Citrus Species,Common Lemon

A nice Citrus plant. I got one of these from a supermarket for a cheap price earlier in the year. The plant itself flowers profusely here...Read More, even in our cool climate. At first I found the developing fruits would fall off, before they had a chance to develop, but I think this was down to the shock of going from warm to cool conditions. Now the developing fruits don't fall prematurely. These fruits might take a long time to develop here (maybe a year or so), but the fruits are very long lasting indeed on the tree.

The climate doesn't really allow this to be grown outside in the ground here. Maybe a few winters it can stay outside in particularly mild winters, but as a whole, an indoor winter plant around here.

I have found growing citrus from seed to be an easy and rewarding endeavor. I plant seeds in the spring, and leave them to sprout and gr...Read Moreow outside, on a back deck with a northwest exposure. In September they come inside and over-winter in a south-facing picture window. A lemon seed planted in spring 2008 has two main trunks, has many branches, and is 3ft tall, after having both main branches topped in their first year. My home is heated with radiators, not forced-air, so my humitidy remains high throughout the winter, and they get misted with a diluted Neem Oil solution daily. It is losing some leaves (1-3 a week) but is also putting out several new branches, and the dropped leaves are older. Overall, if you treat them right, and have a sunny window, they make easy houseplants.

I have a lemon that was planted by seed about 15 years ago.It grew very large and have very large fuit ,but it took years before it had f...Read Moreruit it was worth the wait because we save money and it makes delicious lemonade.

I planted some lemon seeds last month; kept the pot on a seedling mat. Seedlings are about 2 inches tall now. I had an orange tree that d...Read Moreropped all of its leaves last year; the plant ended up not having enough water. I moved it into my classroom, the leaves grew back, and the tree bloomed (but dropped every single fruit). Looking forward to it blooming again this spring!