My Bonsai Lemon plant

sofspics,lemon plant , bonsai
By sofs
@sofssu (23662)
November 15, 2015 7:27am CST
I have a few bonsai plants. One of my favorites is my lemon plant. I had it in a bonsai container for years and the plant did okay.. but this year around I did not prune it much and put it in a big container and to my surprise I had around 8 lemons which were huge and juicy. I thought it was done fruiting for this year and today I was surprised to see more flower and small lemons again. I have decided to let it grow to two or three feet in height and see how it it works out. Here is a picture of the plant I had taken earlier.
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@chance216 (280)
• United States
15 Nov 15
Those look really good, what exactly does bonsai plant mean? I thought they looked different.
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• United States
15 Nov 15
I thought bonsai plants were just a few inches tall. I didn't know they could be that big.
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@sofssu (23662)
15 Nov 15
@chance216 Its means 'the art of growing ornamental, artificially dwarfed varieties of trees and shrubs in pots' They are trimmed and shaped to looked different.. I have taken off the wires and stopped trimming my plant.
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• United States
15 Nov 15
@sofssu Oh that's interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
15 Nov 15
I love bonsai plants and know they take a lot of work and knowledge. The picture is beautiful.
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@sofssu (23662)
15 Nov 15
@marguicha Thank you.. When its a labor of love it doesn't count as labor.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
15 Nov 15
Your bonsai lemon fruits are lovely! As I could see, they are rounded and very much like our local citrus called "calamanci."
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
16 Nov 15
@sofssu Wow, if it has fruits all year then you can have refreshing lemonade any time you want. 'love it!
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@salonga This is the first time I have let it grow to one feet in height and this is the first season of three times of fruiting in a year.
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@sofssu (23662)
15 Nov 15
@salonga Yeah this one is nice and rounded and sour.. makes great lemonades. I have another one which is oval in shape .. it always had a few fruits this year but it is much younger and shorter.
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@LadyDuck (458388)
• Switzerland
15 Nov 15
Your lemon trees are wonderful. I have a dwarf pomegranate, it's not a bonsai, it's about 3 feet high and now it's full of small pomegranates.
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@LadyDuck I am sure it looks pretty. Have you tasted the fruits from this bush earlier? I have a bonsai pomegranate .. it is still to flower.. Its just a year old. I wait for it anxiously to have flowers and fruit.. it will be a pretty sight.
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@LadyDuck Oh wow.. 15 years old. Then you should be enjoying the fruits every season.
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@LadyDuck (458388)
• Switzerland
16 Nov 15
@sofssu Yes, I have tasted the fruits, they are a bit tart but not too bad. My little tree is 15 years old.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
15 Nov 15
I have a not very successful lemon tree. My mother always claims - I don't know if it's true - that the lemon is the only fruit that can be flowering and fruiting at the same time.
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@sofssu (23662)
15 Nov 15
@boiboing Your mother is right, it does flower and fruit at the same time.. so do pomegranates and a few other fruits here.
@sofssu (23662)
15 Nov 15
@boiboing I guess she has not seen the other trees of the tropical climates.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
15 Nov 15
@sofssu I guess my mum's claim needs modifying to say it's the only tree she has seen that can do it.
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@funtool (246)
• Sargodha, Pakistan
16 Nov 15
It is a very nice hobby @sofssu. My wife likes kitchen gardening and we usually have lot of organic vegetables on our table
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@funtool I love kitchen gardening too.. I have dedicated my terrace for the kitchen garden.
@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@funtool LOl I wouldn't mind I f I we can exchange veggies. it would be fun if that was [possible.
@funtool (246)
• Sargodha, Pakistan
16 Nov 15
Well you can offer me some free vegetables. Piti I will not be able to expect your offer because I am far to away
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
16 Nov 15
I couldn't manage to grow a lemon tree of any size. I wish I could even grow one indoors but it's too cold here and no sunny windows.
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@Rollo1 Citrus trees don't thrive in cold climates I guess. What other kinds of plants do you grow in your garden?
@abhaijith (2963)
• India
15 Nov 15
Wow...That's nice friend. I can see your dedication to Plants in this Post. And it require a huge patience and positive mind to get the result from Plants. Good Luck friend.
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@sofssu (23662)
15 Nov 15
@abhaijith Thank you and yes I love gardening.. so for me it is a labor of love.
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• United States
15 Nov 15
It looks like you will be able to make lemonade.
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• United States
16 Nov 15
@sofssu I never had a lemon tree, but there is so much you can do with lemons. Even besides using them with food and drink.... you can use them in cleaning, and disinfecting. Ok, now I am jealous. I want a lemon tree.
@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@TexanTornado Yup in this cold and rain. I do enjoy a dribble of lemon juice in my salads and like my lemon, ginger mint flavored water.
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@wolfgirl569 (95290)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Nov 15
Glad that you decided to repot it and got lemons by doing so. I had one years ago and my dog ate the tree
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@wolfgirl569 I did get a couple of them last season.. but now it seems the little tree enjoys her new space.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
15 Nov 15
apparently it wanted to be a big tree, and yay for free fruits!
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt It wont be much of a tree.. I am not planning on letting it grow any bigger than two feet.. as I need to keep it in my pergola.
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• United States
15 Nov 15
Seems as if your lemon tree was happy with a new, bigger pot
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@Marilynda1225 And all the extra nutrition it could get.. The tray is very limited.
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
16 Nov 15
I've never had the chance to grow citrus fruit. It would be fun to grow your own lemons and use them when they are ready.,
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@PainsOnSlate It isn't much, but I love to see them grow in my garden and I know for sure they are organic and safe as safe can get.
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
16 Nov 15
the bonsai lemon has a lot of fruits, wow!
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@sofssu (23662)
16 Nov 15
@Lucky15 It has some more now.. I just finished using up the last of these in the picture and now we have some more.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
17 Nov 15
Wow , so you too have a green thumb like @LadyDuck ! My mother is also good in doing bonsai plants . And she has a green thumb too !
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• Canada
16 Nov 15
That's wonderful! I would love to have lemons growing.