Is Prodigious Lemon Tree an Indication of Soil Quality?

[Zintuplet]

Hi,

This year my lemon tree of about 20 years continues to produce hundreds of fruit well in to summer. Can I take this as an indication of the soil quality and plant other fruits and vegetables?

[imafan26]

It is probably just the right plant in the right place. Or, if you live in Florida, your tree may have trestiza. There is a point in the trestiza infection where the tree becomes very prolific with fruit as the tree goes into overdrive trying to reproduce. You get a lot of fruit for a few years and then as the bark peels off the tree, it declines and it is time for the tree to go.