Sunday, January 8, 2017

Introducing citrus to the mix

Last year, Wifey got me lemon and lime plants set together in a single pot for something to do while the family was apart.  I really had no idea what I was doing and the lime died.  At least the lemon is still alive. 

As an early birthday present, she's trying again.  This time, she got me a larger but very much dwarf (maybe it'd be called "ultra dwarf"?) orange tree and another lemon.  

 

I also just did some research on how to pollinate the flowers indoor yourself.  Looks like it's a matter of getting the pollen off the "antlers" (that can't be the technical name, can it?) and put it onto the central node.  Based on the youtube video I saw from a plant nursery, they recommended doing it daily.  The orange plant has a few open flowers and the lemon has quite a few.  One day down....!

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