Gardeners: A Lemon Seed Question
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Comments (6)Hello Ourhappyhome, I don't know if I would trust Gurney's at all. My aunt ordererd blueberry bushes from them. when they arrived, she immiedietly opened the box and found the blue berry bushes with dried up and withered branches that were completely dead and moldy wet roots. Lets just say that they were completely dead. When it comes to mail order I think it is best to ask people here first and go to Garden watch dog. I also think that sometimes it is better off to email or call the company first before purchasing. That way you can see how there customer service is and if you have a problem with your order, you know that they will take good care of you. I have only ordered citrus trees from three diffrent places. I ordered from Logee's(they were terrible. Very small trees with a HUGE pricetag!), Michigan Bulb Company(Again, very small trees but I think I got there collection of three for $20.00) and Roberta's from QVC. Out of the three I bought from, Roberta's was by far the best. I have to admit that I was very skeptical about ordering from QVC but I was pleasantly surprised with what I got. I bought a dwarf keylime and a dwarf moro blood orange. The keylime was around 2.5 feet and had about 7-8 small brannches. That was a year ago and now it is over 3 ft and has countless branches. I even had blooms this winter. The fruit didn't develop but I think they may have if the light had been stronger. No doubt it will set fruit this summer. My dwarf moro blood orange was the smallest of the 2 trees that I ordered. It was about 2 feet and had 4-5 branches but it also is the slowest grower. If I had more room, I would have bought there Dwarf Improved meyer lemon. It costs somewhere around $25.00 and living in GA you may end up with fruit this year and they have a 3 month guarantee. I ended up getting a replacement for my first moro orange and they got it to me in a week or two. Most places don't have guarantees. I would check them out. Maybe some people were not happy with them but I think they would be a good place for you to check out. There trees are around 2 feet tall when they ship them out and there grafts are good and healed. Andrew...See MoreCan I grow a lemon plant from lemon seeds?
Comments (32)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....See MoreSeed starting in Winter greenhouse lighting garden question. =)
Comments (3)Hi Steve, For the past three years I've had the plastic greenhouses you're talking about. I start my seeds insidemy house. I would keep my plants inside until March. My kitchen has three long octagon windows. I usually pully my kitchen table out. Once the weather gets a little better I'd put them out on the shelves in the plastic greenhouses. (I have 5) I drive my husband nuts with the mess and all the plants in the kitchen. We are now in the process of building a greenhouse on the back of my garden shed. Anyway...as for your question...do you have a basement..that you could get your plants started and growing a little under lights? Just until the weather is warm enough to put your plants out in your plastic greenhouse? Watch out for the wind. I've had to tie mine to my deck. Also...I sometimes put an electric blanket under my seedling pots. It help them germinate faster. But, take it away once they germinate. It will dry them out. Good luck. Diana...See Moreto Trade: your Herb/Veggie seeds for my Lemon Balm seed
Comments (9)Hi! I would love some of your lemon balm seeds!! I don't have anything special in the way of seeds but I can send you a mix of what I have. My boyfriend suffers from terrible anxiety and I would love to try the lemon balm!! Thank you!! tara811@gmail.com...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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