The agrotechnology of growing citrus fruits in a room is complex. You should start with lemon, growing and caring for it at home is easier than for other sissies. You can buy a young bush, or you can grow it, starting from sowing a seed or rooting a cuttings. With all favorable conditions from a plant from a seed, a crop can be obtained in 20 years, from a cuttings in 7-8. But a lemon from a stone at home will be more fit, healthy, beautiful with its dark shiny foliage. It can be grafted with a shoot from a fruiting lemon, which will speed up flowering. The choice is for the amateur.
What kind of care does a room lemon require at home?
Lemon is a tree in indoor conditions he also wants to grow. There are several varieties that breeders have accustomed to indoor keeping. But they rebel if the departure is wrong. Before planting a seed, you need to know that only indoor varieties can share a home with a person. These include:
- Pavlovsky;
- Anniversary;
- Mayer.
These varieties are distinguished by a quick entry into fruiting and high productivity when caring for lemon at home. When buying a ready-made varietal seedling, you need to wait for flowering in two or three years.
Room lemon at good care lives up to 30 years. Lemon after tying is poured for 9 months, but after it continues to increase in size, but becomes tasteless and thick-skinned.
It is important not to allow the flower to weaken and to cut off the buds until there are 20 leaves on the bush. Scientists believe that 9-10 leaves are fed to each fruit. mature age... Depending on the number of leaves, you need to leave the harvest. For the same reason, you need to protect the leaves from shedding, with which the plant protests when it is uncomfortable. At the same time, pruning of the tops of the branches is mandatory in order to form new shoots, which means to increase the number of leaves. Therefore, plant care is carried out on the verge of knowledge and intuition. 
Optimal conditions for lemon care
Only if you have a spacious, bright room can you count on creating a citrus garden. Even being in a constant place, the tree does not like to be moved. And for uniform development, it is rotated a few degrees after 10 days, so that a full revolution is obtained in a year:
- There must be at least two meters from the stand to the ceiling.
- Can't stand dry air. Optimum 70% humidity. This means keeping the plant away from the heating battery, having a humidifier or an aquarium, equipping the moisture zone with any in an accessible way and often spray the leaves with a fine spray.
- In summer, it is useful for a lemon to be under the sun for 2 hours, but not longer. Therefore, the morning sun on the east window is just right for him. In winter, lemon growing and home care should be arranged 5-6 hours.
- The content temperature for lemon should be between 14 and 27 degrees. During the flowering period, the lemon needs coolness.
- The watering schedule in summer is very busy. The pot is watered twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, soaking the clod completely. Due to good drainage, stagnation of water does not occur. There should be a drip tray underneath. For irrigation, soft settled water is used.
The temperature should not change dramatically. If the plant is brought in with cold veranda v warm room, it will shed the foliage. The ground in the barrel is cold, and the leaves are warm! In winter, you need to find the coldest corner of your home for a lemon. Without a full dormant period, flowering will subsequently be scarce.
Of great importance in caring for a lemon is its formation, keeping it in growth with systematic pruning and pinching of the green cone. The deepest pruning is done in the spring. 5-6 live leaves are left on the branches, the rest are removed, from which material is obtained for the propagation of lemon by cuttings.
Diseases and pests of lemon
When caring for lemon at home, and growing it, you need to know the signs of disease in order to quickly correct the mistakes made. Often the plant needs moisture, which can be determined:
- from above the earth is gray, in the hands of a lump crumbles;
- the pot, when patted, makes a ringing sound;
- the leaves curled up into a tube, and the tops drooped.
As a result, after a while, the leaves, flowers and ovaries will begin to fall off.
If the plant does not receive feeding, the leaves become light, flowering stops, the ovaries begin to fall off. But the same signs and with excessive fertilization. Therefore, it is necessary to follow the recommended doses and instructions on how to take care of lemon at home.
If the plant has not been transplanted for a long time and the land has not been changed, fertilizing watering may not save it. The earth has compacted, the irrigation water has made passages in the thickness and is drained, not completely wetting the volume.
As a result of errors in care, a weakened plant is colonized by insect pests or fungal and bactericidal diseases appear.
Various citrus diseases are specific, they are called:
- xylopsorosis and tristera - viral incurable;
- gommosis - infectious when the trunk of a tree is affected;
- malseko - infectious, begins with reddening of the leaves, the tree dies;
- root rot - fungal disease, it is required to remove damaged parts and transplant into new soil.
The cause of any disease is improper care behind the plant. And even if the tree does not bear fruit, it has the same diseases.
How to grow lemon at home
The selection of the container for the plant and the substrate is of great importance. The container must have good drainage holes. The root system of the lemon is compact, the young plant treats the annual transplant well, therefore, create conditions for acidification of the soil in big pot not worth it. For older plants, the land is changed less often, but the top fertile layer is renewed annually.
Composition of the earth:
- deciduous humus - 2 parts;
- humus from cattle - 1 part;
- washed river sand - 1 part;
- - 0.25 pieces.
At the bottom, lay out a layer of charcoal mixed with expanded clay, add vermiculite to the substrate for friability. Transplant plants after the grown lemon roots are wrapped around a clod of earth, using the transshipment method.
When pruning a lemon tree, a lot of planting material and twigs remained. Cuttings will be made from them if you pinch off a couple of leaves from below and put a green twig in the water. Further, the cutting takes root in the substrate in a small volume. How to care for lemon cuttings? After the cutting has given a leafy growth, it is kept as adult plant... At a height of 25 cm, the top of the plant is pinched, limiting growth. The resulting central and side shoots in the amount of 4 pieces are left, the rest are cut off on the ring.
Lateral shoots are grown 25 cm and pinched again, repeating the operations as for the first time. A bush is formed twice more, as a result, enough leaves are obtained on a round tree, and flower buds are laid on the branches. The lemon is ready to bear fruit, it has gained enough strength to feed the pouring fruits.
Seed propagation of lemon is a lengthy process. The resulting seedling must be grafted to get a fruiting tree. Wildlife will develop for a long time, bloom little and the quality of the lemons obtained will be poor. Therefore, a grown plant needs to be grafted by budding or into splitting in order to get a cultivated tree.
A seedling without grafting will make an excellent ornamental tree with good disease resistance. It is necessary to form the crown so that the bush is neat and does not stretch with branches, taking up a large space.
Lemon planting and caring video
Lemon tree - citrus evergreen perennial that grows in a subtropical climate, and therefore does not tolerate frost. Growth of a lemon tree in warm climates occurs year-round, the plant is medium-sized, reaches a height of 8 m in open ground... Meet and dwarf varieties up to 3 m. Thermophilicity and relative unpretentiousness allows you to successfully grow lemon at home. A lemon tree at home, with proper care, will bear fruit and can grow to large sizes.
Many domesticated, specially grown lemon varieties can bear fruit all year round and have a small crown size. These varieties (the most famous Pavlovsky variety) allow you to get a small harvest of lemons at home on a regular basis. And several plants will be able to fully provide a small family with citruses.
Planting lemon at home.
Reproduction of lemon trees is carried out in two ways: by cuttings or by seeds. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
First of all planting material you need to take it somewhere. With the seeds, everything is clear - we go to the store and buy the first fruit we like. As with growing avocados at home, the lemon fruit should be ripe, i.e. uniform yellow color. Almost all lemon fruits contain seeds. You need to take the cuttings somewhere: ask a friend who already has a homemade lemon, you can buy a seedling in the store, or, if you are lucky enough to meet it on a trip, cut a sprig of lemon growing in the open field.
Lemon planted at home from seed is stronger on its own. It grows more actively, adapts better to new conditions, is more unpretentious to diseases, the plant acquires beautiful crown, which cannot be said about trees propagated by cuttings. However, it should be borne in mind that a lemon grown from a seed will have slightly different biological characteristics than its parent tree. Planting by cuttings naturally involves 100% transfer of the parent's genetic material.
And the most important thing that can affect the choice of the method of planting lemon at home is the beginning of fruiting. A tree from a seed will begin to bloom and bear fruit at the age of 8-10 years, the cuttings method of propagation reduces this period by half.
Growing a lemon tree from seed.
Choose mature, neat seeds from the lemon fruit. Sow for fidelity several pieces at once from different fruits to exclude unripe specimens. Plant immediately after removing the seeds, in small pots or long boxes at a distance of 5 cm from each other and 3 cm from the walls. The soil should be a mixture of peat and flower land in a 1: 1 ratio, with good drainage. 
Dig in the seeds to a depth of 1 cm and maintain constant soil moisture, but without overflow. The optimum temperature for seedlings will be 18-22 degrees Celsius. Lemon sprouts at home usually appear after 2 weeks. Among the hatching lemons, select the strongest, most powerful, with the correct form... Growing up should be done by covering the sprout with a jar - to create a microclimate, in a bright place, but without direct sunlight. Remove the can once a day for a while to refresh the air around the lemon. 
After the appearance
pairs of real leaves, plant the specimens you like in separate pots, no more than 10 cm in diameter, provide drainage. Keep the roots and the peat mixture around them intact. Use a mixture of humus and flower soil to fill the pot. In this pot, the lemon should grow up to 15-20 cm, then a transplant is necessary.
Propagation of lemon by cuttings.
For cuttings, choose branches 4-5 mm thick and about 10 cm long. The cut should be made directly under the bud from below, and above the bud from above. 3-4 formed buds and 2-3 leaves should remain on the handle. It is advisable to treat the branch with a root growth stimulant, and then place it 1/2 of the length in water for 3 days. To root homemade lemon cuttings, use boxes or pots with a mixture of humus, coarse sand and flower land in equal shares. Dig the cuttings into the compacted substrate to a depth of 3 cm.The absence of roots at the first stage does not allow getting enough moisture from the soil, therefore lemon Tree needs daily spraying of the leaves. The soil should be well moistened, without water stagnation. The optimum air temperature for rooting is 20-25 degrees Celsius. Final rooting occurs after 30-45 days. The homemade lemon tree can then be transplanted into a small pot.
Growing conditions and care for homemade lemon.
The soil for growing lemon at home should have a good supply of nutrients, minerals and organic substances. A flower mix sold in stores, or soil with suburban area enriched with humus. Be sure to organize good drainage at the bottom of the pot using expanded clay or charcoal. Stagnation of water in a pot during watering is unacceptable, however, you need to ensure that the entire earthy clod receives moisture, otherwise the plant will begin to lose roots and hurt. 
Watering is carried out about 2 times a week, allowing the soil to be completely saturated with moisture, and then dry. In case of overflow and rotting of the soil, it must be completely replaced. The ideal container for growing lemon is a clay pot. Due to its moisture permeability, it helps to balance soil moisture, absorbing and evaporating excess.
Lemon is a light-loving plant, a grown tree needs direct sunlight for about 2 hours a day. Lemon at home does not tolerate rearrangement in a new place, so it is advisable to determine from the very beginning a permanent place for a home tree in a room with windows facing south. You can turn the pot of lemon to form the correct crown, but gradually, every day by small angle so that the plant has time to turn the foliage. 
Every year as it grows homemade lemon needs to be transplanted into a new pot. The new container should be slightly larger than the previous one by 1-2 cm in diameter. The old earthen lump with roots must be removed with the least damage and transferred to a larger pot, and the difference must be filled with new earth. When the pot reaches 8-10 liters in volume, the transplants can be replaced with top dressing, and the topsoil can be renewed 2 times a year.
Optimum temperature growing lemon: 18-27 degrees Celsius. Lemon, like all indoor plants, does not like drafts, especially in winter. Several times a week, it is advisable to spray homemade lemon with water to maintain a comfortable humidity. In winter, during the heating season, daily spraying is required.
To give an aesthetic look to lemon at home, you need to form a crown of the type you need. In the first year of life, the tree gives off one shoot up to 30 cm high.In the second year, before the start of active growth - in the spring, it is necessary to cut off with pruning shears or sharp knife the upper part of the shoot, leaving about 20 cm. 
This stimulates the tree to release lateral buds. Then you need to remove the lower kidneys, leaving the 3 upper ones. From them, the skeletal main branches of the crown of a homemade lemon will develop. The next year, we do the same operation with the lateral branches of the second order: we shorten them, stimulating them to lateral growth, and leave several upper buds on each. Often, after cutting off the central shoot, the lemon releases only one new sprout from above, then it is necessary to re-cut the branch together with the upper one, and if the length permits, then the second bud from the top. The lemon tree usually acquires beautiful view in the presence of main branches up to 5-6 branching levels. In the future, to maintain shape, it is enough to pinch off individual fast-growing shoots, or remove them altogether.
With proper care, a home-grown lemon will begin to bloom in a few years. To form the ovaries, transfer the pollen with a cotton swab from the anther to the sticky stamen. If a lot of fruits are tied, then some will need to be removed. Otherwise, the plant may die from exhaustion. For normal development, there should be 10-15 leaves per fruit.
Citrus tree will bring a piece of the warmth of the subtropics into the house, the aroma exuded by the leaves will provide a pleasant atmosphere in the room, and if you have patience, you can easily get your own, albeit small, harvest of lemons.
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A subtropical tree called lemon will definitely take its place in the green home corner. Everyone can grow it, provided that the bush is provided with a favorable microclimate. Learn how to plant a lemon at home, and one day it will grow to a truly large size. In addition, lemons bear fruit actively. If you follow the basic care recommendations, your tree will bear fruit throughout the year.
Lemon planting is carried out in two common methods: cuttings or seeds. Each of the methods has its own advantages and disadvantages, but it is equally widely used by domestic growers. To plant a lemon at home wisely, it is worth considering both technologies. This way, you can choose the method that works best for you.
By bone
How to plant a lemon tree correctly using seeds - this is often asked by flower growers who are faced with such a need for the first time. First of all, you need to select high-quality seed. Take only large seeds for planting. Direct planting of grains into the ground is carried out in stages:
- v flower pot use a substrate specially designed for planting citrus plants;
- sow lemon seeds into the ground;
- at the end of the procedure, thoroughly moisten the soil, but avoid excessive accumulation of water in the ground. Otherwise, the seeds will begin to rot, and the seedlings will not appear;
- it is recommended to sow several grains of homemade lemon in one pot at once. When they finally come up, you can leave the strongest ones in the ground. Another option - all the sprouts you like can be simply seated in different containers;
- when you decide to sprout a lemon at home, be sure to take care not to damage the root system, which is already frail enough. That is why it is better not to touch the earthen lump that envelops the rhizome of the plant.
This planting method is not bad and is often used by domestic growers. However, not all so simple. There is an opinion that a lemon grown does not bear fruit on its own. This is possible, but the situation is fixable. To do this, it is recommended to graft a grown and matured plant from another citrus tree (grapefruit or orange), which has been growing in your home flower garden for more than a year.
By hand
Such a tree is often propagated at home. To do this, you will need to cut, leaving two buds at the edges. It is desirable that each future sprout has 2-3 leaves and the same number of buds. When the branch is cut, dip it briefly in a growth stimulator, and then put it in water for a few days. Planting occurs, as a rule, at a time when the cutting has not yet released roots. That is why it is very important to be able to properly care for the plant. Spray the newly planted shoots thoroughly, because in the absence of roots, the future tree is still unable to receive moisture from the soil.
Boarding time
How to plant a lemon correctly? The result is influenced not only by the method of planting or the quality, but also by the period most optimal for such a procedure. Most of the lemon trees are planted in the ground in late winter or early spring. What is favorable for this time of the year is the phase of awakening of the tree itself and the revitalization of life. A plant rooted during this period will quickly take root.
What soil is needed
To plant and care for houseplant proved to be effective, special attention should be paid to the choice or preparation of a high-quality substrate.
It must meet two key requirements: it must be loose and contain a variety of nutrients. In addition to the earth, it is recommended to put a layer of drainage in the flowerpot. The very same soil mixture is considered optimal for growing indoor lemon if it includes light loamy soil, leafy soil, as well as sand and humus. Of course, some growers prefer to dig up ordinary land somewhere on personal plot... However, if you want to grow a full-fledged lemon tree, the land will be too scarce for him.
Choice of capacity
Planting a lemon tree must be in a properly sized container. You should not immediately purchase a voluminous flower pot: in an excessively large space root system plants can rot. As for the material, it can be plastic, glass, or wood. However, it is preferable to buy a clay container in which indoor flower will feel "at ease". You will have to water the planted lemon often enough, so you cannot do without drainage holes in the pot.
Planting instructions
Florists often ask how to properly plant a lemon using cuttings. You will get the desired result, provided that you adhere to the basic recommendations. Special attention pay attention to the groove in the ground of the root collar of the tree: it should not be located deeper than 5 mm in the substrate. Plant the cutting in such a way that the root collar does not begin to rot in the future. After you have planted all the branches, it's time to spray them first with water and then with a solution of potassium permanganate.
Further care
It is not difficult if you provide him with a humid microclimate. The plant needs not only to be watered and sprayed, but also to thoroughly rinse the leaves. During the growth of the vegetative mass, it is recommended to feed the lemon with mineral and biofertilizers. Give preference to formulations with a liquid consistency. Remember that you will bring much less harm to the shrub if you underfeed it with vitamins than vice versa.
Tell us how to grow lemon at home? My daughter wants to plant a seed, but I'm leaning towards the option with a seedling. Here, on the weekend I plan to go shopping for it. What does a homemade citrus tree need to grow well?
Among indoor ornamental plants it is worth highlighting the lemon trees. Thanks to the glossy dark foliage and easy-to-shape crown, they look very beautiful. In addition, with proper care, they will also delight you with aromatic vitamin fruits. Of course, it is always on sale, but homemade ones are tastier, and even more so - healthier. There is nothing complicated about how to grow lemon at home, no. After the next purchase of exotic fruits, simply do not throw away the seeds, but plant them. And you can make it even easier - if possible, buy a young seedling in a flower shop and surround it with care and attention.
In indoor conditions, undersized lemon varieties are most often grown. Among them are Canadian lemon, Chinese dwarf and Genoa. Their height does not exceed 1 m, moreover, the fruits are delicious, because they are lemon-orange hybrids. Slightly higher and sour lemons are Lunario, Maikop and Pavlovsky.
Growing homemade lemon from a seedling
Most quick way get a beautiful tree and drink tea with the first sour fruits - buy a ready-made seedling in the store. The first step is to transplant it from the transport soil into nutritious light soil. For the first time, a pot with a volume of up to 2 liters is enough. Don't forget about drainage - it will keep the roots from rotting.
The soil for lemon can be made at home by mixing sand, humus and turf soil in equal proportions.
Lemon loves the sun, but it is better to choose a place for him where the lighting will be diffused. But in winter, when the day is shorter, the plant will feel better on the window.
Caring for indoor lemon is simple and includes:
- Daily watering in summer and less frequently (once a week) in winter. Do not use cold water, so as not to provoke disease. Spray the crown often in summer, especially if you take the lemon outside. In winter, it is enough to simply wipe the foliage with a damp sponge.
- Regular seasonal feeding. Buy a special mineral complex - it contains the full composition nutrients essential for citrus plants.
- Annual transplant. Transfer the bush along with a lump of earth into a larger pot, but you do not need to take too large dishes. In it, the soil remains moist longer, which is fraught with the occurrence of fungal infections.
- Pruning. In spring, shorten the long shoots and cut the branches that grow deeper into the crown. This will help the tree look beautiful.
How to grow lemon from seed at home?
If you decide to go through all the steps on your own and nurture your citrus pet, choose large seeds from a large lemon. Then everything is simple:
- pour the substrate into small pots with drainage holes;
- moisturize it;
- plant a bone, but do not bury it too much - 2 cm is enough;
- if desired, cover the container with foil, but you can do without it;
- place the flowerpot on a light and warm windowsill.
After about a month, you will see a green sprout emerge from the ground. When the seedling grows to 4 leaves, transplant it into a large bowl and care for it as you would for a store seedling. The only thing worth considering is that a lemon grown from a seed will not begin to bear fruit soon. If you do not want to wait 5 years, or even 3 times longer, it is better to plant your lemon.
And everyone already has their most beloved varieties, it is them that we prefer among many others, widely represented in our stores. Is it possible to grow a lemon from a seed at home?
Admirers of the wonderful plant have also appeared, they selflessly grow lemon trees in their apartments, even varieties of fruiting indoor lemons bred and successfully grown.
Preparatory activities
How to choose the right place?
How to grow at home?
Here we will try to figure out how (seeds) at home, is it possible and what methods are there.
From the bone
Variety selection
Homemade lemon is much easier to grow from seed than using cuttings. When propagated by seeds, the plant grows faster, gets sick less, it is unpretentious, it adapts more easily to unfavorable conditions. In order to grow a full-fledged tree at home, it is important to choose suitable grade... Best suited for home cultivation the following varieties:
- Pavlovsky... It has huge fruits weighing up to 500 grams, the taste is sweet, the growth of the tree is over 2 meters, the leaves of the tree exude a wonderful aroma.
- Meyer... This is a hybrid weighing up to 150 grams, taste - sweet and sour, gives a rich harvest.
- Anniversary... This is the variety that gives bountiful harvest... It differs from other varieties in that the skin of the fruit is thick.
- Genoa. Most unpretentious variety, which has a fragrant taste, gives a harvest relatively early - at 4 - 5 years of age.
- Ponderosa... It is a hybrid of grapefruit with lemon with a rather bitter taste, this variety differs from others in that it constantly blooms.
Choose the most suitable fruit, in your opinion, the way you would like to see your crop, or even better, just in case, a couple, for safety net.
Seed preparation
The most important thing is that you cannot use bones that have been extracted for a long time and have time to dry. You need to take fresh, necessarily ripe lemons, carefully remove the seeds from them, wash them warm water and plant, and so that the seed germinates faster, you can carefully remove the hard surface of the bone with a sharp knife. If we do not remove the shell, then you need to lower the bones for several hours in a growth stimulant solution. The seeds must not be allowed to dry out, they must be planted wet.
Instructions
To sprout a lemon from a seed (seed), it must be planted in a small container, to a depth of 3 centimeters, covered with foil and put in a warm place.
Sprouted young plants up to 15-20 centimeters can develop in containers for sowing, but as they grow, they need to be transplanted into individual pots. When the lemon reaches 30 centimeters in growth, the top must be cut to 20 centimeters, this activates the growth of lateral shoots.
IMPORTANT! Watch them grow evenly. You need to form a lemon before the shoots of the 5th and 6th order appear, pinching is best done in the spring.
Read about the rules for forming a lemon crown and the secrets of pruning a tree at home.
Plants from seeds have enviable health, but, like all plants obtained from seeds, they enter fruiting later than those that were grafted with a varietal bud on a seedling.
Watch a video on how to plant a lemon seed correctly:
From the cutting
Cutting a lemon at home is a propagation method in which the qualities of the mother plant are copied, and you will know for sure what kind of fruits will appear on your plant.
On the handle there should be several leaves and 2 or 3 buds on both sides, the length of the cutting is about 10 centimeters.
Cuttings you need place in a solution of Heteroauxin or Kornevit, these are root growth stimulants, and then at the time specified in the instructions for the drug, plant in a pot of soil.
Do not forget to arrange drainage at the bottom of the pot, fragments of ceramic pots, broken, red brick are good for this.
Pour the stalk, cover glass jar , and leave for rooting. The bank will exclude excessive evaporation, films, sachets are not very stable, you may not notice the loss of moisture and drying out of the soil.
Rooting is determined by the appearance of growth. Cutting is also a great way to propagate lemon at home.
Care
Gardeners note that lemon is a capricious plant. Plant development is highly dependent on the composition of the soil. The following composition is approximately recommended: 1 part of sand, 1 part of manure, 3 parts of leafy soil and 2 parts of loam. It is advisable to choose a pot from baked clay.
For more information on caring for indoor lemon, see.
Watering
Too good is also not good, we can say about excessive moisture, a regularly overflowed plant will die due to rotting of the root system. Water the lemon as the soil dries., it is important not to forget about timely loosening, which is not in vain called dry irrigation - moisture evaporation after loosening is significantly reduced.
Subtropical plants love spraying, air humidity during heating season easy to adjust with a container of water. Evaporating, it maintains the microclimate of the room.
NOTE! Watering and feeding in winter time should not be excessive, the plant is resting.
Water the plant abundantly with settled water. In winter, it is advisable to warm up the water. V summer time water 2-4 times a week, in the afternoon. In winter, watered once in the morning.
You can find more tips for caring for homemade lemon in the winter at, and we talked about the features of caring for a tree in autumn.
Lighting
The pot with the plant should be placed so that the sun's rays fall on it for less than 3 hours a day.
Top dressing
The ideal option for feeding lemon is the alternation of organic and mineral species fertilizers. In winter, it is necessary to reduce the amount of fertilizer, low temperatures render negative impact for absorption.
Important: Do not water dry soil with top dressing, the lemon will burn the root system.
Read about how and what to feed a room lemon at home.
Growing
As you grow every spring in a pot 5 centimeters more than before, you do not need to plant it in a pot for growth.
There is no need to replant the grown lemon either, every spring the topsoil in the container where your tree lives is replaced with humus or fertile garden soil with the addition of humus, and that is enough for it.
Also developed and widely used complex fertilizer Zdraven for citrus fruits, it contains the whole complex of macro and microelements necessary for the growth and fruiting of plants.
Grown lemon can be placed in the garden for the summer, the place must be protected from winds and other possible adversities, a sudden change in lighting can be bad, be careful.
Now you know how to grow lemon at home, and most importantly, how to do it right. Now let's look at the main diseases and pests of lemon to protect our crops.
Useful video on how to properly transplant seedlings into separate pots:
Pests and diseases
Your lemon may be interested in aphids, scale insects, scale insects or spider mite if there are few pests, shake them off into a special container so that they do not run away, from the trunk with a soft toothbrush, and with a cotton swab from the leaves, and treat the plant soapy water anabasine sulfate.
ATTENTION! If there are a lot of pests, spray the plant drugs Actellik, Ditox or any other indoor plant insecticide.
Sores that appear on the bark must be cleaned and processed copper sulfate, mold, wherever it settles, you just need to remove with a damp cloth.
It also happens that the leaves of indoor lemon fall off, curl or change their color. We talked about the reasons for this phenomenon, as well as about ways to combat it in.
Will there be fruit?
If you plant a room lemon with seeds, then it will begin to bear fruit for 7 - 9 years, if by cuttings - for 3 - 4 years, by cutting - after 1-2 years.
To speed up fruiting, there are the following methods:
- Cleavage... Make an incision on the seedling and attach a stalk from a fruiting tree, wrap with electrical tape, cover on top plastic wrap like graft - remove the film.
- Budding.Cut the seedling to 10 cm and graft a fruiting stalk to it. Both methods significantly speed up fruiting. The plant may not bloom if the cutting was taken from a tree that has not previously borne fruit.
Lemon fruits are both useful and healing, and harmful properties... You can read about them in.
In case of non-compliance temperature regime, insufficient lighting, irregular pruning and disease damage, the plant will not bear fruit.
You can get a lemon to bloom by cross-pollination during the flowering period within the same cultivar.
Conclusion
Paying great attention to the question of how to grow a lemon tree at home from a seed, we forget that it is beautiful plant with glossy, dark green leaves, fills the room in which it grows with a light lemon scent. Essential oils lemons are phytoncides, they cleanse the air of bacteria, and aromatherapists consider it a source of cheerfulness and good mood.
Therefore, growing lemon in a pot can be not only for the sake of the fruit, but also as wonderful decoration your interior, the main thing is to observe.