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Meyer lemon grown by shiny

Harvest months

Spring
September
October
November
Summer
December
January, usually harvesting
February
Autumn
March
April
May
Winter
June
July
August

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

almost 9 years ago 2018-01-21

Progress

Done Finished

Quantity

2 seedlings

Grown in

sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seedling

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in strathmore park, Wellington New

Daily high and low
2 °C frost lineDies at -2 °CGrows at 12–36°Grows best 15–28°
Daily rainfall
Rain
1,081 mm
Hottest day
21.1°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
12.5°C
Days in its best range
134 of 361
Days
361

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.

Notes

2018-04-02 Added neem granules to discourage bugs

2019-11-17 repotted and added copper tape around the pot

Photos

Lemon
Lemon
by shiny
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IMG_20191126_190210
by shiny
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IMG_20191117_145914
by shiny
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IMG_20191106_121418
by shiny
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IMG_20190921_173603
by shiny
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IMG_20190911_133707
by shiny
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IMG_20190428_170106
by shiny
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IMG_20180225_102114
by shiny
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IMG_20180121_165626
by shiny

Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

  1. Day 0
    Planted

No frost reached this Meyer lemon planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct. We have no night temperatures for this Meyer lemon planting. The Meyer lemon planting went in on 21 Jan, 220 days before the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This Meyer lemon planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
120 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 1 Oct
Usual last frost
29 Aug
planted 220 days before it

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Harvests

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Crop

Photo of Meyer lemon

Meyer Lemon

Citrus × meyeri

a variety of Lemon

  • 7 plantings
  • 2 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 555 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other Meyer lemon plantings at the same latitude.