Too Many Blossoms on Meyer Lemon?

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  1. rustym

    rustym Member

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    My Meyer Lemon Tree that I purchased from a garden center in September has 3 or 4 stems growing from the base. They appear healthy and have an abundant amount of flower buds. I've removed a few small fruits from clusters, keeping one or two here and there. Should I go ahead and remove some of the many new flower buds before they open and fruit and well that help in getting the branches stronger?
     
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    It is your choice to make as far as removing fruit in preference for growth. The blooms will have a nice fragrance and the tree will only set what fruit it can support-- you can remove additional fruit later if you still prefer growth.

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    I appreciate your reply. That makes sense, and we can enjoy the fragrant flowers. I was concerned that some of the small branches have as many as 6 or more clusters of 6 to 12 buds in each cluster.
     
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    I'm not an expert in plant physiology, but I don't think that flowers take that much of the tree's energy, especially compared to the fruit. Enjoy the fragrance, then prune fruitlets of you want to encourage extra growth-- I wish I had that problem.

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