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Free Lemon Trees (500 in stock) - Must Pickup on Sunday 2/6, City Square, Melbourne

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Free Lemon Trees (500 in stock) - Must Pickup on Sunday 2/6, City Square, Melbourne
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neil on 01/06/2013 - 03:11 thelemontreeproject.com (2273 clicks)

The wonderful people at Alcoa Foundation have kindly provided us with 500 lemon trees to give away to awesome people like yourselves who pledge to plant them in a communal space. So chat with your neighbours, have a think about an appropriate communal space and come down to City Square to collect your neighbourhood tree.

These FREE trees are sure to go fast so secure yours now by filling in the pre-order form below. Pledge now so you don’t miss out!

Just fill out the form, then pick up on Sunday.

Home & Garden Lemon Tree

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  • simprosimple on 01/06/2013 - 03:25
    +6

    Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, But the fruit of the lemon is impossible to eat.

    Thanks OP

    • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 01/06/2013 - 03:35

      I have a gf and 2 dogs who beg to differ ;)

      • sk3iron on 01/06/2013 - 05:48
        +2

        your dogs eat lemons? :/

        • [Deactivated] on 01/06/2013 - 06:15

          I think the whole kitten kaboodle goes to toilet under the tree. Lemon tree.

        • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 01/06/2013 - 12:05
          -3

          yeah m8, onions 2- go figure

        • [Deactivated] on 01/06/2013 - 13:41
          +2

          kit and caboodle

    • guidedlight on 01/06/2013 - 10:17

      One practical benefit is that Lemon Trees make excellent outdoor urinals.
      Urine is an excellent fertiliser for these trees, the lemon scent effectively masks the smell. Plus it's much cheaper than an outhouse!

      Great bargain!

      • skinny on 01/06/2013 - 11:54

        Just make sure you have a long arc otherwise the fertilizer may be too hot for the plant!

      • grimreeper on 01/06/2013 - 13:00

        Wouldn't the salt from urine be bad for soil?

    • Sage on 01/06/2013 - 14:41
      +1

      There's heaps of ways to eat lemons!
      Use them with drinks, desserts, and even savoury foods.

      Bugs the heck out me when people don't eat/use their lemons.

    • Duff5000 on 01/06/2013 - 14:43

      My kids eat lemons like they would an orange. One even saved up her own $$ to buy a lemon tree.

  • lightningben on 01/06/2013 - 04:51
    +1

    What a fabulous idea - would definitely help out if I lived a little closer!

  • Cupcount80 on 01/06/2013 - 05:22
    +4

    Does my Backyard count as a communal space? Does Alcoa even care?

    • INFIDEL on 01/06/2013 - 06:20
      +13

      After you plant it - theoretically yes. As this deal is for planting in communal space, you agree to that pledge to get a free tree, your backyard could be termed communal space! Would theoretically give anyone the 'right' to enter & pick from the tree (if they knew what you pledged).

      Meant for community/communal gardens, neighbourhood centres, and groups who will share the fruit - not for sole personal use. If you are a school, childcare centre, neighbourhood house or any other kind of community group that has a communal space where you can plant a tree for your community then we urge you to come down and collect a tree too.

      As most lemon trees produce far more lemons than are needed in 1 household - plant at the front & invite neighbours & friends to share in the bounty.

      An interesting, communal initiative.
      Hopefully will not be OzBargained for private use!
      Share the love / lemons :)

      • Candour on 01/06/2013 - 09:17
        +1

        not for home use

  • cheepwun on 01/06/2013 - 05:55
    +1

    home-grown lemon tree for the win; you don't want supermarket lemons (or to pay for them), that's for sure.

  • Consumer Sheep on 01/06/2013 - 06:23
    +15

    I can appreciate the irony of Alcoa aligning themselves with a lemon. But the trees aren't free, the taxpayer paid more than $40 million in handouts to Alcoa last year. That's not even taking into account the electricity subsidies the states biggest consumer gets. A quick Google has the Age saying it may be as much as $4.5 billion over the life of the deal. With the profits taken back to the USA of course.

    So that makes each tree worth at least $80,000 or possibly up to … what is it $9 million? Expensive lemons. Pity our parliamentarians lack testicular fortitude.

    • INFIDEL on 01/06/2013 - 06:24
      +3

      That leaves a sour taste in the mouth! Alcoa will see this as cheap public relations exercise.

      • bargainhunter on 01/06/2013 - 11:30
        +2

        It's a bitter pill to swallow.

        • INFIDEL on 01/06/2013 - 18:48

          Then wrap it in Alcoa aluminium foil ;)

    • Candour on 01/06/2013 - 09:19

      governments must look after these bludgers or they will be bludgeoned to death at the polls.
      the mining lobby is mean
      alcoa now gets its carbon credits by getting you to do the hard work!
      free labour!
      free advertising.
      big bang for buck
      more than just working with green NGOs where it would put to most use.

    • rawm on 01/06/2013 - 11:36
      +1

      And with Dennis Napthine as Victorian Premier (and member for Portland, Alcoa's major Australian aluminium smelter) I'm left with a sour taste from this deal. 'Alcoa’s two Victorian aluminium smelters produce approximately 30% of Australia’s total aluminium production'. http://www.alcoa.com/australia/en/info_page/smelting.asp

    • cheepwun on 01/06/2013 - 13:56

      Top post. Thanks for the info.

  • jv on 01/06/2013 - 07:48
    +4

    What variety are they?

    • cornbeef on 01/06/2013 - 08:49
      +3

      important point jv, as well as what rootstock are they on.

      • jv on 01/06/2013 - 12:05
        +1

        important to me, they fruit at different times of the year and they taste different.

        I need to replace my Lisbon.

    • rawm on 01/06/2013 - 11:39
      +2

      The newly created 'Citrus Aluminiumus'. A shiny skin along with a sharp 'metallic' flavour.

  • John Dough on 01/06/2013 - 08:58
    +8

    Much better use of city square than Occupy Melbourne!

  • elliolk on 01/06/2013 - 09:06
    +26

    Watch out for those damn Shelbyville kids trying to steal all those lemon trees.

  • Bunnyburger on 01/06/2013 - 09:34
    +3

    But how will I keep those lemon stealin whores away?

    • Joshman5k on 01/06/2013 - 14:21
      +1

      You know you've spent too long on the internet when you get that reference.

  • giggles on 01/06/2013 - 10:54

    Which variety? There are a lot of lemon varieties, personally I like the Lisbon Lemon.

    I guess its more important to know you can piss on them.

    • cornbeef on 01/06/2013 - 11:09

      generally speaking giggles one would try to avoid planting the thorny varieties such as Lisbon in public areas

  • Serrenity on 01/06/2013 - 11:13

    so filling a pre order form will guarantee you get one on the day? i dont want to drive all the way to the city and be told there is no more???

  • bargainhunter on 01/06/2013 - 11:36
    +2

    When life hands you lemons, Broden it!

  • Chthonic on 01/06/2013 - 11:59
    +1

    Sure beats turnip juice.

  • [Deactivated] on 01/06/2013 - 12:00
    +1

    Now all this talk has made me hungry eats a lemon. Mouth turns wrinkly and eyes water

  • lemontree on 01/06/2013 - 12:22

    Noooooo, why not in Sydney haha.

    • daydream on 01/06/2013 - 15:05

      Because Sydney gets free Paddle Pops

  • MasterNoob on 01/06/2013 - 15:05

    Planting lemon trees in highly populated urban areas raises the number of deaths by falling lemons.

  • huntress_love on 01/06/2013 - 15:59

    there's 1400+ clicks so how do you know you'll get one by filling out the form.
    do they send confirmation?

    is the city square the fed square?

  • ozbargained on 01/06/2013 - 19:12
    -2

    Melbourne? Do not post these deals here dude.

  • frostee on 01/06/2013 - 19:27

    Broden will collect ten of these then sell the lemons on eBay.

  • AssociatedLM 55 @ thelemontreeproject.com on 01/06/2013 - 22:20
    +2

    Hey all - first I'm a long time Ozbargin user and apologises for not posting deals sooner. I'm glad you are interested in TLTP and I am loving some of the comments I'm one of the founding members of the project and i have organised the event on tomorrow. And because I wanna share some of the inside secrets with you all :-)
    1.around 300 trees have been pre ordered at this stage thus there will be 200 trees still available, I would recommend coming early or late as around 230 if people have not collected their trees we will start "putting then up for adoption" as we don't want to take trees home :-P
    2. All trees have been sourced from BRITE industries and will be a mix of Meyer, eureka and Lisbon with possible a few sneaky limes or Mandarins in there
    3. A part of the sign up for a tree we ask for the address were the tree will be planned and are hoping to get a picture of you with your newly adopted tree and a thank you sign to thank our sponsors
    Looking forward to seeing you on the day!

    • jv on 01/06/2013 - 23:35

      Is the nature strip a communal space, or will the council have a hissy fit ?

      • StrawberryCheesecake on 02/06/2013 - 00:09
        +1

        I was told I couldn't plant on the nature strip outside our house when a tree died. The council told me that they will replace the tree, but I wasn't allowed to go gardening myself.

        Great project, but perhaps too much effort if you live more than 20 mins away…luckily we already have a lemon tree. Fresh lemonade is awesome!

        • jv on 02/06/2013 - 08:09
          +2

          I was told I couldn't plant on the nature strip outside our house

          If we can't plant there, we shouldn't have to mow it then.

        • timmy_tam on 02/06/2013 - 12:03

          as chief wiggum once said
          "the law is powerless to help you, not persecute you"

  • thebricoleur on 02/06/2013 - 17:28

    YAY, managed to get one - thanks a bunch OP :)

    (sadly, no mandarin trees left though :()

  • xhanatos on 02/06/2013 - 18:51

    Got my #472 lemon tree. Thanks OP/OZBargain.

  • Car-la-la on 02/06/2013 - 19:18

    congratulations on a promotion well run!
    picked up my lemon tree today :)

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