Lemon

Lemon

Citrus limon

Plant out around your last spring frost. Space plants 180 in (457 cm) apart.

Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Container Tree Transplant

TreeRecommended
  1. Plant outaround your last spring frost
  2. First harvestthe first crop about 2 years after planting

Growing lemon

Spacing in the row
180 in (457 cm)
Between rows
300 in (762 cm)
Planting depth
Same soil line as in the container, level with or slightly above the surrounding soil
Sun
Full Sun
Years to first crop
2
Mature height
10-20 ft
Hardy to
USDA zone 9
Life cycle
Perennial

Feeding

How often
Every 6-8 weeks during active growth. Young trees need the most frequent feeding; mature in-ground trees taper to about three feeds a year, or two of a slow-release citrus fertilizer.

Your lemon, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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