I'm glad I'm not the only one! I planted it! I now have a seedling heat mat, so hopefully it will sprout.

Laura, I am as bad as you are, maybe worse. I have 3 calamondin seedlings (about 7 mos. old), 3 store bought clementines started last summer and my enabler made me start 4 lemon drop seeds.

You have a great enabler Vladimir!! My husband does not enable, he just nods and figures there's another science experiment ;-)

My SO doesn't allow me to have seedlings inside the house. They die outside. Tempted to bring it to work. But I work in a Quarantine zone so I can't take it home...I think.

Oh no!! You need to have a talk with that SO....a very serious one ;-)

Maybe it's not the seedlings the SO is concerned with. Perhaps potted in an attractive container and maintained in very sparse numbers, the seedlings will be welcomed with open arms. Disclaimer: the author of this suggestion is a naive single guy who doesn't have a full grasp of the intricacies of wedded bliss.

Lol John! You single guys make sure when you do find the "right" one, that she accepts the citrus as one may accept stepchildren ;-)

And what a great way to introduce LOTS of different lessons in botany, chemistry, entomology, meteorology, agriculture, epidemiology, and geography for a home educator!

Exactly John! We have science well covered in my house!

I suspect you have found the only way to keep up with education systems in other countries is to get out of the education system in our country. Hats off to you for the extra effort you put out 24/7 to give your kids the tools they need to succeed!

But I digress.....back to sprouting seeds!!

I could be wrong but I believe cross pollination will cause a normally seedless variety to have seeds. My dekopon has many seeds per fruit but it was flower along with all my other varieties.

Mike smith I believe you are right on that. Where have you been lately. If I remember right you put a tree or so in ground and I am wondering if they did well.

6b Steve

It should sprout and grow. Persian limes do not grow true to type, so there's no telling what you'd get.

Ooooo Laura what does it look like now? Did it survive? You might have the next best citrus breed on your hands! You could call it Laura's Lime.

Yes, Laura, I would love to see it, also.

My calamondin, clementine and lemonade seedlings are doing fine. So are the nasnaran mandarin, pixie mandarin, nansho sour orange, satsuma, sumo and tango seedlings I started more recently.

Guys, it did not grow :-(. No Laura's lime...I have not found any more seeds in those limes, although there are lots of small limes on that tree now...perhaps in the future...

Vladimir, I have some key lime seedlings, calamondin, and lemon seedlings that are doing well now. Amanda...any tree babies for you?

No, I don't have any seedlings, just the little rooted cuttings.

Just looked up some information that was posted a long time ago by citrus expert Malcolm Manners regarding Persian Lime (I've saved nearly every comment he has made):

'"Persian" lime, the bigger, lemon-shaped
one normally sold when bright green, is normally completely seedless, and on
the very rare occasions you do get a seed, they do NOT come true-to-type. Most such seedlings make very weak, poor-growing trees, that often die
before reaching maturity. '

also this:

"Persian" lime is virtually always seedless,
averaging less than 1 seed in 1000 fruit, when grown commercially, but with
perhaps one seed in 30 fruit when grown in a back yard with other varieties
nearby to pollenize it. Such seeds do not come true-to-type.

Mike Smith Where are you. Are you doing OK.

Steve

Laura,

Commercially seedless means an average of less than 6 seeds per fruit. Guatemala produces a lot of Persa lemons; and I don't know anyone who does not graft their trees. The seedling or rooted cutting of a Persa (Persian/Tahiti/Bearss) is not a good root for planting in the ground.

Thanks John and Dave. The seed never germinated. This info is great though. I learn so much from you guys!

I have grown a few Persian Lime seeds, from normally seedless Limes. Some are weak and gave up. A few have gone on to be Lime or Citron type plants, no fruit yet. They are not true to type Limes, but look like their ancestral Citrus parents. One of my plants has very nice fragrant leaves, one of the best Citrus scents. They do need a bit of attention to get them to grow well, compared to other Citrus seedlings, but very interesting results.