Hi everybody!
Im a lurker that came here from tomatojunction with high recommendations of this place!
Im however overwhealmed with info and decided to ask for help lol. Thanks in advance.
I have a meyer I bought in spring. And despite hours on the interwebs reading I still have no clue how to care for it. So far its doing fine other than the white flies infesting my garden, its even setting some fruit and I dont want it to loose them.
So some questions I have:
1. Lifecycle
I dont understand this plants cycle. It was flowering in spring, it set some microlemons in late summer, now its flowering again. I dont think ive seen a proper vegetative growth period.
I have mild summers and mild winters and people here gave lemons outdoors. When should I expect it to have growth, flower, fruit setting, fruit ripening and rest?
2. Potting and pruning
So following from the lifecycle, when should I pot or prune this guy so it doesnt freak out and lose its lemons? It doesnt need pruning yet but id like to put it in a bigger grow bag to avoid it getting root bound.
3. Fertilizing
Ive seen info on fertilizing every other week to fertilizing once a year.... Ive gather they like nitrogen more than other fruit plants ( ie tomatoes). But i dont know how hungry they are as a potted plant.
Thanks a lot!