So after reading a post about great finds at Lowes I decided that I would venture out to our local Lowes (its probably 8 blocks away) and see what I could find. I needed to buy more green bean seeds as I am struggling to get a second crop going, so I decided Lowes would be the place. I roamed the rows of flowers and I have to admit the flowers did not look very good and felt that our wal-mart had more at better prices and that looked healthier. Then as I was headed to the registers bean seeds in hand I stumbled upon these....
They were sitting on a shelf marked SALE $9.99. I stopped and looked thinking, WOW that is a good price since most troical fruit trees are $20 or more even for that size. Then I looked closer and on the actual tree it said CLEARANCE $1.00. I was delighted to say the least. I quickly grabbed one of each tree, Meyer Lemon, Mexican Lime and Dwarf Orange and headed to the register. The sweet girl at the register started to ring my potential purchases up and I said to her, 'Are these really a dollar?' She looked at the screen and then looked at me and said, 'yup they sure are!' I was thrilled and joked with her that maybe I would have fruit in 12 years since they were so little. I brought them home and placed them on the patio knowing that when Anthony came home and saw then he would lecture me about spending money on stuff we didn't need right now. Enter Anthony....I took am outside to show him my little trees and of course his first comment was, 'how much were these?' Expecting me to say $10 or more I am sure, so when I answered with, 'A dollar!' He seemed pleased with my purchase.
Who knows when I will actually get fruit but in the meantime, I transplanted then into bigger pots and plan to have their first fertilizer day sometime next week after they settle in. I will have to bring them in the house in the winter but other than that they should spend a lot of time outside.
You might be surprised how quickly they grow and bear fruit. Brett has some a little bigger than yours in his greenhouse and they have lemons on them :)
ReplyDeleteTrue, we will see!! I bought Blueberries about 2 years ago (I think) and they now have blueberries. Not a ton but I think part of that is the size pot they are in. They are just starting to turn color, I think I will have blueberries soon. I am so excited about my find of these little trees, they are normally $20 bucks each. I wish you guys could grow them cause I would buy then for you and ship them to you, tell Brett to get on the greenhouse! I went back and look through the clearance flowers but they looked horrible, so I think I will pass, I am not very good with flowers so most likely they would die! You need to blog soon, I am tired of looking at the fridges!! I will be posting later the steps to hand pollination, just for you!
ReplyDeleteWow...good deal. I love getting a good deal. It will be fun to see if you get fruit someday.
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