I Want A Lemon Tree

[cooked]

Buy a lemon from Tesco, plant the seeds, splice the seedling onto suitable rootstock.

Really... That easy ?

Will it bear fruit in a few years ?

Waste of time if you don't know what you are grafting. Maybe the mother fruit was a hybrid, meaning that your seedling won't have the properties of the mother plant.

[jonnyscot]

Just bought my first lemon tree today, there's a big Agri type farm fair at Kasetsart University in Nakhon Pathom province which started from today until the 10th december,,noticed one of the stalls selling a few of them, we bought a 2 year old plant, hopefully we can keep healthy and produce some lemons,,

Jonny

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[TommoPhysicist]

Don't you need two trees to pollinate each other?

Just a thought. Had a look, most citrus trees are self-pollinating.

Edited December 1, 2012 by TommoPhysicist

[krisb]

Any of you willing to send me some seedlings?

My mouth waters to think of the beautiful lemons

fresh off the tree in southern California

Buy a nice imported lemon from the grocery store,

grow the seeds to seedlings,

and set them out.

The beauty of lemons is that they bear at all stages of growth,

until the growth capacity of tree is filled,

when it will stop flowering and setting fruit.

All young lemons on the tree will then steadily ripen.

while the mature fruit will hold on the tree without spoiling until you pick it.

If you pick fruit, the flowering will start again.

Lemon is one of the smartest plants out there,

it knows how to maximize its potential for usefulness.

They way you have written I read it like a poem.

[docinbangkok]

I found lemon trees in bangkok chatuchak market , about 3 feet tall .

Ruan mai gardens . welovefig.com

082-359-2392

087-760-6153

lemon tree = 400 Baht

I was wondering if anybody else found any other place in bangkok that sells mature lemon trees with some fruits on them ?

Thanks

[David48]

Buy a lemon from Tesco, plant the seeds, splice the seedling onto suitable rootstock.

Almost all citrus trees in Australia which produce quality fruit have used a root stock.

Learn a little about root stocks here and here.

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[Sumarianson]

Lemons in Thailand are a ridiculous price, I paid 180 Baht for 4 at Home Fresh Mart. I wish I had land to grow them! Those of you who have access to the land and grow stuff are really lucky. I used to have a wonderful garden in the UK but sadly no more!

[xylophone]

5 minutes ago, Sumarianson said:

Lemons in Thailand are a ridiculous price, I paid 180 Baht for 4 at Home Fresh Mart. I wish I had land to grow them! Those of you who have access to the land and grow stuff are really lucky. I used to have a wonderful garden in the UK but sadly no more!

They grow well in tubs and large planters...........give it a go.

 

And an old Kiwi remedy was to have a pee on the soil around the plant (often)........as Bert Munro told his young neighbour before he headed off to Bonneville Flats!!

[wgdanson]

On 11/30/2012 at 9:23 PM, cooked said:

Waste of time if you don't know what you are grafting. Maybe the mother fruit was a hybrid, meaning that your seedling won't have the properties of the mother plant.

Same with autoflowering c.......s seeds.

[ecoscape]

I got 10 strong seedlings from a lemon bought at makro . I will try to graft half of them onto kafir Lime rootstock and grow the rest on