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Help Advise with my citrus / lemon tree

Hi all,
I'm very new to this so please be patient.
about 13 years ago I brought my Mum and lemon tree that had some lemons on it when purchased. sadly my mum passed away not long after receiving the gift. My dad has watered the tree since then however never had any lemons grow. I now have taken this home and will try and take better care. The tree does not look in the best shape (or maybe it's meant to look like this)I water it depending on the weather - hot weather more water cold weather less or no water. currently watering about once every two / three days. I brought a cheap plastic green house for the cooler nights and some citrus food. it's also in the sun for most of the day. Some of the leaves look likes it's been eaten however seen no evidence of any bugs? please take a look at the attached pictures and any advise will be much appreciated.
Many thanks, 

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  • hey,

    That's great advice thanks so much for your help!! hopefuly this time next year I'll be lots of lemons!
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Agree with pansyface’s advice, it’s looking quite healthy and you are doing fine. They do need lots of feeding. If the leaves start to go yellow at any point some sequestered iron will give it a boost as well as your citrus feed. Mine is in a pot and gets moved to an unheated poly in the winter, the pot wrapped in bubblewrap and a horticultural fleece draped over as well if we have a hard winter, as they are not too hardy here. Don’t water too much in winter or let it stand in water.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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