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Comments (8)Christine, I've started Meyer lemon seeds - winter can be long and gray here :) I scrubbed the seeds of pulp, started at the narrow end with a very sharp knife and removed/peeled that outer seed coating...but you don't have to, they just take a little longer to germinate with it on. Sow them approx 1/2" deep, moisten, cover the pot with saran and place on bottom heat. After a few days, start checking every day and remove the saran wrap when the first seed germinates, without looking back for notes, seems like it was about 12 days but as with most seeds, fewer or more days would still be normal. You can do key limes and kumquats the same way, the kumquats make a nice, compact, dark green tabletop 'house tree'. If looking for plants with reliable fruit in a reasonable amount of time, you'll want a grafted plant though....See MoreI love growing citrus trees from seed
Comments (7)looking good Trace Most of my trees are seed grown. My kumquats have been very hard to grow with lots of die-back. They are in-ground but in a place that I can not get a picture that would be legible. The ground is plant and root free but the vines act as mulch and blend in with the kumquat tree. As for my others. I have discovered a seedling citrus in the community garden from a spit seed. I cleared the weed and fed it and for my sweetlee tangerine trees click below. Th last tree is the biggest and a poncirus trifoliata @ 2.5 years age Here is a link that might be useful: https://plus.google.com/photos/111099372377958308731/albums/5961857381151877457?banner=pwa...See Moregrowing trees from seeds or roots
Comments (12)Here's a pic of a tree that I always thought was a Gumbo Limbo. Then it bloomed little white fragrant flowers. Now it is full of berries - they remind me of Chinaberry berries - Take a look: Here's a couple more Gumbo Limbos in the yard across the road on Chokoloskee: I strained to look, but no berries on these I just wanted to give ya a good shot of the trunk, since foliage is so deceptive. Anyways, I had some volunteer seedlings pop up and thought they sure looked like they would grow up to be trees. The mahagony trees had all their seed pods burst, so that's what I figured these would be. But now I'm wondering if they are Gumbo Limbo babies. Denise, did you visit E.C. and Chokoloskee while the Royals were all blooming? I did an experiment one day during a bike ride on the island, and no matter where I was - if I looked in any direction, I would see Royal Poiniciana blooms. Oh, by the way, the Coral Salvias that I grew from the seeds you sent me started blooming even as tiny infants...I love them and keep forgetting to write and thank you for your generosity! Okay, back to the Gumbo Limbo thing about growing them from cuttings - after Andrew, apparently a big landmark Gumbo was ripped apart and people took its limbs and stuck them into the ground, for posterity. When we bought our trailer in '96, there were 4 nice niced Gumbos from this famous tree surrounding our porch. But boy, were they interesting with their odd-shaped and contorted trunks! I was so proud to have them in the yard. I thought that was the only way they were grown, from cuttings; as I'd never seen any seeds. Then in '05, they endured the winds and rising flood waters from Wilma. When I was told we had winds up to 175 mhp, I didn't believe it because the Gumbos were still standing. Ours had been drastically pruned before we evacuated because they were so close to the house; but others on the island were still standing (like these in my pics) and I don't know of any that actually fell. I'll have to investigate this phenomenon further and see how many cutting-trees from the famous Andrew tree were able to endure Wilma winds. Denise, we have a yellow Royal Poincianna that is blooming now that will also have seed pods. Would you like me to send some? Susie...See MoreGrow Persimmon Tree From Seed
Comments (8)Thank you everyone for the feedback. If I use the refrigerator method where do I place the seeded pots when ready in December/January? I'll collect seeds in September and cold stratify for 3 months. Seed into pots and put by a window until spring? That's where I'm stuck. I plan on potting 200 seeded pots since I know not all will germinate and male trees will not produce fruit. (Will try to graft male trees later with female scions) I'm not concerned about the seedlings being cold hardy because I'm literally taking seeds from a tree in my backyard....See MoreUser
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