I started them on the mantels Dave. My mind was out of whack, I've got a broke rib and taking Lortab for pain. I typed hearths instead of mantels. A wood hearth wouldn't work out so good! LOL I'm going to use the hearths too when I start the rest of my seed. I hope you didn't loose anything when the power went out Dave! They don't call here when we have a power outage, we have to call them. I know immediately when I have one thanks to my computers UPS. It beeps loudly!

Well, I just ordered 9 more varieties, so I'll have some of these for trade before long. I'm looking for a few peppers you can eat straight from the plant, a few that are extremely hot, and a few that would be good for making a hot sauce or salsa. Basically, I'm trying to get as many good varieties that I can. Since I'm a closet/balcony grower, I'd prefer only medium or small sized plants that would do well in containers. No 5 foot monster pepper plants please :) So far I have: Jalapeno Tam Jalapeno #1 Peruvian Purple Chile Long Red Cayenne and the ones on order are: Item:1 - Qty:1, (7010) PEPPERONCINI (Italian) PEPPER, Price:1.50 Item:2 - Qty:1, (7012) THAI HOT PEPPER, Price:1.50 Item:3 - Qty:1, (O7049) BEAVER DAM PEPPER - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.50 Item:4 - Qty:1, (7025) CANDLELIGHT PEPPER, Price:1.50 Item:5 - Qty:1, (7042) CARIBBEAN RED PEPPER (Habanero Red), Price:1.50 Item:6 - Qty:1, (7038) CHILTEPIN PEPPER, Price:1.50 Item:7 - Qty:1, (76) EL CHACO PEPPER, Price:1.50 Item:8 - Qty:1, (7027) GEORGIA FLAME PEPPER, Price:1.50 Item:9 - Qty:1, (7039) ROUMANIAN HOT PEPPER, Price:1.50 from heirloomseeds.com Just post back here with trades offers or hit me up on e-mail.

Actually, all you need to do for a lemon tree is plant it in loose soil, water the soil lightly, and stick it in a ziplock bag. See this thread: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/trees/msg111341588777.html That lemon tree is mine. I grew from seed. All I did was (STEP BY STEP leaving out absolutely NO information) 1) I grabbed the seed from a lemonade drink made from a lemon bought from a lemonade stand, this past summer 2) put the seeds in a cup of water. All of them sank(sadly, I have no clue where they are now) 3) Placed them in a container somewhere (except for 6) 4) took that plastic cup and cut some holes in the bottom 5) put soil (which turned out to be harder than rock when watered) inside the cup 6) stuck the seed in the cup 7) watered the soil lightly 8) stuck the seed in a plastic ziplock baggy 9) put it on the counter 9) Forgot it was even there About 2 weeks later, I said "OH CRAP! AM I TOO LATE? IS IT DEAD? I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT ABOUT IT!!! OH MY GOSH, PLEASE DON'T BE DEAD! PLEASE DON'T BE DEAD!!!" After panicking and looking for about 20 minutes, I finally found it buried under a lot of crap. I looked into the bag and I'm thinking, "Awwwwww!!!! It's so cute!!!" There was a little lemon tree with it's first two leaves sprouting. After I saw that, I stuck it in the windowsill where it's currently working on it's 5th leaf while finishing up it's 4th. It's the most beautiful thing ever. I would've increased the germination rate though to all six seeds instead of 1 of 6 if I had followed the directions provided online though(nick the seed coat and all that other stuff). But really, just planting the seed and forgetting about it for about 1-2 weeks seemed to work fine. I probably just got lucky though.

meszaros_jon That is not my tree. I don't even have a house that would support it. It is a tree that just passed from never bloomed to having great fruit. My trees and seed were gifts from 2 friends both Cory an pip. They are active in the garden web New Zealand lemonade tree grafted to Poncirus Trifoliata hybrid rootstock, New Zealand lemonade tree grafted to US897 rootstock. grafted at home 2 months ago. she's in a foil lined bucket with a 23 watt daylight CFL brooder lamp above. Meiwa kumquat on Kuharske Citrange rootstock. top and bottom of Meiwa Fukushu kumqusat tree #1 from seed was planted in ground about a week ago. Fukushu kumqusat tree #2 from seed was planted in ground about 3 hours ago. Both Fukushu trees are protected by a cubic yard triple glazed glass cold frame.