
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Canning tomato sauce - Ask Extension
Sep 7, 2025 · This recipe does not require adding lemon juice, but it must be processed in a pressure canner to have a safe product. Pints process for 20 minutes, and quarts process for …
Canning Recipe - Ask Extension
Apr 23, 2024 · I was given a large amount of lemons and am trying to find a tested lemonade concentrate (or lemonade or lemon syrup) recipe to use to water bath can them. I have …
Home canning - substitutions/additions - Ask Extension
Jun 18, 2019 · Dried lavender flowers? Fresh lemon verbena or basil leaves? Citrus zest? Can you substitute lime juice for lemon juice? I remember the emphasis on following recipes …
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 …
Potted Meyer lemon tree, when to re-pot - Ask Extension
Jun 4, 2018 · I have a Meyer lemon tree that is kept indoors in winter, outdoors in summer with several lemons which have not yet begun to ripen. Is it safe to re-pot the tree now or will I lose …
Mites on lemon tree - Ask Extension
Jun 6, 2024 · What your lemon tree has is scale, which is something citrus are fairly prone to. Scale insects grow a hard shell to protect them from predators, and it also provides pretty …