Mine are now staying out at night. Depends where you live.i wouldn't put one in the kitchen,at the end of the day,they are trees,they don't like it too hot and dry. Mine live in a cold green house over winter.it is bubble wrapped there is a small tubular heater,which raises it just above frost free and they are covered with an extra layer of bubble wrap if frost is forecast
Hello, how self indulgent of me to revisit my own thread after many months but, the lemon bush has had ants, scale thingys and dead leaves but it survived another re potting and now is showing these purple buds, is this a sign of it being a little more happy now? Also feeding it once a week, does this need to change now that the temperature is dropping and we are heading into winter? It's now living in the greenhouse.
Those are flower buds which is good. You need to switch to a winter feed for citrus plants which is high in phosphorus and potassium which are the P and K factors in NPK based fertilisers and help with flowering, fruiting and general plant health. Specialist citrus feeds also contain magnesium and other essential trace elements.
Keep the plant frost free or slightly warmer in a bright, sunlit space and keep the pot moist but not soaking wet. If there are no insects about you'll need to pollinate the flowers with a soft bristled make-up brush for blusher or a soft paint brush for water-colours.
Go back to a feed that's high in Nitrogen (N) for healthy leaf production from late spring to mid autumn.
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As a rule of thumb I change the citrus feed to winter feed when the clocks go back and to summer feed when the clocks go forward. It just helps me remember…
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Keep the plant frost free or slightly warmer in a bright, sunlit space and keep the pot moist but not soaking wet. If there are no insects about you'll need to pollinate the flowers with a soft bristled make-up brush for blusher or a soft paint brush for water-colours.
Go back to a feed that's high in Nitrogen (N) for healthy leaf production from late spring to mid autumn.