Four Seasons lemon tree not flowering.
My lemon tree, Keith, is thriving in a cool conservatory and has benefited from a few seaweed extract drinks during the summer. However, he’s showing absolutely no inclination to flower. I’m only watering with rainwater ever 10 days or so, when the soil is dry to about 4cm deep. I’ve had him a couple of years and when he first arrived, was full of bud and baby lemons, so I know he can do it. Because Keith is a Four Seasons, I assumed he would be producing something, even in the winter.
Many thanks.


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A quick Google suggests lemon plants need cool but sunny & bright conditions. Whilst your watering regime sounds about right they also benefit from increased humidity so maybe standing the pot on a tray of damp gravel, misting and / or grouping it with other plants might help.
It also says that citrus are hungry plants and need to be fed year round - more specifically with a special citrus food in winter.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/fruit/citrus
4 seasons was the first citrus I bought in the late '80's when I lived in France and it was still going strong some 25 years later.
Keith would definitely benefit from a JI mix - probably 3 given the size. Check you have given him a large enough pot too.
You say when you bought him, he was full of buds and embryo fruit - he will have been raised in the best conditions for sale - if you are unable to continue with the ideal environment, Keith will simply shrug his branches and do the best he can. Garden Centres which sell Citrus trees need to be a tads more honest.