Hello! Mike, JoJo! Hey, Mandarin! :-) Both Mike and JoJo are correct. I do have a variegated pink Lemon, I did re-pot in Gritty Mix, and the only problem I've had was my fault...leaving it where the deer were able to get at it :-( Now that it's indoors, it's blooming nicely. It is in a smaller terra cotta pot, though, and so I have to water about every 4 - 5 days or else the leaves begin to curl. Spider Mites are a constant issue with all of my Citrus, so I just spray them with Neem Oil + Pro-TeKt every couple of weeks (or if I see any fine webbing appear). I, too, left my pink Lemon in the nursery soil for its first season....but in November, we had a cold-snap in the upper-20F's and my Citrus took some leaf-damage. I was very unhappy with the idea of leaving the tree in the old soil for another Winter (I purchased in January and the tree struggled those first months). Then we had a storm that knocked the tree over and loosened it in the pot - so I figured it was time to re-pot, even though it was late in the season to be doing such a thing. I really like the 5-1-1 for Citrus, although it does break down sooner than true Gritty Mix. Here's a pic of my poor pink Lemon after the deer got to it. This is what I found early in the morning.

My goodness, I feel like I need to chime in here. I too have a little Meyer Lemon tree, a I am just amazed at it, It's just a little thing, and I've had it going on 3 years now. It has one huge lemon that seems like it must be a year old and almost ripe, then another about golf ball size and I see a baby about pea size on there now. It never had noticeable dropping of baby lemons. It seems like it blooms year round...but it lives in a greenhouse year round. I've never fertilized it, and it is potted in plain old commercial potting mix. Now that I read what it needs for potting soil when it grows too big for the pot I will mix my own. I'm really thrilled with this youngster. How long do they live? Should I be putting it outside in the summer?

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They are very easy to care for. I have a Eureka and a Meyer. Meyer's are also very easy to care for, a little more cold tolerant, and VERY prolific. Fruit holds well to a point (and then can be a little off-tasting to some). My Eureka will drop the fruit when it's ripe. My Meyer has a more rounded, lower growth habit, but is about 8 to 10' tall. My Eureka was resurrected from the dead, but they tend to be a bit more upright, and will send up these vigorous, upright water sprouts. They also bear just about all the time, and are also pretty prolific. Meyers don't so much tend to do that. The Meyer lemon is sweeter and about twice as juicy as a Eureka. Eurekas have a more classic lemon taste. I happen to love my Meyer lemons and make the most delicious lemonade from them. Patty S.