Lemons are so versatile when making food and are an essential ingredient in many dishes. As a result, it’s a great idea to plant a lemon tree in your garden so that you can have unlimited access to all the lemons you need. Let’s take a look now at the planting requirements for lemon trees.
1. WARM, MOIST SOIL
Lemons thrive in warm, moist soil that is well-fertilized with organic material.
2. POSITION
Choose a spot to plant your lemon tree that receives full sun but is sheltered from the wind.
3. FEEDING
Lemon trees need feeding in spring and summer. To do this you need to add a high nitrogen organic fertiliser. An easy homemade fertilizer you can make is Comfrey tea. Comfrey is high in nitrogen and can be used as a very effective fertiliser in the garden. You can place comfrey leaves around the base of the lemon tree or make comfrey tea by taking the leaves and leaving them in a bottle of water to ferment for a week or two. This will add good amounts of nitrogen to your lemon tree.
4. DON’T PLANT TOO CLOSE TO OTHER PLANTS
Lemon trees do not flourish with other plants close by. They are heavy feeders and don’t like to compete with other plants for nutrients so be sure to leave some space around them.
5. PLANTING
New plants should be planted late winter or early spring and be spaced 5m apart.
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