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Old 01-04-2003, 02:32 PM
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Half out of curiosity, half out of boredom, I was flipping around
online and found an article on growing lemon seedlings from lemon
seeds:

http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/ces/yard/2000/040800.html

I thought it might be fun to sprout a few in some pots indoors, if for
no other reason to have something to take up some space and take care
of. I was poking around a little further online and found that there
are a lot of seedless varieties of lemons. I was jsut planning to go
out and buy myself a few lemons from the grocery store, get the seeds
and use the juice for a few lemon drops after dinner ;-) but wanted to
ask a (stupid) question first - how do I make sure I'm not buying one
of these seedless lemons? I never realized there are so many
varieties of lemons ... if it matters, I'm in the USA, east coast,
Virginia.
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Old 01-04-2003, 03:56 PM
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On 31 Mar 2003 18:25:28 -0800, (Chris) wrote:

Half out of curiosity, half out of boredom, I was flipping around
online and found an article on growing lemon seedlings from lemon
seeds:

http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/ces/yard/2000/040800.html

I thought it might be fun to sprout a few in some pots indoors, if for
no other reason to have something to take up some space and take care
of. I was poking around a little further online and found that there
are a lot of seedless varieties of lemons. I was jsut planning to go
out and buy myself a few lemons from the grocery store, get the seeds
and use the juice for a few lemon drops after dinner ;-) but wanted to
ask a (stupid) question first - how do I make sure I'm not buying one
of these seedless lemons? I never realized there are so many
varieties of lemons ... if it matters, I'm in the USA, east coast,
Virginia.


While I've noticed that most supermarket limes have no seeds, I've
never bought a lemon without them. (SE Virginia, BTW) At any rate,
you'll only be investing 20 to 50 cents, depending on sales, to find
out.

If it turns out to be seedless, you have lemon juice to make salad
dressing, squeeze over fish, flavor roast chicken, make simple cake
icing, or (I hear) remove garlic and onion smells from your hands.

Thanks for the URL. I just discarded a grapefruit seedling that had
remained 2" tall for about 4 years in a kitchen windowsill pot. I was
*obviously* doing something wrong. :-)
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Old 02-04-2003, 02:56 PM
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Default Lemon seeds to seedlings: seedless lemons?

The only thing you did wrong was to not pot it in a larger pot. The larger
the pot, the bigger the plant grows.

You don't want to get too big of a pot, or you wont be able to handle it.
May you are lucky enough to not have to bring them in during winter months,
but we have to. It really gets to be a chore.

Have fun. Dwayne


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On 31 Mar 2003 18:25:28 -0800, (Chris) wrote:

Half out of curiosity, half out of boredom, I was flipping around
online and found an article on growing lemon seedlings from lemon
seeds:

http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/ces/yard/2000/040800.html

I thought it might be fun to sprout a few in some pots indoors, if for
no other reason to have something to take up some space and take care
of. I was poking around a little further online and found that there
are a lot of seedless varieties of lemons. I was jsut planning to go
out and buy myself a few lemons from the grocery store, get the seeds
and use the juice for a few lemon drops after dinner ;-) but wanted to
ask a (stupid) question first - how do I make sure I'm not buying one
of these seedless lemons? I never realized there are so many
varieties of lemons ... if it matters, I'm in the USA, east coast,
Virginia.


While I've noticed that most supermarket limes have no seeds, I've
never bought a lemon without them. (SE Virginia, BTW) At any rate,
you'll only be investing 20 to 50 cents, depending on sales, to find
out.

If it turns out to be seedless, you have lemon juice to make salad
dressing, squeeze over fish, flavor roast chicken, make simple cake
icing, or (I hear) remove garlic and onion smells from your hands.

Thanks for the URL. I just discarded a grapefruit seedling that had
remained 2" tall for about 4 years in a kitchen windowsill pot. I was
*obviously* doing something wrong. :-)



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Old 02-04-2003, 05:56 PM
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Dwayne wrote:

The only thing you did wrong was to not pot it in a larger pot. The larger
the pot, the bigger the plant grows.

You don't want to get too big of a pot, or you wont be able to handle it.
May you are lucky enough to not have to bring them in during winter months,
but we have to. It really gets to be a chore.

Have fun. Dwayne


For big pots, put castors on the bottom, & just roll them where
you want.

Minteeleaf
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Old 03-04-2003, 06:08 AM
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They go to a room on the south side DOWNSTAIRS. It stays warmer and it is
easier to light up for plant growing. Coasters don't do well up and
downstairs.

Dwayne

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Dwayne wrote:

The only thing you did wrong was to not pot it in a larger pot. The

larger
the pot, the bigger the plant grows.

You don't want to get too big of a pot, or you wont be able to handle

it.
May you are lucky enough to not have to bring them in during winter

months,
but we have to. It really gets to be a chore.

Have fun. Dwayne


For big pots, put castors on the bottom, & just roll them where
you want.

Minteeleaf



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