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By Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
July 14, 2017 11:13am CST
I suddenly begin to understand why some people put the photo of their beloved on their bedside table, so that the first thing they could see after waking up every morning, would be just that dear face (and the same last thing they would see before closing their eyes sleeping).
Right now, I am keen to have the photo of my latest acquisition next to me: my darling Eureka! (It is a lemon tree, of about a year old 
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Heather, the seller, told me 'it came from a shrub'. Since I paid only $10 for that beauty (instead of $35 or more), I was very sure she meant the plant was from a seedling. Almost got a heart attack when I found out from the internet later that some young lady first planted her citrus from a seed at the tender age of 7, and the tree only fruited when the proud owner turned 29. Other scary stories followed with some kids turned 44 when their citrus tree blooming the first time ever 
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On a closer look, I suddenly realized that mine was a graft after all. Hurrah! Perhaps it will flower and fruit before I leave this earth?
Have you ever been this anxious over any of your new acquisition? 
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Heather, the seller, told me 'it came from a shrub'. Since I paid only $10 for that beauty (instead of $35 or more), I was very sure she meant the plant was from a seedling. Almost got a heart attack when I found out from the internet later that some young lady first planted her citrus from a seed at the tender age of 7, and the tree only fruited when the proud owner turned 29. Other scary stories followed with some kids turned 44 when their citrus tree blooming the first time ever .
On a closer look, I suddenly realized that mine was a graft after all. Hurrah! Perhaps it will flower and fruit before I leave this earth?
Have you ever been this anxious over any of your new acquisition? 17 people like this
13 responses
@YrNemo (20255)
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15 Jul 17
@cacay1 Do they, the neighbors, share with you at all? I heard of cases in which people have too many lemons from their trees that they didn't know what to do with them. (I could only drink that much of lemonades but no more... Perhaps when I have a lot of lemon fruits, I could try Thai's dishes? (to use up the extra lemons! ))
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@topffer (42156)
• France
14 Jul 17
Lol, I did not knew that for lemon trees, but I understand why they often sell them with a few fruits on them. A "normal" walnut tree gives fruits after 30 years, people were planting them for the next generation, but some mountains varieties are giving fruits after 7 or 8 years. With a lot of love, Eureka might decide to give fruits in only 10 or 15 years
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. A "normal" walnut tree gives fruits after 30 years, people were planting them for the next generation, but some mountains varieties are giving fruits after 7 or 8 years. With a lot of love, Eureka might decide to give fruits in only 10 or 15 years.2 people like this
@YrNemo (20255)
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14 Jul 17
I would be too old by then to even enjoy them... I plan to prune it, pamper it somehow, to encourage it to give fruit in the next 24 months or so. (I have been reading notes & watching one video clip after another like mad about this business.) Fail that, I could always go buying another tree with ready fruits.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
16 Jul 17
I didn't know that it could take that long before a lemon tree bloomed or bore fruit? It needs a lot of patience. All the best with you plant!
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@shikharava (1838)
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14 Jul 17
you don't have to worry about that! It sure gonna bloom up and you're gonna enjoy it watching and thinking of how it all turned out to be. You're gonna love what you had planted and what it will look like when it blooms! Enjoy your day!
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Jul 17
True in this country there are loads of lemon trees but i don´t have one.
So I hope yours brings forth loads of lemons and it might be sooner than you think.
The peach tree I had to leave in another Garden they cut the tree back and its produced peaches already.
So there you go there is always room for hope.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
15 Jul 17
@YrNemo
Our Almond tree is growing very fast too upwards and outwards.
I am quite pleased with arborvitae that I planted as most have grown very well also.
There are three of them that don´t seem too good but I am givng them a chance and see what happens.
@YrNemo (20255)
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15 Jul 17
I used to have a big blood plum tree at one of my old properties. It came with the property when I moved in. Since I couldn't compete with the birds, the garden was a mess every year. Our last place had a giant lisbon lemon tree (full of fruit whenever we had good rain that year), again, THAT tree came with that property. This is the first time ever that I tried planting my first fruit tree.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
14 Jul 17
No I have not I guess ever was I as excited as that.
I wish you many happy years together with the lemon tree
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
15 Jul 17
NO but my apple tree only gives me apples every few years and evidently, this isn't going to be one of them.
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@garymarsh6 (23412)
• United Kingdom
14 Jul 17
Look after it well and talk to it. Give it plenty of food and hopefully it will flower and fruit for you!
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@YrNemo (20255)
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15 Jul 17
There are all sorts of advice about pruning lemon tree from the internet. I am keen to try them out to see if I could help the tree develop faster. Let hope I don't turn it into a sugar cane instead.
@YrNemo (20255)
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19 Jul 17
(I have been watching neighbors' citrus trees lately, and sort of mentally analysing their (the trees') trunk thickness, height, canopy, health, quantity & quality of fruit, fruit type etc... As someone has pointed out, I am completely obsessive with citrus and lemon trees right now!)1 person likes this
