Santa Teresa Feminello Lemon (Citrus × limon)

Gardener	technoendo
Plant ID	8
Name	Santa Teresa Feminello Lemon
Species	× limon
Location	Deck/Greenhouse
Date Planted	Jan 1, 2021
Category
Grow Method	Soil
Notes	Ordered from Four Winds Growers and arrived on 8/24/2022. Flying dragon rootstock (semi-dwarf).

	Observation Mar 8, 2023		Updated overhead view. forum

	Action Feb 28, 2023		Average outdoor weekly temperature is 33.6F. The greenhouse average weekly temperature is 51.5F and its thermostat was set around 45F. Today I've bumped the thermostat up to 55F to try and get some of the greenhouse trees to flower/grow. forum

	Action Feb 28, 2023		4 new stainless steel 2-tier shelf sets have been put into the greenhouse to get plants a bit further up off the cold brick floor. forum

	Nutrients Feb 27, 2023		Each plant is given 2-3 Jobe's container citrus spikes, a handful of G&B organic citrus & fruit tree fertilizer, a handful of miracle grow shake n feed citrus fertilizer, and deeply watered with Jack's 20-10-20 Citrus Feed. Mulched with rice hulls. forum

	Action Feb 24, 2023		NFC tags inside a sealed clear plastic luggage tag have been added to every plant with a public record pointing back here to seedio. forum

	Observation Feb 21, 2023		Close up view. forum

	Observation Feb 21, 2023		View of graft line. forum

	Observation Feb 21, 2023		Overhead view. forum

	Observation Feb 21, 2023		Front view. forum

	Action Oct 19, 2022		Moved into greenhouse to overwinter between 45-50F. forum

	Potting Up Aug 31, 2022		Up potted into a 10 gallon air pot. Mixed a 5-1-1 soil from aged/composted fir bark fines, perlite, and peat or coco coir. Also added some 1/2" fir bark chunks and worm casings. forum

	Observation Aug 23, 2022		Motivation to get a Santa Teresa Feminello Lemon tree is that I perceive it as a "true Italian lemon", maybe a bit more cold sensitive, but I've never heard of it before and it sounded curiously exotic. forum

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Santa Teresa Feminello Lemon