{"id":13492,"date":"2022-02-15T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/?p=13492"},"modified":"2022-02-15T11:46:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:46:05","slug":"can-you-grow-a-lemon-tree-from-a-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2022\/02\/can-you-grow-a-lemon-tree-from-a-seed.html","title":{"rendered":"Can You Grow a Lemon Tree from a Seed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’ve ever wondered can you grow a lemon tree from a seed, the answer is yes, you can. But it takes patience and time to coax the tree into producing fruit. In the meantime, you’ll have to tend a tree that wants to grow into six, seven or more feet tall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the story of my lemon tree…which today, produced its first lemon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first baby lemon!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The History of My Lemon Tree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Longtime readers of Home Garden Joy will recognize the lemon tree in these pictures. I grew it from a seed taken from a plain old lemon purchased at the local Walmart. I just wanted to see if I could grow it into a tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lemon seedlings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lemon trees…September 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A small tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Four feet tall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And grow it did! That tiny seedling has grown into a six-foot tall tree that we haul in and out of the house each fall and spring. Right now, it is by a sunny southern window in the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Lemon Tree’s Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n