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Growing a Lemon Tree from Seeds, the Update

July 17, 2014 by Jeanne

lemon trees

A quick update on my experiment of growing a lemon tree from seeds….
Lemon tree – very pretty! Okay, so now that I’ve planted THAT particular song in your head, take a look at my baby lemon trees, above. In May, I planted several seeds from lemons purchased at the supermarket. The results, above, speak for themselves. Yes, you can grow lemon trees from lemon seeds. 
My husband keeps looking at them and asking me, “Yes, but what will you do with them?” It’s a great question. Lemon trees can’t grow outdoors year ’round here in Virginia. They really do need a tropical climate. I saw them growing on people’s front lawns, along with orange and grapefruit trees, in San Diego when I was there on a business trip many years ago, and I know they grow freely in Florida, too. But the cold winters here in Virginia will kill them. And I don’t think these are dwarf varieties!
For now, my plan is to keep them growing as long as possible outdoors, then I will move them to the bright, warm, sunny spot in my office. How to keep the cats from investigating them will be another challenge. The cats have now been banished from the plant room because Genghis Khan kitty keeps knocking my cactus plant over. I finally figured out what he’s doing – he’s rubbing his chin along the spines. Now why, of all the places he could scent mark in this house, he has to choose my cactus, I’ll never know. But I’m tired of repotting my cactus and I bet the cactus is darned tired of it, too.
I love my little lemon trees. I feel like a mad scientist trying all these experiments. We now have some cherry pits cooling in the refrigerator, in the hopes of planting more cherry trees here on the farm next year. I’ll let you know how that experiment goes, too! You can indeed grow a lemon tree from seeds.
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  1. Gardener on Sherlock Street

    July 18, 2014 at

    They look great!

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  1. Growing Lemon Trees from Seeds, an Update | Home and Garden Joy says:
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    […] A few months ago, I decided to save some seeds from a grocery story lemon and see if I could grow them into lemon trees. Not only did they sprout, but they’ve grown into healthy little trees! […]

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