Had a great surprise the other day in Ubon Ratchathani - Makro. Lemons, the real thing( to a European) - yellow - that smell ummmmm - so distinctive. The price was 197Bht for about 14 fruit. I just had to dash home for that G+T. Just having the fruit in the kitchen is good, when you comedown in the morning for that first coffee - that lovely citrus smeeelllllll.

My wife bought a lemon tree for the garden last year, a graft onto a variety grown for it's leaves for Thai soups, etc. We now have lemons growing and reaching full size, just need to turn colour and I will have fresh lemons from the garden. I'm also making do for the moment with lemons from Makro (Sisaket).

Someone posted on here that he had a lemon tree but that the locals would not wait for them to mature and nicked them off his tree !

Someone posted on here that he had a lemon tree but that the locals would not wait for them to mature and nicked them off his tree !

probably thought the young ones were limes

cheers

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Someone posted on here that he had a lemon tree but that the locals would not wait for them to mature and nicked them off his tree !

No worries there - the tree is in a secure garden with a dog, but I can understand someone picking them whilst they are still green, they seem to be taking forever to turn yellow.

Pick them and place in window with sun

Where did you find the grafted lemon tree? I'm growing a couple from seed but I'm afraid they won't grow true.

Where did you find the grafted lemon tree? I'm growing a couple from seed but I'm afraid they won't grow true.

From a market stall in Rasi Salai - I'll go back there and see if I can get some more, it's growing very well.

Where did you find the grafted lemon tree? I'm growing a couple from seed but I'm afraid they won't grow true.

From a market stall in Rasi Salai - I'll go back there and see if I can get some more, it's growing very well.

Does anyone know the Thai name for lemon? I can't make any head way here in the south in trying to get a tree or lemon either for that matter.

Does anyone know the Thai name for lemon? I can't make any head way here in the south in trying to get a tree or lemon either for that matter.

It's the same as for lime (ma-nao) so I guess that you would need to clarify that it is yellow (se leu-ung).

Does anyone know the Thai name for lemon? I can't make any head way here in the south in trying to get a tree or lemon either for that matter.

มะนาว เลมอน - manao lemon

or:

เลมอน - lemon from english...

lemon tree:

ต้น ไม้ เลมอน - don mai lemon

Thanks pnustedt. I'll have a look. Seems like they ought to grow pretty well up here in Udon since it gets a bit cooler. Actually this year it's gotten TOO cool for me.

allcladrad, at the Makro here they understand "yellow lime" - ma-nao leu-ung.