Planting lemon.....

darkchild420191

i had lemon in my tea for supper and i really like them. Can i take seeds out of fruit and plant them? i would really love to have a lemon or maybe an orange bonsai tree it would be very neat to go and gather my own seeds and plant them. if i can do lemons or oranges how do i plant them? what about other trees seeds?

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TreeBay

You should plant the seeds directly from the fruit. Don't dry them, or clean them too much first. The lemons should do well for you. Most oranges are grafted to lemon stock, but you can give it a try.

I am not sure that all orange seed is "viable" and will grow. If it does grow it will not necessarily be like the parent plant at all.

Here are some tips for citrus seeds:

http://www.reedbroscitrus.com/template.asp?page=seed

Regards,

Matt

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Hitza

Hi!

I think you should wash the seeds first because many fruit flesh relieve some toxica while they rot and that way they spoil the germinating this is a nature own way at limit the number of certain plants.

I have always washed my fruit seeds and they have germinated nearly 100%

PS:Sorry about the bad english but it is hard at say somethings in foreign language. Specielly the special vocabulary, they are hard

Bonsai-gecko

I've grown kumquat and tangerine from seed with ease and 100% germintation. If your lemon is similar to the species of citrus I've worked with then I would recommend sowing the seed straight from the fruit. I removed the hard seed coat completely from the seed. This seed coat takes a substantial time to break down otherwise. Its usually pretty ease to peel off with just your fingernails if the seed is fresh from the fruit. Otherwise try using a razor blade or small knife to get the seed coat started. Peel it off completely and sow only the actuall greenpart of the seed and it will sprout readiy in a about a week or so. I've sowed citrus this way in everything from potting soil to turface with the same great results.