Are you planning to grow lemon tree from seed? And looking for a perfect guide? Then this is the right place where you can get step by step guides and caring tips about growing lemon plants.

Lemon is one of the most famous citrus fruits that has plenty of nutrition’s and medicine values. By consuming lemon fruit in various forms such as juice and pickles, we humans are getting many health benefits.

Seed Selection

The first and basic step to grow lemon tree from seed at home in a pot or container is selecting the perfect seeds. People can also grow lemon plants from cuttings but the best and efficient way is growing from seeds.

Simply cut down the fruit and collect the seeds but just keep one thing in mind that all seeds will not germinate, so you have to take minimum 5 seeds and keep them in shade for 3 days to make them dry.

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Growing Methods

There are many ways to grow lemon from seeds, the first method is the paper towel method. In this method you should remove the white outer skin of the seed and place it in the tissue paper and fold it, spray some water and keep the towel in an airtight container. You will definitely see the sprouts at day 7 and get small saplings at day 10.

You can also sow the seeds directly in the soil, that will also give you better results. The main advantage in this method is we just go parallel with nature.

Soil Mix

A health soil mix is the basic thing which will help the plant to grow bigger and healthier. Take garden soil and max mix with any organic manures like well composted cow dung manure or goat manure and also add some micro nutricines like phosphobacteria and add it with the soil mix to avoid any root related issues.

Take the mixer of garden soil, compost and coir pith or coco pith in the ratio of 40:40:30 so that the plant will get all the needed nutrients.

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Plant the Seedlings

Once you have the seedlings, take them out with care, without any damage to the roots and baby leaves. Keep the plant in shade for a week so that the baby plant will get adopted to the place and surroundings.

Plant every seedling in the distance of 5 to 10 feets so that the plants will grow bigger without any struggles. The most important thing to keep in mind is watering, water minimum once in 3 days at starting times to avoid the loss of the plants.

Flowering and Fruiting

We have to add fertilizers and growth boosters once in every month to get good results and yield. The lemon tree will start blooming in 3 to 6 years when we are growing from seed but the rooting system of the plant will be perfect and that helps to give more yield in the future.

When comparing both lemon plants grows from seeds and cuttings, the plants that grow from cuttings can give fruits soon but the seeds grown plants will be the perfect choice for long term planting.