Greetings. I'm new and want to know how I can get lemon to fruit with a step by step guide. We planted it in 2009.

Are you sure your plant is a lemon? It reminds me of Trifoliate Orange.

I've never saw a citrus that loses it leaves. Maybe your climate isn't suited for citrus.
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See that little dead stick in the middle? I suspect that is your lemon - you are growing the rootstock and it does look like Trifoliate orange.

PA or Australia?

Trifoliate Oranges do go dormant in the winter (so Texas?). Looking really close, I think I can see regular citrus leaves down at the base of the tree. It could be that you have allowed the rootstock (the Trifoliate Orange) a little too much leeway and its outcompeting the lemon.

If you could take a closer photo of just the base of your tree, maybe we can solve the mystery.

Yes, our Trifoliate Oranges are currently leafless.

Shadegardener said:PA or Australia?

Sydney, Australia

Stadium - it's currently summer for you? Is that photo of your tree current?

Shadegardener said:Stadium - it's currently summer for you? Is that photo of your tree current?

Yea

And still no leaves? Curious...

Can you take a closer-up of the base of your tree? I think the lemon is still hiding out there.

I agree. Those lower leaves are definitely not Trifoliate Orange.

Stadium - do you use any chemicals or fertilizers on the surrounding lawn? It gets adequate moisture?