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I'm wondering if any of you grow citrus? If so, do you have any recommendations or knowledge about growing them?
If you live where it is warm enough, you can grow citrus outside. If you live where it freezes, you can grow citrus in pots that you move out after the last frost, and back in when it gets cool.
I have seen people's lemon and lime trees with fruit that grew indoors in pots.
I do know that citrus can be finicky. They can drop their leaves when you change their environment. It is recommended to have a humidifier for them if you live in a dry climate. I do live in a dry climate and none of my plants lost leaves when I brought them in this fall.
@Snowman mentioned in the seed exchange thread that he is looking for orange seeds.
During the pandemic, I planted some grapefruit seeds and have 4 grapefruit plants. The largest is about a foot tall.
Last fall, 2023, I planted a lemon seed and it is about 6 inches tall. I repotted it a couple months ago, and again today, now a 3 gallon pot. It had some roots circling in the bottom of the pot, so it needed a bigger pot.
Relative to how fast it is growing, I know that it will need a larger pot in a few months. I am thinking that at some point in time, the top will need to be cut off so that it will be a dwarf, or semi-dwarf.
I do know someone who grows some in a greenhouse in Colorado.
I purchased a Meyer lemon and a lime this spring. None of these are very large, around a foot tall, and I expect that it might be a few years before they produce fruit. I have seen a few citrus plants in people's houses that produced fruit.
If you live where it is warm enough, you can grow citrus outside. If you live where it freezes, you can grow citrus in pots that you move out after the last frost, and back in when it gets cool.
I have seen people's lemon and lime trees with fruit that grew indoors in pots.
I do know that citrus can be finicky. They can drop their leaves when you change their environment. It is recommended to have a humidifier for them if you live in a dry climate. I do live in a dry climate and none of my plants lost leaves when I brought them in this fall.
@Snowman mentioned in the seed exchange thread that he is looking for orange seeds.
During the pandemic, I planted some grapefruit seeds and have 4 grapefruit plants. The largest is about a foot tall.
Last fall, 2023, I planted a lemon seed and it is about 6 inches tall. I repotted it a couple months ago, and again today, now a 3 gallon pot. It had some roots circling in the bottom of the pot, so it needed a bigger pot.
Relative to how fast it is growing, I know that it will need a larger pot in a few months. I am thinking that at some point in time, the top will need to be cut off so that it will be a dwarf, or semi-dwarf.
I do know someone who grows some in a greenhouse in Colorado.
I purchased a Meyer lemon and a lime this spring. None of these are very large, around a foot tall, and I expect that it might be a few years before they produce fruit. I have seen a few citrus plants in people's houses that produced fruit.
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