The greenhouse where I house my orchids and occasionally work at has just got in really nice Improved Myer's Lemon trees.  I can't believe how good they look and they are a nice size. (but not cheap at $50).  I'm really tempted to get one even though I don't have room for it.  What do you folks think?

My citrus do ok under a 1000 W HID bulb. Not spectacular but they do bear fruit if I get the water and fertilizer right.

I have a large bush looking tree growing outside in Los Angeles. They taste great (not very sour) and super prolific. If you are into grafting, I can send you some buds.

If the trees you found look healthy and large, I would get them instead of grafting though, you will eat the lemons much sooner.

From my experience growing lemons, they don’t come much better than the Meyer.  I grow a few acres of commercial Eureka type lemon and have a few Meyer’s in our family orchard.  Hands down the Meyer is tops and most requested by family and friends.  

Mine are a semi-dwarf Meyer, in the ground and are super productive.  So much so, I have to pinch many juvenile fruit to keep branches from breaking because of weight.   This also helps remaining fruit ripen to full potential!  I believe they are “Improved” or virus free Meyer.

IMHO… you will not regret parting with the $50, when enjoying your first crop.

I'm not worried about them dying.  I'm not sure where to squeeze it in.  The trees are in 1-gallon pots and already 3.5 ft plus tall and branching.

Meyer lemons are not as good as proper lemons, culinarily speaking.  They don't quite have the denseness of lemon quality as a real lemon.  They are a good backyard tree, they make good lemonade and can do (with extra lemons) in most lemon recipes like meringue pie.  The trees are heavy feeders though.  I'm not sure why a plant should cost $50.  Shouldn't cost more than $30+shipping from any mail order site.

Calamondins are an underrated sour fruit.  You can also try tavaress limequat for a more durable citrus than true lemons and limes.

Boy, I'm spoiled, can get a 5 gallon citrus that's 3'-4' tall and well branched for $22-$28.50 tops here in CA.  Can get ones in quart pots and almost as tall but not as wide for a little over $10.

I had a Meyer and took it out since I didn't really have any use for it.  I had a large lemon tree (a "real lemon" that gives me maybe 200-300 pounds of fruit a year (maybe 500 pounds this year, crazy).  Unlike Jack, I prefer the standard lemon over Meyer but I know some like the sweeter Meyer and it is more hardy.

If you like Meyer lemons and don't have cheaper alternatives, I suggest you get it and enjoy it.

Any Mayer Lemon is not a true lemon (it is a hybrid).
Fruit is sweeter and not as near sour as true lemons.
Do know what you want...

I would recommend growing one, I have one in a large container (maybe 5-6 gallon) that get's shuffled out in the summer and to a bay window in the winter. I got it as a tiny plant about 8 years ago, it's about 2-3' tall and wide now. I cut it back periodically so it can fit through the front door. It's been good to me and I get lemons most years. Since it blooms in winter I have to play bumblebee if I want fruit. If nothing else the flowers smell AMAZING.

Fun facts: The Meyer Lemon is suspected to be a hybrid between either a mandarin or an orange and a lemon, which is why it is sweet but not really good for cooking.

The improved part has to do with the fact that the original Meyer Lemons were symptomless virus carriers (geez...sounds familiar) which were a threat to the American citrus industry. A strain that was not infected was found and all the original Meyers were supposedly destroyed.

Meyer' Lemon is a very reliable citrus for pot culture, fruits reliably and grow nicely. A good investment

I like both my Myers but has anyone else noticed they seem to have sparse foliage compared to other citrus, maybe it's just my larger tree, but it seems sometimes it almost has more lemons than leaves, so I imagine has trouble developing the sugar never sweetens up, but wait it's a lemon who cares.
 

I have a small dwarf Meyer that I am hoping to get my first fruit from this year.
it is blooming now.
Any tips / tricks?

now i have to go get lemon to add to my growing number of trees and plants.. sigh.. 

I have a meyer lemon, reg. lemon, lime and also a pink variagated lemon in FL, all in pots. The blooms are just heavenly and nothing like picking off a fresh lemon or lime. Especially since limes have gotten so expensive!

Studeldog: try pruning it back periodically to thicken it up. Mine responds well to that. From my understanding citrus can be pruned/sheared as needed.

Kelby,  I have pruned it, but maybe not severely enough. I think I got to taste 11 of my 12 varieties of citrus this year. More hassle overwintering than figs as they are never dormant, can't just shove them into the garage. First year for me with a large heated sunroom Thought my citrus would love it, but no as they started dropping all their leaves. I think the heated air was to dry, so I was back to shufffling between the garage and outside, so I might have to let a few go, if I had to keep one potted citrus it would be my Variegated Calmondin, like stated above sour lemon like flavor, small compact bush shape, the immature fruit are variegated and if you let the fruit hang I think it will always have some state of fruit on it all year long.

If you are having trouble getting citrus to bloom let it get very dry almost to point of stress a couple times then resume watering.

Here is my  Variegated Calmondin



 

The juice from Meyer lemons makes for great cocktails. :-)

My biggest problem with growing citrus is that there really aren't any sunny places in my house to keep them during winter. We have a ton of windows, but they are all either on the wrong side of the house or shaded by the front porch. Last year I purchased a both large and tiny Meyer lemon trees from HD and a satsuma from Whole Foods. I didn't get them inside soon enough before the cold really set in, so they all lost their leaves and looked dead. The tiny Meyer started coming back along all of its branches a few months ago, and the larger Meyer has started growing back very slowly from its base a few weeks ago. I think the satsuma is a goner.

This year I found a satsuma from Pike's Nursery called "Arctic Frost" that is supposed to be more cold hardy. I got really lucky, both it and a really bushy Meyer lemon were the last 5 gallon citrus plants that weren't Monrovia at this location - meaning they were $30 each, rather than $60+. So now my (verified living) citrus collection is up to three Meyers, a variegated pink Eureka lemon, key lime, Persian lime, Moro blood orange and the satsuma. Figs really are a gateway drug!

Greetings, we really enjoy Myer lemons especially when I put them, rind and all, through our JUICER. Wonderful addition to our daily juice drinks. Was lucky enough to receive a Myer lemon from a coworker who moved out of area. Had it out on our deck all summer, a few small lemons. Brought it into unheated sunroom this Autumn along with our potted figs and it kept it's leaves right through winter. As it warmed up, and received more and more sun, it suddenly was full of blossoms. I just hope there are enough pollinators to work their magic. Here's a quick pix of some of the FRAGRANT blooms!

Sigh.  I was really trying to be good but I guess I will add the Myer to my collection.  I'm sure John will winter it at the greenhouse with the rest of my plants. 

I'm not a Meyer's lemon fan. I prefer the tartness of a real lemon. I tried Meyer's once in my avogolemono soup and it ruined it. I prefer the tartness in my seafood pastas too. They are popular though! My dad has a Meyers that was loaded last year. I took 2 large bags into work for coworkers. They were gone in no time. I also made lemonade with a bunch of them too. No one drank it.

I have a Lisbon Lemon. It's like a Eureka but with less seeds...thorns are huge though. I've got to keep them nipped.

I'm not a Meyer's lemon fan. I prefer the tartness of a real lemon. I tried Meyer's once in my avogolemono soup and it ruined it. I prefer the tartness in my seafood pastas too. They are popular though! My dad has a Meyers that was loaded last year. I took 2 large grocery bags into work for coworkers. They were gone in no time.

I have a Lisbon Lemon. It's like a Eureka but with less seeds...thorns are huge though. I've got to keep them nipped.

My Meyer lemon blooms all year long. It seemed to like the greenhouse this winter even though there weren't anything to pollinate it.

Does anybody know of a good orange that they'd recommend growing? Something that's as easy as the Meyer Lemon to grow.

Meyers seem to hate our dry Colorado air. I have it in our sun room during the winter. It gradually drops 80% of it's leaves and then blooms like nuts till it's time to go back outside. Then it stops blooming and grows some leaves, then fall comes and I move it back into the sun room and repeat the process. At least it adds some different smells to the sun room.

My tree never looks like any of yours.

I have a recipe for lemon meringue pie which Meyers are great for, I sure wish I could grow more than a few a year.