Lemon tree?

[Tintarella]

This is my lemon tree. It's covered in flowers at the moment and smells absolutely heavenly. However, there's only really one medium-sized lemon on there - and it's been there, stubbornly green, for about 10 months without growing or showing any signs of changing colour! Any citrus experts have any advice? I'm bad at feeding it- could it be that? Maybe it needs a prune? It's so lovely though!

It looks very healthy. Unlike the one in the other lemon tree thread. I think you must be doing the right thing.

I often wonder about the colour of ripe citrus fruits. I heard that in tropical countries oranges stay green and when sold to the UK they are treated with a chemical dye to make them look the orange colour that the customer expects.

Is it possible do you think that the fruit is ripe even though it is still green? There's only one way to find out.

you are doing well! they are really difficult to keep alive (for me) so to get one to flower is amazing.

yes, citrus fruit usually stay green, might get a tinge of colour. supermarket ware is artificially ripened using gases for uniform colour.

Thanks both. Very encouraging. We were helped by the weather really- in London, and our patio gets a lot of sun. Re. colour- last year, to my amazement, we got three v small but very yellow lemons, so the potential for yellow is there. Which makes me think I've got something wrong with this one. And when I go to garden centres their trees are positively drooping with massive yellow specimens. But maybe it's just it needs time. A LOT of time!

As a mentioned in the other thread, we had a lemon tree for several years and it would take a good 12 months for a fruit to fully ripen (and as PP stated, not all over yellow). Be patient!