Sometimes it just takes another year...be patient. I would do two things at the end of February: 1) put a bag of 'Black Cow' manure around the base of the tree and 2)...and here come the flames...Take a broom and beat the crap out of it (the tree, not the manure..LOL). Seriously. Don't quite know how it works but it does! My hypothesis is that the tree's survival is threatened and it puts out fruit in a procreation attempt. I have done this on a satsuma at three years and it produced about 60 the next season. My mother had a friend back over a lime tree and a mango tree at their Keys home and both started producing the next season; nada for 4-5 years prior( ughhh...the trees started producing..not the friend). Several neighbors told us about the 'stress theory' and their experience in making trees bear fruit. It worked for me, YMMV.
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