The lemon flower
that has finally bloomed!
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Sunday, May 9, 2017
In spring 2017,
I continued to observe lemon flowers on a daily basis.
Two years have passed
since I planted lemon seedlings in the garden.
Today,
today,
It will definitely bloom today.
As you see,
the lemon bud grows larger and larger,
the flower does not open.
May 10 (Wednesday)
May 10 (Wed) 19:00,
I returned home.
Is it still yet?
When I looked into it,
the flowers were finally blooming! !
My eldest son was born two weeks later than planned.
I was just as impressed at that time.
So I said too much? (Sorry to the eldest son)
I did not watch carefully last year,
so when I noticed it was already blooming.
However,
I continued to see "still or not" every day this year.
More than 100 flowers are blooming.
I thought that more than 100 fruits would be born.
I started to write a blog to grow lemon,
but I felt that I was able to fulfill that purpose and finish writing.
May 11 (Thu)
The next day too ...
It has begun to bloom one after another.
May 13 (Sat)
The flowers have begun to fall.
Flowers began to fall on Saturday the 13th.
If you think that the cherry blossoms are "full bloom",
you will feel that only the leaves are left after two weeks.
Although the flower bloomed for the first time this year on 10th of May ...
On the 13th of May, it have begun to fall...
I felt a bad feeling about something...
I decided that
I thought lemon flowers would be that kind of thing.
However,
when I saw what happened after the flowers were scattered,
I had a bad feeling again.
There is nothing.
Things that look like fruits ...
No matter how I think it,
I do not think that the fruit will be born from here.
I decided to search on the Internet again
while feeling a bad premonition.
A pistil is necessary to produce fruit.
I did not know it.
I thought that all the flowers had stamens and pistils.
What is the appearance of the flower with a pistil (stigma)?
There were. Something like a pistil is attached.
I am half happy and half sad.
&nb
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Why?
Because there are almost no flowers with pistils.
Most flowers that bloomed about 100 have no pistil.
The appearance changes in this way ...
It became like this ...
Although not all counted,
there were about only 6 flowers with pistil.
"When the tree is small,
don't bear much fruit and grow the tree itself."
It seems that they are not trying to leave a fruit.
Was it just good to concentrate on tree's own growth?
I decided to think for myself.
However, there is still one unrest ...
If these only 6 flowers with the pistils also falls ...
While feeling a bad feeling,
but I will try to see the situation.
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After all in 2017, all the fruits have fallen.
There was no harvest.
As I was sad that I had to wait for another year without harvesting,
I purchased another lemon seedling
and grown it in potted plants.
The article when the seedlings came is 「here」!
It was possible to harvest safely with this potted lemon this year.
May 2015.
I bought a lemon sapling about 80 cm tall.
About three flowers were already attached.
Next year, the spring of 2016.
I think that more than 10 flowers have bloomed.
*I did not record clearly.
And, follow the article of this 2017.
My garden planting lemon blooms every year.
So, for the situation where the flower does not bloom,
there is no verification that "how should I cope?"
I increased the saplings of lemon with cuttings.
(June 2017 implementation)
The following year, in the spring of 2018,
one of seven cutting potted lemons has blossomed
and a small fruit was born on the branch.
(But it fell down)
The article at that time is 「here」.
And the next following year, in the spring of 2019,
three seedlings of five cutting potted lemons has blossomed
and it is growing now.
One of the seedlings that did not bloom is a seedling
that was grown in the sun instead of in the shade when cutting, to verify.
This seedling has been in poor condition (not well)
and has poor growth.
How can I make this seedling healthy?
I am currently struggling.
The other seedling which did not bloom is the seedling
which pruned branches strongly.
The branches were strongly pruned too much,
so the flowers did not bloom and new shoots hardly appeared.
Now, finally, new sprouts are starting to appear little by little.
In other words, if grown normally,
even potted lemons that were increased with cuttings
will bloom in two years later (next year if you grow well).
The article that summarizes the cause of the flower not blooming is「here」.
In addition to the above causes, also check the root condition.
Is there a space where new roots spread properly?
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2018, spring.
The flower has begun to bloom in the lemon tree planted in the garden.
The situation was a little different from that of 2017.
①The time when the brow started to open
②Flowering time
③The period from the first flower blooms to the time it disperses
④Percentage of incomplete flowers (number)
The article at that time is 「here」.
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2019, spring.
「In the spring, flowers have begun to bloom and buds have been attached.」
Isn't it a strange expression?
As I thought so, the lemon tree was budded,
and I felt that a few flower was blooming all year round.
All year round・・・
Yes, if I look well in the even middle of winter,
I will find that lemon trees bear fruit somewhere.
Also, recently,
I feel that many buds are blooming in a group at one place.
It may be that trees are giving priority to leaving their offspring
over growing themselves.
So I cut off the top branch of the tree
and take action to stop the growth.

I have confirmed this size bud on April 14th.
I have checked more than one.
However, it is still a small bud.

On April 18th,
I photographed the flower that bloomed.
On the evening of two days ago,
I noticed the first flowering of this year when I came home.
The pistil (stigmas)of a flower are also firmly attached.
(Complete flower)
「All flowers bloom at once and scatter at once・・・」
Not that,
Flowers seems to bloom little by little.
Well, something like that.
An article that writes the status of April 14, 2019
is「here」.
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