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30-05-2009, 05:53 PM
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Lemon Tree vs. observatory
Would you chop down a perfectly healthy lemon tree to improve the views from your back yard observatory??
What is it with our obsession with Lemon Trees anyway?
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30-05-2009, 05:54 PM
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What is it with our obsession with Lemon Trees anyway?
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Perfect Whiskey Sours......... 
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30-05-2009, 05:56 PM
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I would prune the lemon tree but I can't imagine a lemon tree being tall enough to be a huge problem. If it is, it probably needs a prune 
We like our orchard and vege garden, in fact today we planted a Peach, Apricot and Almond. So fruit trees weight pretty heavily against astronomy on this block 
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30-05-2009, 05:58 PM
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if i said no.....well i reckon its gunna go anyway.
Cheers Kev.
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30-05-2009, 06:15 PM
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$25 in Bunnings, have fun with the chainsaw.
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30-05-2009, 06:33 PM
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You could always pick one healthy looking Lemon, plant the seeds and continue the species. Then get the chainsaw out
Bill
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30-05-2009, 06:42 PM
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They aint just doubles :o
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I say Prune it and just drink a few less Coronas with Lemon.... 
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30-05-2009, 06:52 PM
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Nah keep the lemon tree, you can build an obs anywhere in no time, can't say the same for growing a lemon tree...
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30-05-2009, 07:23 PM
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bye bye lemon tree
mozzie
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30-05-2009, 07:32 PM
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It's about time
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Just prune it. They can take pretty heavy pruning and will resprout from buds under the bark. You wont get lemons for a year or so but the tree will still be there. They need pruning on a regular basis, anyway.
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31-05-2009, 12:57 AM
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Keep the tree, think of all that home made lemonade in summer.
It beats the store stuff hands down.
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31-05-2009, 01:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moon
would you chop down a perfectly healthy lemon tree to improve the views from your back yard observatory??
What is it with our obsession with lemon trees anyway?
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yes
and I'd re-plant it somewhere where it won't affect my views...My already tiny courtyard is surrounded by tall trees, which I wouldn't mind chopping down at all...but they are on council property...
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31-05-2009, 08:45 AM
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The chainsaw got a good workout yesterday. The backyard looks like a war zone. The lemon tree still stands, how long for I don't know. Perhaps it will get just a prune....
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31-05-2009, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by acropolite
Nah keep the lemon tree, you can build an obs anywhere in no time, can't say the same for growing a lemon tree...
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Agreed. Lemon tree is a living thing, let it live.
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31-05-2009, 01:17 PM
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Hi James, you should grow a lime tree as well.
Then you've got natural lemon and lime juice, just add a shot of Tequila.
Just the thing for those cloudy night blues.
Cheers
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31-05-2009, 01:44 PM
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Hehehe Ric, thats why I grew a lime tree...was sick of paying through the nose for them when they were not in season.
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31-05-2009, 02:52 PM
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How big is it?
If its not huge, you might be able to move it now in the colder months if you keep the root ball intact.
Regards, Rob
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31-05-2009, 04:53 PM
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How big is it?
If its not huge, you might be able to move it now in the colder months if you keep the root ball intact
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It's too big to move (but not too big to cut down!!!) 
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02-06-2009, 10:28 PM
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UMMMMMM is this a trick question
Its time to go "Lemon Tree" chop it i say chop it
You can buy a new one and plant it somewhere else or if your lucky like me i sneak over to my neighbours back yard and pinch his lemons off his tree in the middle of the night he wont use them all hehe
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02-06-2009, 10:37 PM
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if your lucky like me i sneak over to my neighbours back yard and pinch his lemons off his tree in the middle of the night he wont use them all hehe
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While I was out there with my chainsaw on the weekend, I met the neighbour for the first time. (we just moved in). He told me quite openly that he pinches my lemons all the time!!
Anyhow the professional tree man came today to give us a quote to get rid of the big gum trees that are beyond my chainsawing skills. Yet another astro related expense on the way....
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