# Meyer lemons!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meyer-lemons/589311
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 17, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meyer-lemons/589311 "2011-07-17T02:22:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Eyed_Stranger)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meyer-lemons/589311/21 "2011-07-19T03:49:22Z")
> [@Baker](#):
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> Would they grow in Kansas, if you kept them inside during winter, in a big planter?
Didn’t see anybody respond, so I’ll give it a shot. When I lived in Kansas, doing container citrus was pretty much the only way to go, and people have been successful. I had a couple of orange trees, and got a few small oranges. I’ve heard that Meyers are fairly finicky to grow in containers, though.
One thing to be mindful of (and what did me in) wasn’t the winter, but the summer. I basically cooked the trees in the heat. Needed more water, and probably not quite as much sun. Look around the web for “container citrus” there should be a lot of resources.
Take care.
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### Author:  [@SeamusMcCool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeamusMcCool)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meyer-lemons/589311/22 "2011-07-19T18:16:38Z")
I thought this was a thread about Russ Meyer films!!
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### Author:  [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meyer-lemons/589311/23 "2011-07-19T19:55:06Z")
> [@lynne-42](#):
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> Don’t know Martha Stewart - another Aussie here - but certainly know Meyer lemons. I fnd them particularly good for making cordial - you need less sugar. We have a Meyer and a Lisbon lemon tree so we get the sweeter Meyer for cordial and some dishes which don’t want the full lemon tang. Plus the traditional Lisbon for the real lemon tang.
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> I don’t understand the OP, though, but suspect I want to hear the answer. Does the question refer to other fruits varieties which offer something different from the main variety?
Martha Stewart is an American “Lifestyle” maven. She does food, home decorating, gardening, and other stuff I’ve probably forgotten. Tv shows, cook books, magazines. Her stuff has a reputation of being very pretty, in the best of taste and perfectly executed, and probably not practical for mere mortals like the rest of us.
Here is an example from her website: [http://www.marthastewart.com/calendar](http://www.marthastewart.com/calendar).
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### Author:  [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meyer-lemons/589311/24 "2011-07-19T21:06:13Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#):
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> Isn’t there some time-honored thing you’re supposed to do when life gives you lemons?
Damn right there is–you’re supposed to BURN LIFE’S HOUSE DOWN! WITH THE LEMONS! 😃
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### Author:  [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meyer-lemons/589311/25 "2011-07-19T21:56:38Z")
I discovered these at my local farmers market. I can’t even look at a normal lemon anymore. They are dead to me.
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