Ponderosa lemon #2

mattk · February 13, 2020, 5:13am

I am giving this a second try. The first one I dug up after a cold scare in late Dec. Dumb dumb me. Still learning about the whole in ground growing.

Here is the new Ponderosa planted in the same spot Feb 11

mattk · March 18, 2020, 3:26pm

Here it is a month later and it’s starting to grow. Tiny purple blooms starting to form.

northof53 · March 19, 2020, 1:27am

Nice little lemon. My ponderosa has produced two lemons so far. It is a pot plant and I bring it in under lights for the winter. Ponderosa is an incredibly forgiving plant, unlike the Meyer which is kind of a Diva.

mattk · April 10, 2020, 10:49pm

It’s full of blooms now, first one opened today. Ponderosa lemon April 10

mattk · May 11, 2020, 10:11pm

Ponderosa doing quite well

mattk · November 2, 2020, 2:55pm

update Nov 2

The fruit is bigger then a baseball now!

mattk · February 3, 2021, 7:05pm

Feb 3
Ponderosa growing again!

mattk · March 26, 2021, 11:04pm

Ponderosa in full bloom

mattk · August 11, 2021, 9:22pm

First Ponderosa lemon!

mattk · February 22, 2022, 3:03pm

Hey everyone , so the ponderosa has been battling scale. I have been spraying. Now there is new growth, I think that’s a good sign. I still have to be careful.
Feb 22 two years in the ground

mattk · September 27, 2022, 6:16pm

Here is a little update, it seems to be doing well. There has been a bit of scale but nothing a toothbrush can’t fix.
Sept 27 2022

mattk · November 21, 2022, 9:21pm

Ponderosa lemon after another flush of growth. This thing is hardy as ever! last winter there were a few nights of cold…slightly below freezing. Not one leaf dropped or had any sign of cold damage or stress. I’m very impressed with citrus.
Nov 21

Dudeness · November 21, 2022, 9:37pm

This has to be the most forgiving lemon you can grow. I had left mine outside and it dropped to 19F overnight, lost all of the leaves, but it came back in the spring like a champ. i usually only get 1-2 lemons a year, depending on the wind blowing the pot over.

mattk · February 14, 2023, 5:56pm

Feb 14 - We are getting more sunny days now! (finally). As you can see things are waking up after a good watering. Just celebrating it’s third years in the ground.

mattk · March 17, 2023, 4:05pm

March 17 2023
Well i’m back from Thailand! Here is the ponderosa this morning! lots of new growth. It seems to only be growing from the top branches. Should I tip them to encourage other lower branches to shoot out? or leave it?

mattk · February 27, 2024, 9:22pm

Well here was the fruit 2023 Dec 15!
I just picked the last fruit in January.

mattk · March 26, 2024, 9:35pm

March 25

mattk · May 22, 2024, 12:31am

Well here is a pic from tonight. May 21

mattk · December 10, 2024, 4:52pm

Here is the ponderosa. Dec 10 2024
I hope it flowers this spring. This past summer it had to be pruned back twice.

Gkight · December 10, 2024, 9:23pm

Sorry to be late to this thread, and this isn’t super helpful now. If I was you (judging by the height of your greenhouse) I would suggest a meyer lemon as opposed to a ponderosa. The Meyer has a more shrub growth pattern growing out rather than up, the ponderosa wants to grow straight up and pruning will be hard to manage eventually. Maybe graft some meyer over the top of it at some point? I have issues with my citrus getting scale only in pots, all of my in ground citrus never gets any scale; it’s pretty weird since they sometimes sit next to one another. Anyhow nice looking tree! Good luck!