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[Mj12]

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@Bri369 wrote:

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@SouthernBee wrote:

@Bri369 : Chocolate dipped candied orange peel sounds delicious.

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@Bri369 wrote:

@Yahooey  @SouthernBee 

Candied orange peels remind me of the holidays.  My mom would buy them and put them in a candy dish.  Some would be dipped in chocolate.  

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@SouthernBee  They are.  

She would get them Fannie Mae Candy.

I've seen recipes for them.  I'm sure Martha Stewart makes them.  LOL

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I'm sure Martha Stewart grows the oranges! 🍊 

[Yahooey]

speaking of growing fruit on trees

@Mj12 @SouthernBee @Bri369 

anyone has experience in Meyer Lemon Tree

i started a thred in Garden at the ew place but no one has reponded yet

i see lemon trees on sale by me but if i want. a Meyer Lemon

have to order online - just suggestions on sites you like thier quality

how big a tree so i may have success and not a seedling since i'm no martha stewart

they sell by pot size - large pot =  $$ and bigger tree

i just like the idea of a tree - and the flowers will smell divine

[Mj12]

@Yahooey ! 🙋‍♀️ I have a Meyer lemon tree I bought here in the spring. I have it outdoors in a planter and will move it indoors soon. I have 2 green lemons growing on it now lol. I read that it'll bear fruit after a year or so. 🍋 

[Bri369]

@Yahooey 

Martha Stewart grows them.  They're supposed to be the best lemons. 

I don't know of an online nursery.  I came up with Spring Hill Nursery.  Now I want one.  LOL

[Mj12]

I should have edible lemons in 20 years or so. 

[Bri369]

@Mj12 

Do they flower first?  Will they turn yellow?  How do you know when they're ready. 

I know zero about any plants.

[Mj12]

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@Bri369 wrote:

@Mj12 

Do they flower first?  Will they turn yellow?  How do you know when they're ready. 

I know zero about any plants.

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@Bri369  they do flower first - a white flower. I honestly don't know if these green ones  will turn yellow. I doubt it, they have been green for a while. I think when they produce fruit that is like egg-yolk color, it's ready. Hopefully next year or the year after.  I feel like a new parent babying this plant 

[Bri369]

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@Mj12 wrote:

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@Bri369 wrote:

@Mj12 

Do they flower first?  Will they turn yellow?  How do you know when they're ready. 

I know zero about any plants.

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@Bri369  they do flower first - a white flower. I honestly don't know if these green ones  will turn yellow. I doubt it, they have been green for a while. I think when they produce fruit that is like egg-yolk color, it's ready. Hopefully next year or the year after.  I feel like a new parent babying this plant 

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@Mj12 

I was reading that it takes up to six months to ripen.  That's a long time.  I'm too impatient for things like that.  LOL

[Mj12]

I just went to my order history to find the item number - they don't sell it anymore. It was a Roberta's Quick Fruiting Meyer lemon patio tree.

[Mj12]

@Bri369 I'm too impatient too but I don't know, I got pulled in by the presentation.

I won't be making limoncello for a while.