Is it bad to plant a lemon tree close to an orange tree?

Someone told me that if you plant a lemon tree close to an orange tree that the taste of the oranges will change (for the worse). Does anybody know this to be true?

Is it bad to plant a lemon tree close to an orange tree?
No. that's ridiculous. You can graft lemon branches and orange branches onto the same citrus tree, and the different branches will still produce fruit of the proper kind. It's called a "Fruit salad tree."





I know two people who have them, as well as actual lemon trees, and actual orange trees growing safely together in the same garden without any problems with their flavor. I know a lot of people with just the lemon, and orange, and sometimes tangerines, grapefruit, tangelos, navels, valencias, blood oranges and cumquats. Also, UC riverside has a grove with all kinds of different citrus plants growing together on a couple acres of land. Each one produces it's own citrus fruit.





Of course, if your lemon, and orange tree make flowers at the same time, it is possible that they will cross-pollinate, but that will only change the nature of the seeds, not of the fruit itself, and you will not get any freaky lemoranges, or whatever growing unless you plant A LOT of the seeds to make new trees, which rarely works anyway.
Reply:Possible, logically. If u plant a durian tree close to an apple tree, what do u think?
Reply:no problem they are both citrus fruites requiring the same conditions.
Reply:you will get loranges.......duh!..........
Reply:you'd get Oraemon fruits which r quite tasty
Reply:You will get 'Lemorange' and I think the taste will turn sour
Reply:you might make ormens
Reply:Is true, but you can pour sugar on an orange tree's roots to make taste better.
Reply:I guess the only thing you would worry about( if you're a worrier) is cross pollination.I guess you would end up with some strange fruit but I had an apple and a pear tree close together and nothing happened so it might be OK for the orange and lemon trees since they are both citrus trees.
Reply:orange......lemon.......orange......lemo...


well planting a lemon tree next to and orange doesnt nesesarily mean it will change, it will probably end up the same unless fused together.........weird question.....
Reply:what they are saying is it depends on how much they cross polinate and how much you like the taste.