Lemon Eureka

[nilling]

Just received mine from T&M, bit expensive but I had a £10 voucher.

It states of the label it's a decorative plant - does that mean the lemons are inedible?

[purplekat]

I think it will be called decorative because it has flower/fruit for most of the year. They normally say 'not for consumption' if inedible

[sarraceniac]

Eureka is the most commonly grown variety for consumption in California. But it is not very hardy and to get it to bear edible fruit in the UK is nigh on impossible if you don't happen to own Kew Gardens. So here it is just 'decorative'.

[nilling]

When I opened up the box there was a single lemon which had a broken off. It was huge but probably the only lemon this tree is ever going to produce

[sarraceniac]

Well, the cost of the tree plus the cost of the bottle of gin plus the cost of the bottle of tonic probably means that it is also the most expensive lemon it will ever produce.

[starloc]

Eureka produces good lemons in the uk it is probably the most comonly grown lemon in europe , but like all citrus its not frost hardy it is far more hardy than things like the meyer lemon ,
they often mark citrus as ornimental as if its a plant with food on it it has different regulations about transport,storage, spraying of insecides, fertilisers , plant pasports etc so to sell it with fruit on so it looks good its easier to sell it as ornimental

[nilling]

Thanks for all the info starloc, should settle an argument with my gfd

[gojiberry]

I got a nice one from Aldi a few weeks ago, very good value at £12.50 with 4 fully grown lemons and loads of flowers, about 2ft tall.

Ian

[starloc]

I got a nice one from Aldi a few weeks ago, very good value at £12.50 with 4 fully grown lemons and loads of flowers, about 2ft tall.

Ian

They were realy good value and unusualy for a shop they seem very healthy as well
theres now a few people selling the same ones with the same aldi labels still on , for £29.99+p/p on ebay!