
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …