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Lemon seeds to seedlings: seedless lemons?
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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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 "Frogleg" wrote in message ... 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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Lemon seeds to seedlings: seedless lemons?
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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Lemon seeds to seedlings: seedless lemons?
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 "Minteeleaf" wrote in message ... 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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