F1 hybrid
Lemon Boy
Also sold as: Lemon Boy F1, Lemon Boy Hybrid
Popular yellow F1 slicer with mild sweet-tangy flavour, 6-7 oz typical fruit, indeterminate habit and a broad modern disease-resistance package.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Slicer
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 200 g (170–281 g)
- Days to maturity
- 74 days (72–75) from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- Medium
- Productivity
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Support indeterminate vines and feed steadily once fruiting begins. Keep original Lemon Boy separate from newer Lemon Boy Plus when interpreting resistance claims, container culture requires a large pot.
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