Growing citrus trees in the UK is a bit of a challenge. Some winter protection from hard frost is required if the lemon tree plants are to survive winter in England.
"Lemon trees will remain in the conservatory for three to four months over winter". That comment just killed me. Writing from Canada. Six months of winter. It's why my British husband wants to return to the UK.
I live in central Europe,we have 2 months left which you hardly can call winter, I have a citrumelo outside, in the soil chugging along happily the second winter, the same goes for two Feijoas!
I started growing some lemon plants yesterday. It usually doesn’t get too cold where I live so we plant citrus plants in the winter. I’m excited to see them grow.
I use neem oil on eye pads make up removal ones. Just wipe over all the leaves. From my local health food shop. Hope I'm not injuring them in any way. This is the option I found out from another site. 😢😮
I live in the Chilterns (uk),have not tried growing lemons outdoors but have success in my cool conservatory-min 10c.They are flowering now (Jan) well worth a try,as its in a pot needs plenty of feed.Just bought another plant if your thinking about it give it a try 🍋
Ahh just fell upon this video and see you live in North Norfolk, I am based in Norwich and have just finished my large victorian style greenhouse, I also just bought a lemon tree so hoping that I do the right thing by bringing them into the greenhouse over winter.
I'm in 5 years with multiple citrus in and outdoor in summer. I find worm castings and time release fertilizer works well over winter. My livingroom is my Victorian crystal gardens :)
i keep mine outdoors all year south uk i have had them outside for 2 years now the first year they lost all there leaves the second year they grow back and started to fruit and keeped then on all winter. Mine seen to benefit from being outside perminalty
Thats good to know. We always bring them in, as where we live it is quite exposed to strong cold easterly winds which we think they would not like. We have had them for many years now. I do not think they would have survived some of the very hard winters that we've had in past, if we had not brought them in. The last 2 years the winters have been very mild in UK.
Thank you for your video , please can you advice on compost lemon trees ? I have some very young plants that need re potting ? Do you ever make your own compost mix ?
I'm new to your channel, came here to get advice on overwintering citrus. I have a Meyer lemon indoors which is flowering and fruiting right now, im feeding it seaweed solution. My piretto lemon has not flowered I'm wondering what to do to encourage it.🤔 Appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks
What temperature does your conservatory drop to in winter? I wanted to try overwintering my citrus in my greenhouse next winter, would I need a heater? I read that some of my orange trees need to stay above 5degrees.. thanks
We were down to below freezing this year as ice formed on the inside of windows . We had to put a frost protection heater in as we lost quite a few plants mainly geraniums
Could you please tell us what kind of Fertilizer you use and how often you fertilis your plans. My lime plant leaves are curling but I couldn't find any bugs or anything. Plant leaves are very dark green though, is it normal? And which month you prune your plants? Please give me a advise. Thanks. I'm live in Buckinghamshire, UK.
We buy a specialist citrus fertiliser but if we run out we use diluted tomatoe feed which they seem to like . We generally only prune them to shape them and stop them getting too big for our conservatory . We usually give them a tidy up after they have flowered and try to avoid taking any forming fruits off.
I am growing lemon tree from seed. My question is should I let the soil dry out before watering again? It is a small sprout right now. Are there any visible signs the plant gives when it needs water?
we usually water ours once a month over winter. But if its a very young plant it may need more than this. Ours are in an unheated conservatory. It may be worth keeping it in house on a sunny windowsill if its quite young and water it more often if the compost is well drained.
I have a meyer lemon thats had lots of fruit over the past few years but the Persian lime I got at the same time has never had a flower or fruit. Any advice is appreciated!
We've just been given one as a present and keeping it in our conservatory which is heated during the day but its dropping all of its leaves and looking really sad. Some of the leaves are going brown too. The soil is not wet or dry. Any advice would be greatly appreciated before it dies.
If the watering is ok and they are not too dry or too wet then it may be a temperature issue. Does the temperature vary much in the conservatory. Ours do tend to lose quite a few leaves in winter and look sorry for themselves as our conservatory is not heated so is quite chilly. Other thing is if its loose in its pot lift it gently to check for vine weavel on the tiny roots, which can affect pot plants and eat the roots, killing the plant.
That happened to me before, because in the window kept it in my bathroom by the window for light. Didn't realise it would be to damp and warm. Them pesky weavals killed it. 😢😢
I was bought a lemon tree, but we are in U.K. and temp here terrible for fruit trees. The tree I have had a problem (not exactly sure what) but white sticky bits on it. I have sprayed it with a neem oil mix which seems to have helped but most of the leaves have fallen off. Any tips? Unfortunately I don’t have a conservatory.
Its very hard to grow them in UK without a heated greenhouse or conservatory. We have brought ours into house and put them in a sunny window in our barn with underfloor heating this year and they love it. Even the conservatory was too cold for them this year. Not sure what the white sticky bits would be as not something we have encountered. Could it be mold?
Has that tree always been in a pot? How old before it started producing fruit? Mine were about 6’ but got too big so I bonsai them now (controlled size with occasional root prune to prevent wrap around). but never got any fruit. Mine are about 6-7 yrs old.
yes it has always been in a pot . we have had them for many years. We bought them in 6 inch pots with lemons on and have potted them up every few years . We feed them with citrus food
@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 thanks for the reply. Mine were from seed but I’ve also heard from one video that it could be many years before it will produce anything. I’ll keep them around. Maybe by the time I have grandchildren they’ll bloom. Then they’ll have two old and bitter things to tend to. Hahaha
No we don’t supplement the light we just keep them either in our conservatory which is very light or next to a large window that goes down to floor . They seem to thrive in this
Depends on the season and where you are. We have put ours out about mid April this year as it has been so mild . Normally we would wait until the end of May in UK. We may have to bring them in again if we have any cold snaps
we dont bring ours outside until the risk of cold nightime temperature has past. In the UK this is usually in May . They are not supposed to like temperatures less than 10 degrees C
No they are constant challenge . They actually get worse over winter when they are inside . In summer the birds help by eating them and the sun makes them change colour from green to brown so they are easier to spot and pick off
Yes as long as you make sure they have bright light. They will need some watering over winter if they are in the house. We have grown young ones on windowsills as pot plants . They have lovely glossy green foliage and the flowers are scented
"Lemon trees will remain in the conservatory for three to four months over winter". That comment just killed me. Writing from Canada. Six months of winter. It's why my British husband wants to return to the UK.
We have had really mild winters here for some time, may not be long before we can plant them out!
I live in central Europe,we have 2 months left which you hardly can call winter, I have a citrumelo outside, in the soil chugging along happily the second winter, the same goes for two Feijoas!
I started growing some lemon plants yesterday. It usually doesn’t get too cold where I live so we plant citrus plants in the winter. I’m excited to see them grow.
Sounds great! good luck
Great footage! Northern citrus grower here. Thanks for showing this! Subscribed & liked
Thanks and welcome
Never managed it to overwinter my citrus trees without getting pests and diseases on them. You gave them a good cut, very brave.
they usually shoot and flower before xmas
I use neem oil on eye pads make up removal ones. Just wipe over all the leaves. From my local health food shop. Hope I'm not injuring them in any way. This is the option I found out from another site. 😢😮
The pests come with warmer temperatures and dry air, if you overwinter them between 5-10c you wont get any!
I live in the Chilterns (uk),have not tried growing lemons outdoors but have success in my cool
conservatory-min 10c.They are flowering now (Jan) well worth a try,as its in a pot needs
plenty of feed.Just bought another plant if your thinking about it give it a try 🍋
Thank you for watching and commenting. Our conservatory is quite cool still as not heated.
Wow, thanks for the video
Our pleasure!
Ahh just fell upon this video and see you live in North Norfolk, I am based in Norwich and have just finished my large victorian style greenhouse, I also just bought a lemon tree so hoping that I do the right thing by bringing them into the greenhouse over winter.
Yes definitely bring it in over winter. We usually bring ours in October before first frost.
I'm in 5 years with multiple citrus in and outdoor in summer. I find worm castings and time release fertilizer works well over winter. My livingroom is my Victorian crystal gardens :)
That sounds wonderful . Thank you for the tip
Hi thanks for the great video can you please tell where did you buy your lemon tree.
We bought it in a garden centre many years ago
i keep mine outdoors all year south uk i have had them outside for 2 years now the first year they lost all there leaves the second year they grow back and started to fruit and keeped then on all winter. Mine seen to benefit from being outside perminalty
Thats good to know. We always bring them in, as where we live it is quite exposed to strong cold easterly winds which we think they would not like. We have had them for many years now. I do not think they would have survived some of the very hard winters that we've had in past, if we had not brought them in. The last 2 years the winters have been very mild in UK.
Thank you for your video , please can you advice on compost lemon trees ? I have some very young plants that need re potting ? Do you ever make your own compost mix ?
We buy citrus compost usually to repot although this year we top dressed with mushroom compost which seems to have done them good
I'm new to your channel, came here to get advice on overwintering citrus. I have a Meyer lemon indoors which is flowering and fruiting right now, im feeding it seaweed solution. My piretto lemon has not flowered I'm wondering what to do to encourage it.🤔 Appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks
Our varieties flower at very different times, so it's probably the variety, not the feed.
What temperature does your conservatory drop to in winter? I wanted to try overwintering my citrus in my greenhouse next winter, would I need a heater? I read that some of my orange trees need to stay above 5degrees..
thanks
We were down to below freezing this year as ice formed on the inside of windows . We had to put a frost protection heater in as we lost quite a few plants mainly geraniums
Could you please tell us what kind of Fertilizer you use and how often you fertilis your plans. My lime plant leaves are curling but I couldn't find any bugs or anything. Plant leaves are very dark green though, is it normal? And which month you prune your plants? Please give me a advise. Thanks. I'm live in Buckinghamshire, UK.
We buy a specialist citrus fertiliser but if we run out we use diluted tomatoe feed which they seem to like . We generally only prune them to shape them and stop them getting too big for our conservatory . We usually give them a tidy up after they have flowered and try to avoid taking any forming fruits off.
I am growing lemon tree from seed. My question is should I let the soil dry out before watering again? It is a small sprout right now. Are there any visible signs the plant gives when it needs water?
we usually water ours once a month over winter. But if its a very young plant it may need more than this. Ours are in an unheated conservatory. It may be worth keeping it in house on a sunny windowsill if its quite young and water it more often if the compost is well drained.
I have a meyer lemon thats had lots of fruit over the past few years but the Persian lime I got at the same time has never had a flower or fruit. Any advice is appreciated!
Not sure why this would happen as ours have always flowered and fruited very well although we have never grown limes only lemons.
We've just been given one as a present and keeping it in our conservatory which is heated during the day but its dropping all of its leaves and looking really sad. Some of the leaves are going brown too. The soil is not wet or dry. Any advice would be greatly appreciated before it dies.
If the watering is ok and they are not too dry or too wet then it may be a temperature issue. Does the temperature vary much in the conservatory. Ours do tend to lose quite a few leaves in winter and look sorry for themselves as our conservatory is not heated so is quite chilly. Other thing is if its loose in its pot lift it gently to check for vine weavel on the tiny roots, which can affect pot plants and eat the roots, killing the plant.
That happened to me before, because in the window kept it in my bathroom by the window for light. Didn't realise it would be to damp and warm. Them pesky weavals killed it. 😢😢
I was bought a lemon tree, but we are in U.K. and temp here terrible for fruit trees. The tree I have had a problem (not exactly sure what) but white sticky bits on it. I have sprayed it with a neem oil mix which seems to have helped but most of the leaves have fallen off. Any tips? Unfortunately I don’t have a conservatory.
Its very hard to grow them in UK without a heated greenhouse or conservatory. We have brought ours into house and put them in a sunny window in our barn with underfloor heating this year and they love it. Even the conservatory was too cold for them this year. Not sure what the white sticky bits would be as not something we have encountered. Could it be mold?
Has that tree always been in a pot?
How old before it started producing fruit?
Mine were about 6’ but got too big so I bonsai them now (controlled size with occasional root prune to prevent wrap around). but never got any fruit. Mine are about 6-7 yrs old.
yes it has always been in a pot . we have had them for many years. We bought them in 6 inch pots with lemons on and have potted them up every few years . We feed them with citrus food
@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 thanks for the reply. Mine were from seed but I’ve also heard from one video that it could be many years before it will produce anything. I’ll keep them around. Maybe by the time I have grandchildren they’ll bloom. Then they’ll have two old and bitter things to tend to. Hahaha
how much sunlight do they receive? do you supplement with a grow-light?
No we don’t supplement the light we just keep them either in our conservatory which is very light or next to a large window that goes down to floor . They seem to thrive in this
Hi when do you take then outside for the summer time?
Depends on the season and where you are. We have put ours out about mid April this year as it has been so mild . Normally we would wait until the end of May in UK. We may have to bring them in again if we have any cold snaps
Mine are small in small pots when should I repot and bring outside?
we dont bring ours outside until the risk of cold nightime temperature has past. In the UK this is usually in May . They are not supposed to like temperatures less than 10 degrees C
do they get the scale from being outside for the summer? TY
No they are constant challenge . They actually get worse over winter when they are inside . In summer the birds help by eating them and the sun makes them change colour from green to brown so they are easier to spot and pick off
I don’t have conservatory can I put them inside my house?
Yes as long as you make sure they have bright light. They will need some watering over winter if they are in the house. We have grown young ones on windowsills as pot plants . They have lovely glossy green foliage and the flowers are scented
What do you use for spidermites and other pests?
We don't worry about spider mites and don't use any pest control except picking over them to remove scale insects
They need an iron supplement