well vs spider mites? I saw webbing while you were defoliating, not sure if it's from predatory spider or mites. Hope you've finally got on top of your scale problem.
if you cut back to the right point branch, would it not eventually straighten out a little bit more as it ages?
I hope that leader bud develops nicely, I was also thinking the branch under it could be a possible leader but your front may need to change too. But yes, that really straight/previous leader was also bothering me haha
I hope I get it all sorted out and looking good in my lifetime Xin, but if not, I'll get you young guys to take over!!
@@TheBonsaiZone well let’s aim for the former hahaha
Don't forget to sterilize your pruners after defoliating the tree so that those pruners do not spread the sooty mold to other trees. I like hydrogen peroxide. Works very good.
Thanks for this video Nigel. I've kind of a similar shaped lemon tree which I found thrown out somewhere on the street last autumn. I kept it in my greenhouse this winter were it got below 0 degrees celcius. I heard you saying that you keep it in your basement. So this migth be a stupid question but does this mean that for the winter this plant doenst get any daylight while in your basement or do you have some daylight lamps hanging in your basement?
What soap do you use for your soap water solution ? Is it the regular chemical based bathing soap or is it the natural castile soap ?
Hi Nigel, very informative video as always. I have a potted lemon tree for almost 7 years. not a bonsai. I live in Istanbul and it's outdoors 24x7 winter is "rarely" lowest -5 C (I cover it with a plastic bag when it drops that much) summer is 35 C max. Last winter (Feb) i believe i gave wrong or too much fertiliser so all leaves curl up inwards i ended up cutting all the leaves on april (defoliated without knowing it) now it's budding like crazy. When do you think should i fertilize it and with what NPK value. ? I gave burned cattle manure, but it is unstable and i dont get lemons every year.
Thanks, great information!!!
I thought you usually defoliated your tropicals mid summer?
I wondered this too… I’m afraid to ever try defoliation cuz I’m always confused when you should
What soil do use use for your lemon trees?
I use 1/2 perlite and 1/2 turface as a general mix. These ingredients are found locally for me, there are better soil mixes out there, but this is inexpensive and works fine!! Try the "Bonsai Supply" for pre mixed soil, you can order it online from the Home Depot or their website!
I have lemon tree and the leaves are turning yellow I have the tree under growing light ?
Yellow leaves could be a sign of the plant staying too wet. It could also be old leaves. If it's staying too wet too long it might be in a shallow pot the needs one side of the pot that needs to be elevated to allow the water to follow the gradient and drain out. Shallow pots actually drain poorly because there's not enough volume of soil that let's gravity pull the water down. So shallow pots stay too wet too long. It could also be a problem with the type of soil. If it's a heavy soil with too much organic matter the tree likely isn't able to use up all the water because it's not growing much because it's indoors under lights. As much as we'd like there is no substitue for the sun. I hope that gives you a few things to investigate. Best wishes.
The tree may be lacking iron, as citrus tend to like soil on the acidic side of the scale. I add a few drops of iron vitamin supplement to my water once a month (you can add iron chelate) and it seems to bring the darker green colour back to the leaves.
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do you not have any citrus ,, hmm, lice ? aphids ? not Toxoptera citricida (black citrus aphid), even smaller ones. i do not know for sure what the name is, little 1 mm black crawling insects , living on citrus tree not exclusively but mainly.
you get scale insects i see, do you think the scale insects eat the little black ones ?
scale insect seems less damaging to the trees, when my little black crawlers attack a tree the leafs gets all damaged, curled up and obviously attacked.