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Twice a year I move my grandmother's lemon tree - outside in the spring and inside for the winter. Today was the winter move to indoors.
Couple of things:
1) The pot I transplanted the tree into last year has nothing to grab hold to, so it's really hard to grab it to lift.
2) Usually I withhold water so that the tree dries out -- so that it is as light as possible. But this year, it has rained nearly all year, and even though I put plastic over the pot last week, it didn't help -- water always finds a way.
3) The tree is much fuller than usual because I fertilized it regularly last year.
4) I am no longer a spring chicken, and lifting the tree is just hard.
I say this to say that the tree was ENORMOUSLY HEAVY! I mean damn -- I could not lift it by myself this year! I got a friend to help, but it was still very difficult. And I am now exhausted!
Couple of things:
1) The pot I transplanted the tree into last year has nothing to grab hold to, so it's really hard to grab it to lift.
2) Usually I withhold water so that the tree dries out -- so that it is as light as possible. But this year, it has rained nearly all year, and even though I put plastic over the pot last week, it didn't help -- water always finds a way.
3) The tree is much fuller than usual because I fertilized it regularly last year.
4) I am no longer a spring chicken, and lifting the tree is just hard.
I say this to say that the tree was ENORMOUSLY HEAVY! I mean damn -- I could not lift it by myself this year! I got a friend to help, but it was still very difficult. And I am now exhausted!
