Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Now I have several flowers on my Meyer Lemon Tree.

As I posted this morning I found that now I have several flowers on my Meyer Lemon Tree.
I'm not sure how they're doing or if I should be pollinating them or not, but I'm gonna let the tree grow some more. Also, I have at least three more clusters of buds on there that could develop at a later date.

I know that the Improved Meyer Lemon Tree is self pollinating, but it being indoors the likelihood of it having fruit is pretty low. There isn't much of a breeze in my sunroom.

But, its ok. These are my first flowers and the room smells amazing.

Meyer Lemon Flowers

More flowers on my Meyer Lemon Tree.

More flowers on my Meyer Lemon Tree.

I woke up this mornin and found four more flowers opened up on my Meyer Lemon Tree. Last night I knew there were a couple getting ready to open, but I wasn't expecting them to open so soon. As the tree is still quite small I'm not going to hand pollinate these flowers and just let them grow on their own.

There are two more clusters forming as well which should turn into flowers in probably two weeks. I will allow those to grow as well.

In addition to that there are two tiny clusters on the tree as well, so I guess that I will have plenty of flowers on my tree for the next couple months at least.

When I get home later today I will update this post with a few pictures.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Another update of my sunroom garden.

Yesterday I had a chance to go Logees again and I picked up another plant.
This one is a Australian Beach Cherry plant. They are supposed to grow easily. They produce a nice red shiny, miniature pear looking fruit.

It does well in colder climates and according to what I've read after it grows to 12 inches high it is strong enough to start producing fruit.

Here is a picture.
Australian Beach Cherry plant
Something else exciting is that my Cantaloupe seeds actually started sprouting. I'm pumped and will try to continue to nurture it so it will continue to grow.  Here are a couple pictures.
Cantaloupe Sprout

Cantaloupe Sprout
The other thing I noticed was the Tree Tomato Plant. This one prefers more water than my other plants, but seems to be doing really well.  I noticed that when it was thirsty the leafs would droop. But, at closer inspection it is quickly growing out a new leaf near the top. And at an even closer inspection there is a new leaf sprouting there as well. I am so shocked at how fast this plant is growing. Here are a few pictures.  I do see some small buds growing as well, but i'm not sure if those are new leafs, (flowers?) or actual fruit getting ready to develop. 

I'm also thinking that if it keeps growing at this pace I'm going to have to up pot it by next weekend.

Here are a couple pics.
Tree Tomato Plant

Tree Tomato Plant

Tree Tomato Plant.
On this last picture if you look at the V area in the middle of the pic, there are about four tiny buds growing there. I'll make sure to update in a couple days to see what they develop into.

How to care for your Meyer Lemon Tree.

I wanted to do an update on my Meyer Lemon Tree today. Its so nice out and the sun is really brightening up my sunroom.

This is just a start, but I wanted to continue making videos on specific plants/trees.

Enjoy!