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Lemon Citrus limon

Lemon has been planted 28 times by Growstuff members.

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Predictions

Perennial

living more than two years

First harvest expected

261 weeks after planting

Companions

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Photos

Lemon crops

Lemon plantings

Just a yellow lemon tree
Just a yellow lemon tree
by shiny
Lemon 'Eureka'
Lemon 'Eureka'
by fe2h2o
2015-08-22 13.15.54
2015-08-22 13.15.54
by CloCkWeRX
Meyer Lemon
Meyer Lemon
by SporkyRat
lemon
lemon
by shiny
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Sunniness

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Planted from

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Harvested for

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Varieties

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lemonade

Rhus integrifolia
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Meyer lemon

Citrus × meyeri

Crop Map

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What people are saying about lemons

Dinner from the garden

by shiny,

Chicken simmered in broth and white wine,with lemon, crispy sage leaves, polenta chips with parmesan, and a salad of arugula , pear and candied walnuts.

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New feature - crop mentions!

by Skud,

So we have this new feature where if you mention a crop like tomato or lemon or dill using the Markdown syntax (like: [dill](crop)), your post will show up on the crop page. Click through to any of those crops, scroll down, and take a look!

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Blooming lemon tree

by SporkyRat,

What the everliving what. My lemon tree is blooming in November. Is this common in lemon trees?

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New house, new garden

by Skud,

So, I am in my new house in Ballarat (zoom in!), a reasonable sized city of 88,000ish people an hour or so west of Melbourne. The move was gruelling, not least because of the garden, but it's all done now and the keys to the old pl…

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Uses for lemon peel

by Skud,

I've recently seen a couple of interesting ideas for using lemon peel and I thought I'd post them here and see if anyone has others.

  1. Peel the lemons with a fruit-peeler (i.e. into thin strips, avoiding pith) and then dry them in the oven on a low heat. Put the dried peels i…
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