ejagno

Approximately 4 years ago I planted a Meyer Lemon tree as well as an orange tree (forgot the name). Every year since then I get one single delicious orange from my orange tree and 1 single huge lemon from my lemon tree. That's it! The foilage appears to be nice and healthy and both receive the required 6-8 hours of full sun daily. Any advice or suggestions as to why they are not producing more?

lspichkin

Just curious... do you ever fertilize your trees?

ejagno

Yes............I use a fertilizer specifically for fruit and nut trees but I have a horrible fear of overfertilizing so I go very lightly. My Dad is famous for killing everything with fertilizer so it's made me somewhat gun-shy.

I thought of scraping the surface beneath and adding organic cow and chicken compost. The reason for scraping was to prevent the soil from building up to high around the trunks if I were to continue adding amended soil to the existing.

sibi222

I have heard that you need a female and a male tree to produce the fruit of the citrus tree. When we lived in AZ we had a lemon tree, just one, but our neighbors also had a few and they must have been close enough for bees or the wind to pollinate our tree. I could be totally wrong here. But check with a local nursery and ask them what might be wrong.
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