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Martin Brown wrote:
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I have been told by a professional citrus grower that lemon and orange
plants grown from pips seldom flower or fruit.

Is this likely to be an accurate statement ??

Pretty well. They might eventually flower but the fruit is unlikely to be
much cop.
The decent cultivars grown for nice edible fruit are all grafted.

Same with apples and pears you might just get lucky but the odds are
against you.

The difference being that the odds are against you with citrus, even
WITH a productive variety! In the UK, at best you will get fairly
mediocre citrus fruit from the more cold-tolerant species. Our
weather is just too miserable for decent ripening, and you don't
have much hope with the seriously cold intolerant species (like
limes).

This doesn't stop it being fun to try, but don't expect a real crop.
And you can get a fairly decent amount of flower and as many fruit
as the plant will bear on some varieties - just not very good ones.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
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