Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Propagating Lemon Seeds: Can You Grow A Lemon Tree Seed

By Amy Grant I would venture to say that we all grasp the concept that seed planting yields produce. Most of us probably buy prepackaged seeds from the local nursery or online, but did you realize that you can harvest your own seeds from fruits and vegetables to propagate? How about citrus fruits? Can you grow a lemon tree from seed, for example? Can You Grow a Lemon Tree From Seed? Yes, indeed. Propagating lemon seeds is a relatively easy process, although you may need to pack your patience and realize that you may not get the exact same lemon from your experiment in lemon seed propagation. Commercially grafted citrus trees are identical to the parent tree and fruit within 2-3 years. However, trees produced via seed are not carbon copies of the parent and may take 5 or more years to fruit, with the resulting fruit generally inferior to

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