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Potted lemon Plant

ManishapatelhomeManishapatelhome Posts: 11
in Fruit & veg
I ordered seeds and followed the instructions the seeds and they have not bloomed, i dont know what im doing wrong can anyone help? i ordered these online, soaked them and left them in sand for a month then planted them in soil, they have not even come up

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Were these from EBay?   I’m afraid they’re sometimes not a reliable source of seeds.
    You can grow little lemon trees from the pips in your lemons that you use in cooking. Just put them in a pot of gritty compost and keep them on your windowsill keeping the soil just damp not too wet. You can also grow oranges and grapefruit.  They’ll usually produce small beautifully scented flowers within a year or two but you’re unlikely to get much in the way of fruit. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ManishapatelhomeManishapatelhome Posts: 11
    yes from ebay, i realised that when i saw them!!
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Sowing pips from shop bought lemons would have been less of a lottery.  I suggest you invest in a pot grown lemon plant which will produce fruit if well cared for. 

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/fruit/citrus will help with that.

    I have a Meyer lemon tree which is, so far, still small and compact but has a dozen fruits this year and more to come as the blossom is already forming.

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=437 

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    If buying a plant try a lime. They can be grown indoors are almost evergreen and flower all year so fruits available every couple of months not seasonally.😁
  • PhaidraPhaidra Posts: 582
    My lemon tree did very well till it got too heave to bring in for the winter!
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    That's the blessing of a lime. No in out and can be pruned to wanted size. As long as it has light and not allowed to go below 5° with year round feed it just keeps producing.😁
  • ManishapatelhomeManishapatelhome Posts: 11
    im keeping mine indoors and see what happens im hoping that something will x
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Manishapatelhome said:
    im keeping mine indoors and see what happens im hoping that something will x
    You would do better buying a lemon from the supermarket, pop about 3 or 4 pips in a small flower pot, keep damp not wet, they will germinate quite quickly if you keep them indoors in the warm. I’ve got two lovely little plants from pips I sowed in the Spring. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Don't want to disappoint you manisha, but there's a good chance nothing will grow. Those seeds may not even be seeds   :/

    Try Dove and Lyn's advice and just by a couple of fruits from a supermarket and sow the pips. More likely to get success that way  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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