Hi,
a branch of my very old lemon tree had broken off and I am now left with
about 8 kgs of lemons, half of them still green (I had to take off more from
the remining tree, to ease the weight).
My questions, will the green ones still ripen and who would want such an
amount of lemons? In our area most people have their own tree and the
foodbank can't deal with fresh produce? Any ideas?
Thank you very much in advance,
Stef

the green ones will be limes. what city and state are you in


sincerley
art a

the green ones will be limes. what city and state are you in


sincerley
art a

>the green ones will be limes

Either you're very misinformed, or a troll. Green lemons are NOT
"limes." LIMES are LIMES. If you've ever tasted a lemon and a lime
you'll know how silly you are.

were do you live.

The lemons are round or oval?

The lemons are round or oval?

On Sat, 21 May 2005 14:00:23 +1200, "Stef" >
wrote:

>Hi,
>a branch of my very old lemon tree had broken off and I am now left with
>about 8 kgs of lemons, half of them still green (I had to take off more from
>the remining tree, to ease the weight).
>My questions, will the green ones still ripen and who would want such an
>amount of lemons?

Apparently citrus only ripens on the tree:
http://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/solver/faq.html
http://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/solver/color.html


(I'd write an e-mail to those people and ask what to do with green
lemons. Maybe they'd answer even if you're not a customer.)

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

On Sat, 21 May 2005 14:00:23 +1200, "Stef" >
wrote:

>Hi,
>a branch of my very old lemon tree had broken off and I am now left with
>about 8 kgs of lemons, half of them still green (I had to take off more from
>the remining tree, to ease the weight).
>My questions, will the green ones still ripen and who would want such an
>amount of lemons? In our area most people have their own tree and the
>foodbank can't deal with fresh produce? Any ideas?
>Thank you very much in advance,
>Stef
>
Sorry, the green ones will stay green. Lemons do very little ripening
once they're picked... juice the ripe ones and freeze them in icecube
trays. You can freeze lemon zest too... then you can use them later
when the tree's stopped fruiting.

--
~Karen aka Kajikit
Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life
http://www.kajikitscorner.com

"Food For Thought" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> >the green ones will be limes
>
> Either you're very misinformed, or a troll. Green lemons are NOT
> "limes." LIMES are LIMES. If you've ever tasted a lemon and a lime
> you'll know how silly you are.
>

Have you ever heard of "sense of humor?"

pavane

"pavane" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> "Food For Thought" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> >the green ones will be limes
>>
>> Either you're very misinformed, or a troll. Green lemons are NOT
>> "limes." LIMES are LIMES. If you've ever tasted a lemon and a lime
>> you'll know how silly you are.
>>
>
> Have you ever heard of "sense of humor?"
>
> pavane

*I* thought it was funny!
J.
>
>

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> the green ones will be limes. what city and state are you in
>
>
> sincerley
> art a
>
What a load! Limes are limes. Lemons are lemons.

Stef wrote:
> Hi,
> a branch of my very old lemon tree had broken off and I am now left with
> about 8 kgs of lemons, half of them still green (I had to take off more from
> the remining tree, to ease the weight).
> My questions, will the green ones still ripen and who would want such an
> amount of lemons? In our area most people have their own tree and the
> foodbank can't deal with fresh produce? Any ideas?
> Thank you very much in advance,
> Stef

I might see if area restaurants would buy them, or supermarkets...or
juice them, and freeze the juice for hot-weather baking or lemonade.
Just thaw some out and make lemon curd, or any number of lemon flavored
baked stuff...cookies, pies, cakes. You can even freeze grated lemon
for future baking - spread out on a cookie sheet and freeze, then dump
into a freezer container or a Ziploc bag.

If you freeze the juice, make sure to freeze it in usable quantities,
like 2 T. (lemon-cubes - use an ice-cube tray) or 1/4C. amounts, or
whatever. After freezing, you can also dump them into a Ziploc bag.

N.

wrote:
> Stef wrote:
> > Hi,
> > a branch of my very old lemon tree had broken off and I am now left with
> > about 8 kgs of lemons, half of them still green (I had to take off more from
> > the remining tree, to ease the weight).
> > My questions, will the green ones still ripen and who would want such an
> > amount of lemons? In our area most people have their own tree and the
> > foodbank can't deal with fresh produce? Any ideas?
> > Thank you very much in advance,
> > Stef
>
> I might see if area restaurants would buy them, or supermarkets...or
> juice them, and freeze the juice for hot-weather baking or lemonade.
> Just thaw some out and make lemon curd, or any number of lemon flavored
> baked stuff...cookies, pies, cakes. You can even freeze grated lemon
> for future baking - spread out on a cookie sheet and freeze, then dump
> into a freezer container or a Ziploc bag.
>
> If you freeze the juice, make sure to freeze it in usable quantities,
> like 2 T. (lemon-cubes - use an ice-cube tray) or 1/4C. amounts, or
> whatever. After freezing, you can also dump them into a Ziploc bag.
>

Do you have 8kg of ripe lemons or does that include the greens? Since
lemons are heavy, that's not really a lot (I have a very prolific tree
myself).

My suggestions - juice and freeze; find someone willing to take them to
work and leave them out for co workers (that's what I do); convince
your kids to start that lemonade business now!

What kind of crummy food bank won't take fresh lemons? They keep and
people appreciate them.

Susan B.

just take em to a restaurant where you like to eat and give them to
them. your service will improve nicely