Lack of fertilizer or excess: The payment provides the plant of the necessary nutrients to flourish. This process must be carried out between two to three times a year. It also happens that too much fertilizer could prevent the tree from producing fruits.
Lack of irrigation: The lemonre requires frequent irrigation but waterlogging should be avoided as roting at the root could occur. During the summer the irrigation can be every two days, it is recommended that before moisturizing the plant you insert a finger into the earth to check the humidity of the earth.
Lack or excess sun: Limoneros are plants that like heat, however, excess could burn the plant. The ideal ones are receiving 4 to 7 hours of sun.
Things you should consider before planting a lemon
Regularly, lemons occur in permeable soilswith little salinity and have a good drainage. If you are in a wet area, most likely your lemon takes a long time to grow or simply do not occur.
This tree usually has 3 crops per yearhowever, in climates such as Mexico City, the lemon reaches fruits during the four seasons.
Lemon needs even 12 hours of sunlight per day To grow. We recommend placing it in your garden, where there is a large current of natural light.
This fruit grows to the sides; If you are going to plant one, consider placing it at least 3 meters away from other trees.
If you are looking to have lemons throughout the year, you must sow a Citrus × aurantifoliathe species that gives us green lemons from January to December.