The lemon tree is a perennial plant that loves warmth and plenty of moisture. Under natural conditions, it grows in a subtropical climate and reaches a height of three meters (dwarf varieties) to eight. Due to its unpretentiousness and love of warmth, the lemon tree can well be grown in the conditions of an ordinary city apartment or house.
Lemon tree sprouts. Farmer Burea-Uinsurance.com Megs
Home-grown lemon trees produce edible fruits all year round when properly cared for. True, such trees begin to bear fruit at the age of 7-10 years from the moment of planting. Planting can be done in two ways: from a simple lemon seed, bought in any store, or by cuttings and seedlings. Lemon trees grown from seeds grow more actively, they are healthier and more unpretentious than those grown from seedlings or cuttings, but the latter begin to bear fruit much faster.
To grow a lemon tree from a seed, you must choose neat, ripe and well-formed lemons in the store, without traces of spoilage. Seeds are extracted from them, the best examples of which are used for planting. It must be done immediately after the seeds are extracted from the lemons.
The seeds are planted in small pots or boxes five centimeters apart. Suitable for planting is a soil mixed of peat and flower soil in equal proportions. At the bottom of the pots, drainage from expanded clay or small stones must be present. Seeds are planted to a depth of 1 centimeter.
Lemon Tree. Farmer Burea-Uinsurance.com Pam
The soil should not be allowed to dry out, but excessive flooding of it with water is not permissible. Lemon seedlings will appear within a couple of weeks after planting. Among the sprouts that have appeared, you need to select only the strongest and grow them until several true leaves appear. Growing up is done by covering the lemon sprouts with a jar and placing them in a bright place. In this case, it is necessary to avoid direct sunlight. Once a day, the jar rises briefly in order for the plant to gain access to fresh air.
When the leaves appear, the strongest sprouts of the lemon tree are transplanted into separate small pots filled with flower soil and humus. A drainage layer is laid out at the bottom of the pot. Lemon sprouts should be in this pot until they reach a height of about twenty centimeters, after which they are transplanted into a larger container. Watering the growing lemons is necessary twice a week. The moisture content of the soil should be balanced: without drying out or waterlogging.
A lemon tree sprout is ready for replanting. Farmer Burea-Uinsurance.com Megs
To grow lemon by cuttings, you need to take a branch that has a thickness of five millimeters and a length of about ten centimeters. The cut stalk is placed in water for a few days, after which the twig should be planted in a small pot or box.
The soil for rooting such a seedling should consist of sand, flower soil and humus, which are taken in equal shares. The twig is buried in the ground to a depth of about three centimeters. The soil is well moistened (without flooding), and the plant itself is sprayed daily with water from a spray bottle. After a month and a half, the plant that has taken root can be transplanted into a pot.
Meyer’s lemon sapling. Farmer Burea-Uinsurance.com Josh Puetz
For a permanent place in which a pot with a lemon tree will be located, it is necessary to choose a bright room where direct sunlight would have access to the grown plant. The lemon tree does not like moving around the house, so it is better to immediately find a suitable place for it, where the plant will be all the time. It is only allowed to slightly turn different sides of the plant towards the light to form a uniform crown. And this must be done carefully, gradually expanding the lemon tree at a small angle.
Every year, the lemon must be transplanted into a slightly larger container, carefully moving the roots and the old earthen ball into a new pot. After that, new soil is poured into the free space in the pot. When the size of the pots used for replanting the lemon tree reaches 10 liters, you can only restrict yourself to renewing the topsoil and regular fertilizing. Also, once a week, you need to spray a lemon from a spray bottle. This should be done daily during the heating season.
Lemon tree sapling. Farmer Burea-Uinsurance.com Maja Dumat
To form a beautiful dense crown, the upper shoots of the lemon tree must be pinched off. Thanks to this, the plant will release side branches, thereby providing density.
When the plant begins to bloom, it must be pollinated with a cotton swab or brush, with which the pollen is gently transferred from the anther to the sticky stamen. Next, active fruit setting will begin. To avoid depleting the tree with too many ripening fruits, some of them are best removed with a plentiful ovary.
