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Moving lemon tree from a pot to the ground.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 6/25/26 at 12:26 pm
Would now be a bad time to do this? I know the heat of the summer is probably not best but I'd like to get them in for a bit before we have any cold weather.
Is this a spring time activity?
Is this a spring time activity?
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Posted on 6/25/26 at 12:36 pm to OysterPoBoy
Jan - Feb is the best time to plant a tree.
Leaves have dropped and energy is put to the root system.
You can plant now, but you will have to keep it watered well. It will likely drop some leaves.
Leaves have dropped and energy is put to the root system.
You can plant now, but you will have to keep it watered well. It will likely drop some leaves.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 12:46 pm to bbvdd
It's about 3 feet tall and a few years old.
Doesn't seem like it's growing much in the pot anymore and very few lemons.
Doesn't seem like it's growing much in the pot anymore and very few lemons.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 1:02 pm to OysterPoBoy
Do not do this right now. Terrible time to transplant citrus into the ground.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 1:21 pm to OysterPoBoy
do it in the fall when highs are in the 70’s. It will have a much better chance of success. You’ll have to freeze protect it every winter regardless
Posted on 6/25/26 at 2:13 pm to OysterPoBoy
Meyer lemon & BR area? If not Meyer, better think twice before making a decision to ground plant it regardless the time of the year. What size container you using?
If you’d like to keep as a container plant, and it’s been in a pot 3 years, you need to root prune it - remove it from the pot, remove about a 1/3 of the root ball from the sides & bottom and then fill in gaps with new potting media. Might be part of your problem of low fruit production. And potted citrus does require more frequent fertilization, and watering, than in-ground.
I’ve lost every Meyer lemon I’ve planted in ground due to freeze (BR/St George, and I’ve covered & heated when small) - 3 strikes and you’re out - so I don’t ground plant them anymore.
You’ll get more fruit production from in-ground with less maintenance but eventually you are likely to lose the plant at some point from freeze, in BR.
But if you are determined to ground plant, Meyer lemon only, I’d wait until at least Sept.
If you’d like to keep as a container plant, and it’s been in a pot 3 years, you need to root prune it - remove it from the pot, remove about a 1/3 of the root ball from the sides & bottom and then fill in gaps with new potting media. Might be part of your problem of low fruit production. And potted citrus does require more frequent fertilization, and watering, than in-ground.
I’ve lost every Meyer lemon I’ve planted in ground due to freeze (BR/St George, and I’ve covered & heated when small) - 3 strikes and you’re out - so I don’t ground plant them anymore.
You’ll get more fruit production from in-ground with less maintenance but eventually you are likely to lose the plant at some point from freeze, in BR.
But if you are determined to ground plant, Meyer lemon only, I’d wait until at least Sept.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 2:52 pm to CrawDude
Thanks. It is Meyer and beautiful St George.
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