Why, yes, Simon it sure did, yesterday! So, that was 15 days. I can see the teeny first leaves starting to develop: And yes, they most likely come true from seed. They have Ponkan mandarin in their background, which is polyembryoonic. I'm hoping I see another sprout popping up in the next few days. If so, then it's confirmed. If both seedlings look essentially identical, they are probably clones and will be true. If you get seedlings that look different, one could be a clone and the other a hybrid. If you only get one seedling from a polyembryonic variety, well, hard to say until it bears fruit! With monoembryonic seeds, you might get something the same, similar, better or worse. It's kind of a crap shoot with fruit that do not come true and are hybrids. Patty S.

Kalpana: Most of my citrus bearing trees in the pictures are in 7 and 15 gallon pots and the wine barrel is approx. 25 gallons. I also have 1 gal and 5 gallons but those are for small trees like pencil size trunk and 1/2". Your best bet to know the right size of pot you want to use is go to plant nurseries and you base the size of your tree to what they are using. Don't use a much bigger pots to a small tree because your tree will not be happy wiith it. You transplant your plant to the next bigger size when you start seeing roots are coming out of the bottom. When transplanting, try not to bother the roots as much as you can. They will be under stress as it is. As Millet said:" The biggest mistake many people make is usually not in the type of container but by using too large a container. People think that they are doing the plant a favor by giving it a lot of room. But if the plant doesn't grow fast enough to use all of the space, trouble can occur. An oversized container can become waterlogged easily, and then the plant can suffer from lack of air (yes, roots need to breath too). The soil also becomes sour and the soluble salts build up. Bencelest is correct. Planting a small tree into a large barrel was a mistake. He is correct in stating that the moisture below the top 3 or 4 inches is almost solely removed from the soil by the roots of the tree that is planted in the barrel. In a large over sized container the roots of such a small tree can only remove the moisture near the center of the barrel. With each successive watering additional soluble salts are added to the soil that are not being removed by the tree's roots system. In approximately 6 months to a year, depending on the mineral content of the irrigation water and the amount of fertilizer that you applied the salt level develops to a toxic level and the tree languishes and eventually dies. You need to transplant the tree into a container of the correct size. Flushing such a large barrel will not work. Millet " I hope Millet did not copyright this. I did not ask his perlission-(lol). Alicia: Thanks for responding and your nice comment. I am happy that some of you take the time responding on my post. Thank you so much. I really enjoy it. Toni: The seeds the peels everything break up when you put them in the blender. I saw a demo on a Vita Mix mixer at the Costco store and they put even the leaves of strawberries, they only peel the yellow part of oranges and include the white part, they include the peel and the seeds of apples and the stuff that they made is so delicious. And they claimed that the seeds and the peelings are where all the vitamins and minerals needed by our body so it is a very healthy drink- all fresh and all fruits no sugar or milk added. And you owe to taste them. They even make a hot soup by just turning it on high. And they are so good. Guaranteed for 7 years. I've been using it for over a year now and I am satisfied with it. Only drawback- quiete exppensive. But I figure I am willing to spend 50 bucks a year for it.

On March 23, 2014, I planted a California Hass Avocado Pit by inserting three toothpicks into the pit, and placing the it partially submerged into jar of water. About four weeks later, I placed the pit, which began to sprout roots, into a pot with a mixture of potting soil and soil from my yard. It first sprouted two stems at approximatedly the same time, and it later added a third stem. Does anyone know what is the mathematical probability of this occurring. I've never seen this happen before. June 28, 4:00pm This post was edited by FrankFlores on Mon, Jun 30, 14 at 1:42

Clementines are like tangerines, or sweet, zipper-skin oranges. I like ground-up almonds, with some ground-up chocolate chips mixed in. Sometimes I add some ground-up cashews, but I can eat them as they are, if I let them soak in my mouth for a while. I used to like chocolate buds and macaroons, plus what we call slowpokes, that are sort of like low-brow Turtles. But the price went up and that was when I felt that all of that sugar wsn't that good for me, and seldom have them, lately. Ground-up peanuts plus chocolate. Dates. Apples. Peanut butter. Cheese (chunk cut off of a block). Celery. ole joyful