Lemons from my little plant

@Archie0 (5652)
October 31, 2022 4:39am CST
Just harvested some very fresh and juicy lemons from my little plant today. I always wanted a lemon plant on my terrace garden. I planted this last year and it took almost more than a year to yield lemons and this year I almost have 30-40 lemons from single harvest. I think now it will start giving fruits after sometime in next season. I truly loved how juicy they are and smells amazing. I do not spray any chemical pesticides or fertilisers so what you see is totally organic lemons here. I had planted the tree with hopes of breeding some butterflies but the pigeons are killing the larvae’s. But I got fruits this year and I hope butterflies come soon. This is the picture of lemons from my plant right behind. So do you have your own vegetable and flower garden too? What have you planted this year?
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@just4him (317277)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 Oct 22
Those look like limes. Do they still need to ripen for a vibrant yellow color?
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@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Oct 22
@just4him when they're ripe, their color turns yellow. It's cold lemonade in my location.
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@Archie0 (5652)
1 Nov 22
Oh yes they ripe to yellow and become very juicy. What I do is I pluck while they r green but big and then keep them out on table in a colander and they turn yellow and ripe.
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@just4him (317277)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 Oct 22
@cacay1 Good to know. Thank you.
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@sickly09 (861)
• Indonesia
31 Oct 22
I have no talent for planting. But I'm jealous of the lemons you planted. How can it be that the lemon only has two seeds. While the lemons that I always buy at the market, always have a lot of seeds. Any suggestions?
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@Archie0 (5652)
1 Nov 22
The variety I got is a seedless lemon which has very few or no seeds and the lemons grow all 12 months
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@sickly09 (861)
• Indonesia
1 Nov 22
@Archie0 I forgot something, Trees have varieties. 12 months is a very long time.
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@Archie0 (5652)
1 Nov 22
@sickly09 I know right!! When I went to buy the plant he told me the tree will bear lemons all year long
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@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
31 Oct 22
That's so nice your lemons grow so well. As I guess it is not easy to take good care of them as these plants often have worms? Here not many people can have a garden. Usually we just have a little balcony. So we are unable to grow our own vegetables and flowers very well.
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@Archie0 (5652)
1 Nov 22
The plant always gets caterpillars of Mormon butterflies I keep them and let them feed on my tender lemon leaves until they become butterflies and fly away. They never harmed my plant. It has grown well and I also get bees when the flowers are blooming, like lots and lots of bees. Two varieties of bees keep hovering here. Where I live, we also don’t have much space I am lucky to get a terrace where I rent currently it’s a common terrace but no one comes
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@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Oct 22
I like the smell of lemons. We have just planted a bonsai lemon in the big pot.
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@Archie0 (5652)
1 Nov 22
Same here!!! Lemons smells so fresh
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@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
1 Nov 22
@Archie0 yes that's how they smell. I like to drink lemonade.
@Sojourn (13837)
• India
31 Oct 22
Bonsai lemon sounds very cool! Have you grown it, or bought it along with the pot?
@Kandae11 (55175)
31 Oct 22
I would love to have a lemon tree in my yard. I stopped buying lemons in my country , they are now way too expensive.
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@Archie0 (5652)
1 Nov 22
You should plant a lemon tree. You will also get tons of butterflies
@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Oct 22
@Kandae11 better plane bonsai lemon. There are sold online.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
31 Oct 22
Your plant looks very healthy. No veggies here. My neighbor shares his tomatoes during the summer. All gone for now.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
1 Nov 22
@Archie0 My neighbor has gotten really good at it. No sprays here either on my plants.
@popciclecold (39521)
• United States
31 Oct 22
I haven't planted anything. But looking at your lemons makes makes me want to. Enjoy.
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@Archie0 (5652)
1 Nov 22
It’s really fun to grow something of your own which you can share with nature and enjoy for yourself too. Ya love when I see bees and butterflies living on my plants it gives me immense pleasure seeing that what I planted is also beneficial for someone else
@Neil43 (3363)
1 Nov 22
Wow! This surely will be in my garden soon.
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