I grow a fair amount of tropical citrus from seed as well as established trees. For seed grown I use standard compost, put the seeds straight in cover with cling film and have either on a heat mat or warm area. I tend to put a few seeds together then separate after germination. Nice to see your video on this subject.
Why did it never occur to me that I could grow my own trees? Here I was going to go to a nursery and buy one for $85. Now I can just buy a lemon for - how much can a lemon cost? Ten dollars? Anyway much cheaper than an entire tree! Thanks!
What I found when growing my meyer lemon and blood orange from seeds was that it helps to soak the seeds overnight. This allows the seed coat to be penatrated by the water increasing germination success, and shortens the germ time. As well as floating seeds won't germ as they were not properly fertilized to start with. But they are very slow growers so be patient, it will take 5 to 10 years for fruit depending on variety and conditions.
I planted a lemon tree, a grapefruit shrub and some sort of tangerine some years ago but I think I let the soil get too dry one time. I'm afraid all the parts of the main trees are long dead. I think all I have left are suckers, which will never produce fruit. Oh, well. Try again only this time with a different potting mix. My old trees were potted in Miracle Gro's cactus, palm and citrus mix. BTW, citrus like acid fertilizer. Also, I found citrus plants have thorns.
Hardly. I'm in Wisconsin at 44 degrees north. I have my citrus plants outside for now but they need to come in soon when it begins to freeze at night.@@SheffieldMadePlants
Will lemon seeds from store bought lemons produce fruit? I want to try this but someone told me that if the lemons are modified through certain breeding processes, they won't be fruit producing.
Lemons/limes/oranges should fruit, eventually, but it could take a few years. If you're in a hurry for fruit it's better to buy an already fruiting small tree from a grower. Or a couple year old sapling. The someone might've been thinking about avocados. Avocados generally either won't fruit, or they'll produce terrible tasting fruit if grown from seed. At the farm all the new plants are made through cloning/cutting, none of that messy meiosis getting in the way and changing the fruit. It's possible you'll get lucky and the tree you get from the seed will produce good fruit, but not likely. You could buy an avocado cutting if you wanna try growing those. Oh, if the fruit is irradiated the seeds might just be non-viable. I don't know how common irradiation is for lemons though. Depending on where you live there could be a label indicating which fruits/veggies get irradiated. Food that has been irradiated like that is just as healthy and safe as the most organic stuff, all the rads do is kill off the bacteria and mold already on the plant which keeps the food fresh longer. It's safer for the consumer than dunking the food in bleach or other harsh chemicals.
True but its a cheaper start up cost then buying an already fruit bearing on in a gardencentre.. yeild wise the higher already fruit bearing one will earn you back your money quicker if you harvest a lot of lemons each year if you can keep it alive..if your a new plant parent it might be better to grow a few of your own learn what they like and keep them alive for 3 years..then buy an older plant and have both options.. I still kill to many plants to buy the expensive plants I would love a mature olive tree but they are soooo expensive that I'll wait till I kill less plants with love
It takes forever to get lemons to fruit. This is why I prefer growing peppers now like this. Both plants are perrenials. Both have very similar care requirements. Both have similar size (around 1 m) under average indoor conditions. And they look generally similar too, in fact, pepper is actually a dwarf tree.
As a fellow South Yorkshire gardener, how have you found that trees like Lemon grow in our environment? Or do you have to keep it in the greenhouse over winter/autumn?
It's tough I'm not going to lie. Don't be tempted to bring them inside over the winter, they definitely don't like that. I keep mine in a little sheltered greenhouse. Gardeners World recommend the shed.
The man on tick tock said to just slice it in half and put the button navel side down into the water and wait and within. I don't know how long a sprout grows out of the bottom and then you can just plant your tree
will you tell us again what soil mix you used? when you show the sprouted trees they appear to be in coir so what happened to the 5/2 mix you planted them in?
@@SheffieldMadePlants yes I saw that BUT your sprouted plants aren't potted in that medium are they they're potted in coir. Why the did you change soils.
I've got one I started a VERY long time ago, and it certainly doesn't look like this! 😂 Five seeds resulted in 2 germinated, but delicate multiple petioles with tiny cloverlike leaves. Still haven't outgrown a small terracotta pot in about a year.
How much do you water your lemon? I'd love to try it. I live in VA and can't plant them outside but I have several friends who have lemon trees in pots and bring them inside for the winter and they get lemons! Always wanted to try it...
Which one would you recommend among Lemon, avocado and mango! I want to grow something after watching almost all of your videos but cant choose which one I want to do!
Hey, i noticed the soil was different from the seeds to the sproutlings is there any reason fpr this? Do you have to change the soil once the seeds grow?
I was gifted a plant and I think it's a pothos..I did a photo search and devil's ivy came up...my question is what are your thoughts on a slow release fertilizer for my plants that are potted in soil
