I know, this is probably a dumb thing to do and it would be much less
aggravation to just go buy one. But, and I mention this at risk of revealing
myself to be a total whacko, the tree the seeds came from have sentimental
value. The tree was my mom's for almost 30 years. She even revived it once when
it appeared to be dead because while she was away it wasn't watered. She died a
few years ago and the tree lived on ... until my brother forgot to water it for
several weeks while my dad was out of town. I was heartbroken. The tree still
had plenty of the little oranges on it, and the insides were still juicy, so I
took a bunch of those seeds and tried to germinate them in hopes of "reviving"
(sort of) mom's tree, and hopefully get enough seedlings for the rest of the
family.

Mari


From: (Laser6328)
Date: 4/28/04 11:51 AM Central Daylight Time
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I wouldn't bother with growing citrus trees from seed. The tree will take
YEARS to reach producing size. More importantly, citrus trees are usually
grafted onto "Sour Orange" rootstock. Sour Orange is not suseptable to
nematodes and makes for a better and healtier fruit tree.

I would recomend that you seek out a professional nursery and obtain a
variety
that you will enjoy. Sometimes you can find "multigrafts" that have more
than
one variety of citrus on a single stock.

Good luck!