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title: "My lemon tree has been barley alive for a few years. I almost killed…"
description: "My lemon tree has been barley alive for a few years. I almost killed it when I was a new plant mom. I let it hibernate in my basement (55-65 degrees) over the…"
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# My lemon tree has been barley alive for a few years. I almost killed…

_Opslået af Jules den 2023-05-31_

My lemon tree has been barley alive for a few years. I almost killed it when I was a new plant mom. I let it hibernate in my basement (55-65 degrees) over the winter. When spring came it got new buds and even 2 flowers. But now it is just barely hanging in there. I have been giving it citrus fertilizer. Watering when the top soil is slightly damp. Any advice? Is it hopeless??

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## 2 kommentarer

### Danika kommenterede den 2023-05-31

Do you have anywhere outside in the sun you could put it?  
Also, you might want to let it get a bit dryer than slightly damp on top between waterings.

#### Jules svarede den 2023-05-31

Thank you Danika, where I am it just started being consistently over 55 at night. So I did just set it outside. I have it on my porch which is north facing. It gets great late morning mid afternoon sun. I could also set it in backyard, which is south facing, figure that is going to be the same either way, correct me if I’m wrong. I’ll wait u til it is a bit dryer before watering next.

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