From: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net   
      
   Boron Elgar wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 28 Jul 2019 09:35:53 -0400, Nyssa   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Terry Coombs wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>  Any special prep , or just bury 'em ? I know that it's   
   >>>  not likely a   
   >>> seed will produce a tree with fruit identical to the   
   >>> fruit they come from ... but hay , ya never know , might   
   >>> get some decent fruit anyway .   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>I tried this years ago and got a very attractive lemon   
   >>tree that lived on my back deck during the warmer months.   
   >>Never got any fruit, but it sure looked pretty.   
   >>   
   >>I didn't do anything special to start the seed; just stuck   
   >>it into a four inch pot with seed starting mix. It was on   
   >>a whim, so I didn't have any special prep materials around   
   >>in any case.   
   >>   
   >>I kept having to transplant it into a bigger pot almost   
   >>every year. During the winter months, I had to drag it   
   >>into my house to winter over. The last year I did this,   
   >>the poor thing got a powdery mildew like substance on the   
   >>leaves and finally gave up the ghost.   
   >   
   > I overwinter lots of citrus. Aphids, spider mites, scale,   
   > and other afflictions can take hold during hot, dry   
   > heating season indoors.   
   >   
   > I have found that keeping the plants in the cool of the   
   > basement (near a light source, of course) helps them make   
   > it through. Yes, you lose some leaves, but the tubbed   
   > trees make it.   
   >>   
   >>What are you planning on doing with the lemon plant during   
   >>the colder months (unless you're in an area that is   
   >>citrus-friendly)?   
   >>   
   >>Good luck!   
   >>   
   >>Nyssa, who really was proud of that tree, but it was a   
   >>real PITA to drag that huge pot around after a few years.   
   >   
   No basements around these parts because of the high water   
   table. It's basically swampland that's been filled in a bit.   
      
   My thermostat in the winter is set at 65F, so too much heat   
   isn't a problem, but dampness can be at times. That and   
   not enough light coming in where I parked the lemon put.   
      
   It lost leaves every winter, but always managed to come   
   back once spring came and I could move it outside again.   
   Until that last winter when it was a combination of lost   
   leaves AND the residual mildew on the stems.    
      
   It was such a pretty tree. :(   
      
   Nyssa, who now has a big mutant tomato plant in the same   
   spot on the deck, but that lemon tree was much nicer   
      
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