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Meyer, then a press
Citrus Culture in the Home Landscape does not recommend true lemons for home use because of scab. It offers Meyer as the substitute, and lists Meyer among dual-purpose trees that look like something as well as fruit. A Meyer is rounder, thinner-skinned, and less sharp than a Eureka. A stand selling Meyers is selling a different thing than the grocery box. Acid fruits sit on the tender side of the freeze paragraph. If you want a lemon anyway, put it in the warmest, most sheltered part of the lot. A press will not turn a Eureka into a Meyer.
The home-landscape citrus guide's Table 1 lists true lemon July through December, one to six seeds, and susceptibility to scab, greasy spot, and melanose. Home spacing is still 15 feet. Full sun produces more fruit. Weeds off the trunk, because foot rot starts there. Mulch is not recommended around citrus.
Press and zest
A lemon press is for fruit you already picked. Chef'n's lemon press and a Zulay yellow squeezer are the same job in different colors. A rasp zester takes the colored layer without the white pith. None of them replace Meyer as the home tree.
Juice a Meyer you already picked. Get this.
Same job, yellow handle. Get this.
Take the colored peel and leave the pith. Get this.
Food and picker
Citrus-tone is for a Meyer you already keep. A fruit picker is for a tree that has grown past arm's reach. The home-landscape citrus guide's fertilizer stays off the trunk.
Feed a tree you already keep. Get this.
Reach fruit already on the tree. Get this.
A lemon magnet is last
A lemon magnet is a fridge souvenir. Test the steel. A citrus slice tee is later. Pack Meyer and the freeze paragraph first, then the press, magnet last.
Stick fruit on a steel door. Get this.
Meyer, freeze note, then a press
If you are buying a tree, Meyer is first, not Eureka. If fruit is on the counter, the press is first. If you waste peel, the zester is first. If the tree is yours and hungry, Citrus-tone is first. If the job is a souvenir, test the steel, then the magnet.
The home-landscape citrus guide limits citrus to areas that do not regularly freeze, and tells you to weigh freeze frequency first in historically cold areas. Acid fruits sit on the tender side. A sweet orange is the paper's first choice for a dooryard. If you want a lemon anyway, use the warmest, most sheltered part of the lot. Container-grown trees can go in any month. Same soil line as the pot. Basin that holds five to ten gallons. Hose ten to fifteen minutes twice a week the first month, or eight to ten gallons without a hose.
Start fertilizer when buds swell, or three weeks after planting. Keep it off the trunk. Do not measure with a one-pound coffee can. The home-landscape citrus guide says a can that size holds close to three pounds of mixed fertilizer. A press will not correct that mistake.