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Bonsai-esque Lemon Tree
10 Mar 2024 11:07I have a 'big' lemon tree (which was my grandmother's) that I have had now for 24 years and involves a chore of moving in and out each winter and spring, respectively.
I've rooted several additional clones for my sisters and for myself.
The one I have -- the 'little' lemon tree -- has seen some abuse by me over the years. For example, there was one instance of forgetting and leaving it out one winter and where it died back to the ground but came out again in the spring.
The pot has no drainage hole, so it gets waterlogged when outside in the summer. And because the pot is so small, it gets really dry in the summer if I forget to water it.
In winter, I routinely leave it near a basement window, where I forget to water it and it drops leaves.
Today, I realized that all the abuse seems to have given it an almost ‘bonsai’ quality.
I've rooted several additional clones for my sisters and for myself.
The one I have -- the 'little' lemon tree -- has seen some abuse by me over the years. For example, there was one instance of forgetting and leaving it out one winter and where it died back to the ground but came out again in the spring.
The pot has no drainage hole, so it gets waterlogged when outside in the summer. And because the pot is so small, it gets really dry in the summer if I forget to water it.
In winter, I routinely leave it near a basement window, where I forget to water it and it drops leaves.
Today, I realized that all the abuse seems to have given it an almost ‘bonsai’ quality.
