Improved Meyer Lemon

[Rudy]

I live in Louisiana and have had my Meyer lemon tree planted in a pot for two years now.* It has done real well and is currently bearing a lot of fruit, but many of the lemon's skins are splitting.* The skin yellows near the split and eventually the fruit is exposed and turns brown and black.* Any advice on how to [size=1 nd="18"]remedy[/size] this problem would be greatly appreciated.**

[Newt]

Hi Rudy,

It could be insects such as grasshoppers or from a dry spell followed by heavy rain.* There are other possiblilites as well.* Scroll 3/4 of the way down the page at this first site to 'Splitting'.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CH028

See #12 under 'Fruit' here.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/e...us/table2.html

Here's what grasshopper feeding injury looks like.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/c...hes/hopper.htm

Newt