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Lemon tree

john68 - 11-22-2016 at 07:30 AM

I'd like to buy a Meyer lemon tree, preferably grafted. Any suggestions in La Paz or Cabo?

Thank you.

Mula - 11-22-2016 at 08:53 AM

Not in Baja. Got to buy them in the states and smuggle them down.

woody with a view - 11-22-2016 at 10:14 AM

Seeds are an option.

willardguy - 11-22-2016 at 10:21 AM

the key is to pee on em every day ;)

john68 - 11-22-2016 at 11:34 AM

Thanks!

Good to know!

vandenberg - 11-22-2016 at 11:42 AM

Ours is fullgrown. We got it years ago from the nursery on the highway between Constitucion and Insurgentes on the west side of the road. I believe it's still there.

BornFisher - 11-22-2016 at 11:53 AM

Quote: Originally posted by willardguy  
the key is to pee on em every day ;)


And hit it with a hatchet once a week!!

David K - 11-22-2016 at 12:11 PM

Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view  
Seeds are an option.


Actually, they are usually not for many fruit varieties... to get the true variety of fruit, it must be a grafted tree. Seedlings are not usually true to the fruit they came from.

David K - 11-22-2016 at 12:13 PM

Quote: Originally posted by willardguy  
the key is to pee on em every day ;)


Did you see 'The World's Fastest Indian' (Anthony Hopkins in New Zealand)? :biggrin:

woody with a view - 11-22-2016 at 12:25 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view  
Seeds are an option.


Actually, they are usually not for many fruit varieties... to get the true variety of fruit, it must be a grafted tree. Seedlings are not usually true to the fruit they came from.


This is the new millennium, after all.....

https://www.amazon.com/Stupid-Girl-Meyer-Lemon-Seeds/dp/B00F...

Mula - 11-22-2016 at 01:23 PM

The citrus grafting nursery on the west side of the road by the propane plant going towards Constitucion is closed. Closed down 2 + years ago. Father got tired and the kids didn't want it, so he closed it. His name is Ildefonso Green.

And they didn't do Meyers. Eureka and Lemon Real.

vandenberg - 11-22-2016 at 02:02 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Mula  


And they didn't do Meyers. Eureka and Lemon Real.


I know ours is not a Eureka, so it must be a Real? Not familiar with that one,that's why I thought ours was a Meyers.
BTW, what's the difference?

willardguy - 11-22-2016 at 02:08 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Quote: Originally posted by willardguy  
the key is to pee on em every day ;)


Did you see 'The World's Fastest Indian' (Anthony Hopkins in New Zealand)? :biggrin:


burt munro couldn't be wrong.....I think there might even be a little science behind that......maybe

Martyman - 11-22-2016 at 05:08 PM

Meyer lemons are more like an orange in aroma and they resist frost. They are the only type that grow well in NorCal.

Fernweh - 11-22-2016 at 06:20 PM

I have one here in BCS, still in the pot, not doing real well. Lot's of my smuggled plants have issues with the high ambient temps in the summer, even protected from the direct sun.
The German type berries, all died......

Lemon

alacran - 11-22-2016 at 07:25 PM

A few years ago Baja was under the ocean, very salty soil. I tried flowers and fruit trees all died.
Cotton does well, my fence is great.