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Growing seeds from Limes
How would one go about grow plants from the seeds you find in limes?
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Growing seeds from Limes
In article , GrimReaper wrote:
How would one go about grow plants from the seeds you find in limes? Much like the ones you find in lemons or oranges :-) I recommend sterilising them and some kitchen roll in diluted bleach, germinating them on that (kept only just damp) in a small container covered with cling film. As soon as they have germinated, plant them in well-drained ericaceous compost and keep damp, warm and light. But do NOT overwater or overheat them. I am not good at growing seeds directly in compost, which is why I do them that way :-( Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Growing seeds from Limes
Nick
Thanks for your reply but can you do what you suggest straight from the fruit or do you have to dry the seeds out first? Regards GrimReaper --- All Outgoing mail is checked by AVG Anti Virus Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.522 / Virus Database: 320 - Release Date: 29/09/03 |
Growing seeds from Limes
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from "GrimReaper" contains these words: How would one go about grow plants from the seeds you find in limes? Oy! Have I an alter-ego? Do you mean the fruits? Ickle green lemony things? Got any to spare? Remove pips from fruit. Wash them. Plant them ¼" to ½" deep in seed compost, and water with a fungicide like Murphy's - um - Dynacap? - it's downstairs locked up in the shed and I CBA to go down and look - or what I did once, covered with Mycil ointment. Don't use the fungicide more than twice. You'll have to keep them fairly warm, moist but not too wet. Do not allow the frost to get at them. I've grown ten lemon seedlings and one from a supposedly seedless satsuma this year. -- Grim Reaper Oh thou! Whatever title suit thee, Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie. (Burns) |
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Growing seeds from Limes
In article , GrimReaper wrote:
Nick Thanks for your reply but can you do what you suggest straight from the fruit or do you have to dry the seeds out first? Generally, don't dry out the seeds of fleshy fruit before planting them, though there are exceptions. I believe that citrus germinate best fresh. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Growing seeds from Limes
Thank you for your replies. I will have a go.
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Growing seeds from Limes
Do you mean the fruits? Ickle green lemony things?
Yes Got any to spare? I only have 6 that I got from a Lime in Cyprus recently Regards GrimReaper --- All Outgoing mail is checked by AVG Anti Virus Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.522 / Virus Database: 320 - Release Date: 29/09/03 |
Growing seeds from Limes
"R. McGeddon" wrote in message ... The message from "GrimReaper" contains these words: How would one go about grow plants from the seeds you find in limes? Oy! Have I an alter-ego? Do you mean the fruits? Ickle green lemony things? Got any to spare? Remove pips from fruit. Wash them. Plant them ¼" to ½" deep in seed compost, and water with a fungicide like Murphy's - um - Dynacap? - it's downstairs locked up in the shed and I CBA to go down and look - or what I did once, covered with Mycil ointment. Don't use the fungicide more than twice. You'll have to keep them fairly warm, moist but not too wet. Do not allow the frost to get at them. I've grown ten lemon seedlings and one from a supposedly seedless satsuma this year. I would have thought that that was a biological impossibility, even if the satsuma did have some seed. Franz |
Growing seeds from Limes
"GrimReaper" wrote in message ... Do you mean the fruits? Ickle green lemony things? Yes Got any to spare? I only have 6 that I got from a Lime in Cyprus recently My wife buys limes weekly at Sainsbury's. Why go toCyprus for them? Franz |
Growing seeds from Limes
In article , "Franz Heymann" writes: | | My wife buys limes weekly at Sainsbury's. Why go toCyprus for them? Because almost all of the limes sold in this country are seedless. Look at a few and see! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Growing seeds from Limes
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , "Franz Heymann" writes: | | My wife buys limes weekly at Sainsbury's. Why go toCyprus for them? Because almost all of the limes sold in this country are seedless. Look at a few and see! True. You only get the occasional one with a seed or two. So Grim Reaper goes to Cyprus simply to purchase a lime pip? Franz |
Growing seeds from Limes
"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... "R. McGeddon" wrote in message ... The message from "GrimReaper" contains these words: How would one go about grow plants from the seeds you find in limes? Oy! Have I an alter-ego? Do you mean the fruits? Ickle green lemony things? Got any to spare? Remove pips from fruit. Wash them. Plant them ¼" to ½" deep in seed compost, and water with a fungicide like Murphy's - um - Dynacap? - it's downstairs locked up in the shed and I CBA to go down and look - or what I did once, covered with Mycil ointment. Don't use the fungicide more than twice. You'll have to keep them fairly warm, moist but not too wet. Do not allow the frost to get at them. I've grown ten lemon seedlings and one from a supposedly seedless satsuma this year. I would have thought that that was a biological impossibility, even if the satsuma did have some seed. Apologies. Advancing senility caused me to misread the lines to which I posted that nonsensical reply. Franz |
Growing seeds from Limes
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , "Franz Heymann" writes: | | My wife buys limes weekly at Sainsbury's. Why go toCyprus for them? Because almost all of the limes sold in this country are seedless. Look at a few and see! True. You only get the occasional one with a seed or two. So Grim Reaper goes to Cyprus simply to purchase a lime pip? Franz |
Growing seeds from Limes
"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... "R. McGeddon" wrote in message ... The message from "GrimReaper" contains these words: How would one go about grow plants from the seeds you find in limes? Oy! Have I an alter-ego? Do you mean the fruits? Ickle green lemony things? Got any to spare? Remove pips from fruit. Wash them. Plant them ¼" to ½" deep in seed compost, and water with a fungicide like Murphy's - um - Dynacap? - it's downstairs locked up in the shed and I CBA to go down and look - or what I did once, covered with Mycil ointment. Don't use the fungicide more than twice. You'll have to keep them fairly warm, moist but not too wet. Do not allow the frost to get at them. I've grown ten lemon seedlings and one from a supposedly seedless satsuma this year. I would have thought that that was a biological impossibility, even if the satsuma did have some seed. Apologies. Advancing senility caused me to misread the lines to which I posted that nonsensical reply. Franz |
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