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 prevent the …
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 and gets …
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 hot, or bring …
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. equal …
Canning tea at home - Ask Extension
Feb 10, 2025 · The recipe uses 3.5 cups water, 4 tea bags, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup honey, & 3 tbsp lemon juice (with the option of using honey as the only sweetener). This is the canning liquid for 3.5 lb …
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 flowers …
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 overwater Meyer …
Canning Tomatoes without adding lemon juice - Ask Extension
Sep 26, 2021 · I canned tomatoes then realized I was supposed to add lemon juice for an acid. I did a hot water bath for 35 minutes for the chopped tomatoes. They ha...
White grape jam recipe — low/no sugar pectin (Ball) - Ask Extension
Aug 25, 2025 · You can safely make the low no sugar jam using grapes with the Ball low/no sugar Pectin. The fruits that require lemon juice to set up are listed, other fruits have enough natural acid …
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 year. They are …