My lemon seedling is now 30 years old as of this year. I had started it back in 1994, and I haven't even had not one flower yet on my tree. I have put it in a larger pot (about a 30-gallon mineral bucket) at the beginning of spring this year. I am hoping it might have some this next spring when I bring it back out.
well! I guess I won't hold out hope for my 10 year old! Will take a cutting off the top, let it grow and take a cutting of that, etc. Until maybe it blooms. My lemon tree is as pretty as a ficus or most other houseplant trees.
Hey 🎉that is amazing to have that much patience. Try music. I played frequencies in my mom's home because she was not well. She had a lemon tree for like 7years and nothing. I played music for my mom for 6months straight. And all of a sudden we saw little buds. We were so excited. We brought it to a garden center and they told us everything we would need to help the process. Make a long story short. Implemented all needed for growth. We moved to a property mom recovered fully. Put up a green house and now she has lemons she passes out as gifts 😂
I love these updates. I somewhat regret selling my 3 year-old seedling lemon but I still have clones of it. I don't have the same feeling about the clones because they weren't grown from seed. Fortunately I have have other seedling lemons that I didn't sell. There is something special about growing from seed. I enjoy the process of taking it from a tiny seed to a hefty tree with bark and branches. It's very satisfying and you get a sense of accomplishment that you'll never get from a clone or grafted plant. Thanks for the update, Chad. I appreciate you keeping up with it. Btw, I'm going to attempt putting a Chicago Hardy fig in the ground in a zone 6a/b with a heavy mulch layer based on your style.
I have several citruses inside my home all of them from seeds. I live in Michigan. I keep the temperature inside between 57-65. To feed the trees, I use all kitchen scraps and compost tea. I keep them in a much more smaller containers than you. They are between 5-8 years of age. Also have (inside my house) mango, avocado, pineapple, papaya and passion fruits. I use the leaves for teas and cooking.
I have yet to find a single video of someone with a fruiting citrus tree from seed. I'm a stubborn one though, I planted some meyer lemon seeds and one sprouted 2 trees (1 will be true to seed, 1 will be a hybrid of some sort). The hybrid will be my baby and the others will either be root stock for grafting or meyer lemon tree's, I'm growing some from cuttings as well so only the hybrid gets to be my baby. My first baby was a rose cutting from a celebrities vacation home that the gardener told me was the hardest rose to regrow and challenged me, I grew two in no time and told myself I should grow more plants if I'm this natural at it.
I germinated a seed from a store bought lemon in England four or five years ago and took it with me when I moved out to Cyprus , Europe. It's around five feet tall, in the ground in my garden and it's flowering for the first time now. I'm in the equivalent of US Zone 10b, frost free and the tree loves it. I'm hoping it will form fruit, I can't wait to see what I'll get. Some of it's leaves are standard lemon tree shaped but others look like pomelo leaves. There's not much scent coming from the leaves but the flowers smell fantastic. Fingers crossed I'll get something edible, ornamental or both )
@@ziggybender9125 Hi Ziggy, I gave it a basic 20-20-20 once a month throughout the growing season last year. This spring Ive been feeding it with David the Good's fetid swamp water and it seems to love it. It's shot out eight inches of growth all over the tree and more flowers are developing too.
I also like growing citrus from seed however i would do more than 1 if possible because you want a fast grower if you are out of it's natural grow zone the difference is 10 years for slow and 5 years for fast.. After 1 season of growing you can almost always tell them apart... Give the others you don't have room for away if you don't want to cull them. My 3 year slow grower got out grown by a 1 year fast grower
Labor of love. Good for you. I do have 1 lemon tree from seed. It have been pruned last winter for the 1st time. The seed came from a co-worker lemon. It was a huge lemon and decided to plant it because we were impressed by the size. It was in the pot and later transplanted into the ground. It's estimated to by 5 or 6 year old tree. It's around 5 to 6 feet tall. Since I became the primary care taker now, it has the best growth last year. I'm not impress by the side branches. I find it to be weak and too many. Thus, it was pruned to let more air in and to strengthen the bigger branches. This Spring, the bimbo bees are flying around the tree. Do they know something I don't know? I don't see any flower yet.
It’s important to let seed grown trees grow past the juvenile phase. If we keep pruning them to keep them short, they will never get past the juvenile phase. Hence, will not Have fruit. Let them grow past a certain number of nodes and they will produce fruit. Hope this helps
If it were not for seed propagation, the discovery of new cultivars/varieties would quickly stagnate. Seed propagation gives rise to genetic variability (good for discovering new varieties/cultivars), whereas vegetative propagation (cuttings/cloning, tissue culture, grafting, airlayering/marcotting) are good for replicating a specific cultivar/variety). I think that the time taken for seed-grown citrus to mature and become capable of flowering and fruiting all depends on the citrus species and variety in question. It can be as little as 3 years in some citrus species and cultivars, and as long as 20 years in others. The characteristics and qualities of the fruit from a seed-grown citrus may (or may not) be quite different from that of the parent tree. It might taste a bit different. More (or less) sweet or acidic. The fruit might be larger or smaller. The shape of the fruit might be different. The peel might be thinner or thicker.
Considering how many videos there are on citrus from seed and how happy any of those video creators would be to make an update video on their tree making it's first fruit, it says a lot that no one has a video on a fruiting citrus from seed.
You should graft a ... just kidding. Thanks for the update. I have several seed grown fruit trees I am playing with. Most of the world grows fruit from seeds they get in their food...keep on growing!
I had a grapefruit tree that I started from seed. It had thorns and produced fruit. The thorns were really bad. The oil on them would be painful if scratched.
People that don't like Miracle-Gro don't like it because of the products, but because of the company behind it. I will never buy miracle-gro for the same reason I never biy Nestlé products. Buying them is like approving the behavior and the company and I would rater die.
I like miracle Gro, but not for my citrus. It’s good for the first few months but then it compact and decompose. In winter, it hold too much water. Definitely not for citrus growing in cold climates.
I planted a seed last year and I got 2 plants from the same seed. I wanted to separate them but they're growing fine together and I don't want to damage them. What should I do? Should i keep one plant or separate them?
Did anyone succeed in flowering and fruiting a lemon tree from seedling? I have been growing a few lemon trees from seeds for 3 years and I like them. However, some say they will never flower forever and others say they will flower after decades. I really don't know which is correct. Please tell ne if someone succeed in flowering from a seed. Thank you 😂
Yes, lemon trees grown from seeds can flower and fruit, typically taking 4 to 15 years. Proper care, including sunlight, well-draining soil, regular watering, and fertilization, is essential. With patience and favorable conditions, success is possible.
I'm sorry bud. I have dozens of seed grown lemon trees that have flowerd and fruited in under 5yrs. A few flowered in 4yrs but the fruit fell that same yr. I am in zone 6b nj and i now know it Completely depends on the seed as Every seed is different.
Same experience... I'm nj zone 7 by the coast. Anyone trying this should grow more than 1 because sometimes it will be a slow grower and take 10 years or you can get a fast grower and take 5 years in my zone... I have mostly mandarins but the one that grew fast was 2 years younger when it past the slow grower and put out flowers .every seed is different and if you are out of its natural grow zone you definitely want a fast grower
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My lemon seedling is now 30 years old as of this year. I had started it back in 1994, and I haven't even had not one flower yet on my tree. I have put it in a larger pot (about a 30-gallon mineral bucket) at the beginning of spring this year. I am hoping it might have some this next spring when I bring it back out.
well! I guess I won't hold out hope for my 10 year old! Will take a cutting off the top, let it grow and take a cutting of that, etc. Until maybe it blooms. My lemon tree is as pretty as a ficus or most other houseplant trees.
Hey 🎉that is amazing to have that much patience. Try music. I played frequencies in my mom's home because she was not well. She had a lemon tree for like 7years and nothing. I played music for my mom for 6months straight. And all of a sudden we saw little buds. We were so excited. We brought it to a garden center and they told us everything we would need to help the process. Make a long story short. Implemented all needed for growth. We moved to a property mom recovered fully. Put up a green house and now she has lemons she passes out as gifts 😂
I have a 10 year old orange tree from seed and it's basically the most important plant ill ever own...
I love these updates. I somewhat regret selling my 3 year-old seedling lemon but I still have clones of it. I don't have the same feeling about the clones because they weren't grown from seed. Fortunately I have have other seedling lemons that I didn't sell. There is something special about growing from seed. I enjoy the process of taking it from a tiny seed to a hefty tree with bark and branches. It's very satisfying and you get a sense of accomplishment that you'll never get from a clone or grafted plant.
Thanks for the update, Chad. I appreciate you keeping up with it. Btw, I'm going to attempt putting a Chicago Hardy fig in the ground in a zone 6a/b with a heavy mulch layer based on your style.
I have several citruses inside my home all of them from seeds. I live in Michigan. I keep the temperature inside between 57-65. To feed the trees, I use all kitchen scraps and compost tea. I keep them in a much more smaller containers than you. They are between 5-8 years of age. Also have (inside my house) mango, avocado, pineapple, papaya and passion fruits. I use the leaves for teas and cooking.
I have yet to find a single video of someone with a fruiting citrus tree from seed. I'm a stubborn one though, I planted some meyer lemon seeds and one sprouted 2 trees (1 will be true to seed, 1 will be a hybrid of some sort). The hybrid will be my baby and the others will either be root stock for grafting or meyer lemon tree's, I'm growing some from cuttings as well so only the hybrid gets to be my baby. My first baby was a rose cutting from a celebrities vacation home that the gardener told me was the hardest rose to regrow and challenged me, I grew two in no time and told myself I should grow more plants if I'm this natural at it.
I germinated a seed from a store bought lemon in England four or five years ago and took it with me when I moved out to Cyprus , Europe. It's around five feet tall, in the ground in my garden and it's flowering for the first time now. I'm in the equivalent of US Zone 10b, frost free and the tree loves it. I'm hoping it will form fruit, I can't wait to see what I'll get. Some of it's leaves are standard lemon tree shaped but others look like pomelo leaves. There's not much scent coming from the leaves but the flowers smell fantastic. Fingers crossed I'll get something edible, ornamental or both )
@@martinmurphy9679 Sounds exciting! How often did you fertilize it and what did you use?
@@ziggybender9125 Hi Ziggy, I gave it a basic 20-20-20 once a month throughout the growing season last year. This spring Ive been feeding it with David the Good's fetid swamp water and it seems to love it. It's shot out eight inches of growth all over the tree and more flowers are developing too.
@@martinmurphy9679 Ok thanks
There's a few videos on here where people have tons of seed grown citrus producing fruit but ofc they are in ground huge trees
I also like growing citrus from seed however i would do more than 1 if possible because you want a fast grower if you are out of it's natural grow zone the difference is 10 years for slow and 5 years for fast..
After 1 season of growing you can almost always tell them apart...
Give the others you don't have room for away if you don't want to cull them. My 3 year slow grower got out grown by a 1 year fast grower
Labor of love. Good for you. I do have 1 lemon tree from seed. It have been pruned last winter for the 1st time. The seed came from a co-worker lemon. It was a huge lemon and decided to plant it because we were impressed by the size. It was in the pot and later transplanted into the ground. It's estimated to by 5 or 6 year old tree. It's around 5 to 6 feet tall. Since I became the primary care taker now, it has the best growth last year. I'm not impress by the side branches. I find it to be weak and too many. Thus, it was pruned to let more air in and to strengthen the bigger branches. This Spring, the bimbo bees are flying around the tree. Do they know something I don't know? I don't see any flower yet.
You should try to cut back on the water to stress the tree out trim it back like crazy then see if if it fruits maybe change your fertilizer up.
It’s important to let seed grown trees grow past the juvenile phase. If we keep pruning them to keep them short, they will never get past the juvenile phase. Hence, will not
Have fruit. Let them grow past a certain number of nodes and they will produce fruit. Hope this helps
Oh, you could craft something onto at the branches and have other fruit being made? And that might cause it to go ahead and make fruit
If it were not for seed propagation, the discovery of new cultivars/varieties would quickly stagnate. Seed propagation gives rise to genetic variability (good for discovering new varieties/cultivars), whereas vegetative propagation (cuttings/cloning, tissue culture, grafting, airlayering/marcotting) are good for replicating a specific cultivar/variety). I think that the time taken for seed-grown citrus to mature and become capable of flowering and fruiting all depends on the citrus species and variety in question. It can be as little as 3 years in some citrus species and cultivars, and as long as 20 years in others. The characteristics and qualities of the fruit from a seed-grown citrus may (or may not) be quite different from that of the parent tree. It might taste a bit different. More (or less) sweet or acidic. The fruit might be larger or smaller. The shape of the fruit might be different. The peel might be thinner or thicker.
Considering how many videos there are on citrus from seed and how happy any of those video creators would be to make an update video on their tree making it's first fruit, it says a lot that no one has a video on a fruiting citrus from seed.
I have a Valencia orange tree here in oregon I planted 8 years ago, no fruit I've kept it really small
Make sure you are fertilizing and giving it 6-8 hours of sunlight a day.
You can cut off the thorns, and they won’t grow back
You should graft a ... just kidding. Thanks for the update. I have several seed grown fruit trees I am playing with. Most of the world grows fruit from seeds they get in their food...keep on growing!
I had a grapefruit tree that I started from seed. It had thorns and produced fruit. The thorns were really bad. The oil on them would be painful if scratched.
People that don't like Miracle-Gro don't like it because of the products, but because of the company behind it. I will never buy miracle-gro for the same reason I never biy Nestlé products. Buying them is like approving the behavior and the company and I would rater die.
Any solution my Persian lime droop all leaf and the tips is brown
It would probably make fruit now if you just fertilized bloom booster
I like miracle Gro, but not for my citrus. It’s good for the first few months but then it compact and decompose. In winter, it hold too much water. Definitely not for citrus growing in cold climates.
I planted a seed last year and I got 2 plants from the same seed. I wanted to separate them but they're growing fine together and I don't want to damage them. What should I do? Should i keep one plant or separate them?
Citrus can be what you call polyembryonic which means the strongest seedling will be a direct clone of the parent plant
Did anyone succeed in flowering and fruiting a lemon tree from seedling? I have been growing a few lemon trees from seeds for 3 years and I like them. However, some say they will never flower forever and others say they will flower after decades. I really don't know which is correct. Please tell ne if someone succeed in flowering from a seed. Thank you 😂
Yes, lemon trees grown from seeds can flower and fruit, typically taking 4 to 15 years. Proper care, including sunlight, well-draining soil, regular watering, and fertilization, is essential. With patience and favorable conditions, success is possible.
I'm sorry bud. I have dozens of seed grown lemon trees that have flowerd and fruited in under 5yrs. A few flowered in 4yrs but the fruit fell that same yr. I am in zone 6b nj and i now know it Completely depends on the seed as Every seed is different.
Absolutely! Thanks for watching! Means a lot. 😀
Same experience...
I'm nj zone 7 by the coast.
Anyone trying this should grow more than 1 because sometimes it will be a slow grower and take 10 years or you can get a fast grower and take 5 years in my zone...
I have mostly mandarins but the one that grew fast was 2 years younger when it past the slow grower and put out flowers .every seed is different and if you are out of its natural grow zone you definitely want a fast grower