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  1. Canning Spaghetti sauce - Ask Extension

    Sep 4, 2024 · Hi Sue, Thanks for reaching out. The lemon juice added to most canned tomato recipes is an essential ingredient for safety because tomatoes are often not acidic enough to …

  2. Lemon tree - fruit falling off prematurely - Ask Extension

    Apr 17, 2020 · I have a Meyer lemon tree that seems to be healthy, gets plenty of blooms and lemons after blooming. Within a month or two, the tiny lemons fall off. The tree is in a sunroom …

  3. Substituting lemon juice for vinegar - Ask Extension

    Nov 21, 2017 · Hi, In the USDA recipes for salsa, it is safe to substitute bottled lemon or lime juice for the vinegar in the recipes that call for vinegar. It is substituted on a cup for cup basis (i.e. …

  4. Meyer Lemon Bush Leaves All Drop Off - Ask Extension

    Mar 19, 2023 · Since you mention specifically that the leaves are dropping off of both the Meyer Lemon and the Key Lime trees, I will address that issue primarily: First of all, it is easy to …

  5. Lemon trees leafs turning yellow - Ask Extension

    Jun 7, 2023 · Yellowing of lemon tree leaves can be a sign of various issues, including chlorosis (see the leaf in image 20230608). That leaf shows all the typical symptoms of chlorosis: yellow …

  6. Wild grape jelly - Ask Extension

    Aug 28, 2021 · I followed a recipe fir wild grape jelly that did not have lemon juice in it…. Do you have to use lemon juice for safety? And if so can I recan it? ...

  7. How can you tell if you have a lemon or a lime tree? - Extension

    Mar 7, 2016 · Lemon trees, on the other hand, will grow to be 10 to 20 feet tall. Look at the leaves. When the flowers are in bloom, the flowers of a lemon tree will have purple blush, while the …

  8. Adding lemon juice to apple butter? - Ask Extension

    Oct 22, 2018 · You can add lemon juice to apple sauce or butter with no concerns about safety. It will make it more acidic, which is even safer than just the apples. Be sure to keep the butter …

  9. Perennial Colorado Sunflowers - Ask Extension

    Jul 13, 2020 · Lemon queen sunflowers are lovely and will grow well anywhere on the Front Range, but because they are hybrids they will not reseed, nor will the plant come back next …

  10. Asian pear butters or jams - Ask Extension

    Oct 3, 2024 · Asian pears are one of those borderline fruits that could be in the low acid range, so we need to be careful when canning them and be sure they are acidified with bottle lemon …