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Lemon tree gone wild

Fort Myers Beach gardens always surprises me. A few years back I planted a citrus tree with my wife Karen. A lemon tree. The first year we got maybe six or so quite large lemons. Now on its third year these fruits are getting ridiculously large. Larger then an orange, as big as a medium grapefruit.

I wonder how big they will get next season? Nature never ceases to amaze me.

The real lemon is twice as large as this picture. And these citrus trees do not need much. Fort Myers Beach dirt is a sandy loam type of course. They taste good to. This fruit could garnish many gin or vodka tonics!

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Posted by LLoyd Nichols~SW Florida Homes on 11/07/2009 01:17 AM

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I wonder what a grapefruit tree would do in your yard!

Ed: its amazing how fast anything grows here. One type called the sea grape can grow over 5 foot in one year.

Holy smoke, You need to open a lemonaide stand with those lemons... WOW

That is some good soil! Those are great lemons!

LLoyd, you got me at gin or vodka tonics...send me some of that soil!!!

Awesome lemon! About the size of some tangerines we picked just north of Titusville a few years ago. It's getting a little cool here, maybe I need to head that way and stock up with a couple bushels.