Texas Gardening: I was given a Meyer Lemon Tree, 1 by knolan

knolan wrote:
Hi Ann,

I have a meyer lemon that has been planted in the ground for about 5 years now. In fact, it was planted in one spot, got too big and I had to move it. It's now about 8' in diameter and about 10' tall (perhaps taller). The last two years I have had more lemons (really big ones) than I could possible give away or even make stuff with. I've made marmalade, I've frozen the juice, I've made pies and cakes and cookies. You name it. This year, I will even have more! If you could have smelled the blossoms and heard the buzzing bees a month ago....it was incredible.

I don't fertilize mine at all. I do a small pruning in the fall for shaping and I do have to spray occasionally with NEEM oil for the leaf bugs that are in the leaves. I prune all affected leaves/stems and throw them away.