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Four seasons lemon tree

ccfc999ccfc999 Posts: 22
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I bought this last summer during lockdown and to be honest I've struggled with it.  I haven't had any lemons other than the ones it arrived with and that lemon on top or the pics has been growing for some time.  I do wonder if it will be any use. I covered it over winter. Last week I replaced the soil with citrus soil and gave it a drip feed of citrus lemon nuitriance 

Anyway I want to give it a good summer here before finding it a new home (my parents) I do live on a windy area near the coast which doesn't help I guess.

Anyway my question is what's the best way to get it summer ready? Should I cut back any branches? Remove damaged leaves (most of them)?

Only positive is I can see new leaves coming through.  I've spent well on trying to get it right so would love to get it back to its best. 

Thanks all. 

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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Let's have a picture, unless you live in a very sunny place,,( California?) it takes a long time to get lemons.
  • ccfc999ccfc999 Posts: 22

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Where are you, and where did you overwinter it?
  • ccfc999ccfc999 Posts: 22
    In South Wales (very near Barry Island so it can get windy).

    It was kept outdoors with a flease around the pot and then a Frost protection cover (like a cloth thing with pull strings) over the top part. 
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    I wouldn't put it outside at all at that size
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    4 Seasons is one of the hardiest here IME but I'd agree with @Nanny Beach in that it is a bit young to be outside over winter.  Established ones can take it in some SW UK locations but not the youngsters.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Mine are around a mtr tall, some 5 years old, they go into a green house,with bubble wrap,a tubular heater,and get fleeced when frost is due,and I am in the sunny warmest corner of the SE only 10 minutes from the sea. When we had the "beast from the east",it went down to -12c overnight which has never been known here. We had moved them to a smaller,lean to on the side of our bungalow, easier to heat, and they lost their leaves,first time ever.
  • ccfc999ccfc999 Posts: 22
    When it arrived last summer it was full of leaves and 4 fully grown lemons on it. 

    I guess I'll just see what the summer brings. 
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