Joy and delight will cause lemon tree grown from cuttings or simple bones.
Its fruits will be much juicier and more fragrant than those found on sale.
Planting from the stone at home
Before planting lemon bones, you must choose the right ripe intact seeds. It is better to give preference to large, undeformed and juicy lemon seeds.
Fruits grown under artificial conditions, immature or stale as planting material will not work. With them it will be difficult to achieve germination and active fruiting. It is best to simultaneously plant 10-15 seeds.
Due to the large selection of grown plants, you can easily choose the best and potentially skoroplodnye. Planting can be made year-round. Seasons for growing a tree do not affect.
Storing lemon seeds is prohibited, as they quickly lose their germination function and become unsuitable for planting.
Seed reinforcement
Selected large bones soaked overnight in a biological stimulator. The use of natural stimulants is necessary for the active development and stable growth of the root system.
For this procedure is suitable sodium humate mixturewhich is sold in regular agricultural or flower shops.
In the morning you need to prepare a mixture of bioregulator. Best suited drugs "Zircon" or "Epin-Extra." Water is added to a container at room temperature and diluted with one drop of the solution. Then stones are immersed in the mixture for the whole day.
This procedure will help the plant easily cope with temperature factors and the lack of sunlight in the room.
Capacity Selection
Tanks should be selected light and small. Agricultural stores sell ready-made pots that you can buy or make yourself.
Perfectly fit the cups of sour cream or ice cream, as well as cut without a neck plastic bottles.
At the bottom of the cup must be done drainage slits. At the bottom of the tank is placed drainage, a layer of 2 centimeters.
Vermiculite, expanded clay or ceramic shards are suitable. Plant drainage smoothes over-watering the plant and prevents the roots from rotting.
Soil preparation
Before planting, fertile vitaminized soil is prepared (we wrote about how to prepare the ideal soil mixture for lemon).
It is best to use purchased land for planting citrus plants. It should not contain microorganisms and pathogenic bacteria.
Can be used river sand. For the destruction of pests it is well calcined in the oven for 15 minutes. Then in equal quantities, the sand is mixed with well-loosened earth and lemon substrate. The resulting soil is well moistened with water at room temperature.
Instead of river sand you can use a mixture of leaf turf and humus. In the resulting soil add a small amount of peat. Lemon seeds are placed at a depth of no more than 2 centimeters. The growth of shoots occurs within six months.
Greenhouse conditions
An important factor for the seedlings of lemon seeds is the air temperature. Air temperature required for seed to germinate above + 18 ° С. To do this, use cut plastic bottles.
Covers are put on the containers, which are covered with plastic wrap. They are placed in a windless and warm room, in which there are no drafts. Otherwise, the seedlings may freeze. The lack or excessive abundance of sunlight does not affect the growing season. Once every seven days, it is necessary to spray the soil. Water the plant should be after cracking the ground.
And then a video on how to plant a lemon at home.
How to root the cuttings?
Rooting should be done in the spring time period from March to April. Rooting in the fall is allowed. But, as practice shows, rooting in the spring has a much better effect on the growth and functioning of the plant.
Should prepare a rooting container cutting. Well suited aquarium, zip-package, plastic bottle or a homemade greenhouse. It is necessary that the container perfectly holds moisture, let the sun through and seals it tightly.
Very important create the necessary microclimate. Placing the bottles should be in a windless, well-heated room. For plants it is necessary to make the lower heating. Well fit batteries or heaters.
Selection of shoots
Must choose mature stem with 4-8 leaves. Stems are cut strictly above the bud at a distance of 2-3 millimeters. Branches choose last year, in length reaching more than 18 centimeters. All excess leaves should be cut off.
If the cuts were made with clippers or shears, the cut should be trimmed with a sharp blade. The plants are covered with wound with specially prepared or purchased garden pitch. It should be mixed in equal quantities beeswax, vegetable oils, resin, rosin, linseed oil, vine ash and medical alcohol.
Growth stimulants
All cut stems are needed put in water for a few hours. After cuttings cut in half with a length of 10-12 centimeters each. It is necessary to take into account that each branch has 4-5 buds.
For the formation of the root system, the stems are treated with growth stimulants, immersing them by 1/3 in a heteroauxin preparation. They should be kept for at least 15 hours at room temperature. The mixture is produced at the rate of 0.1 grams per liter of water. The lower cut of the cuttings must be powdered with charcoal.
When choosing cuttings You should choose plants that initially have an excellent broad-pyramidal crown. Such a lemon tree will be able to bush well and give a stable crop.
How to plant?
The future lemon tree is planted in the ground at a right 90-degree angle. Landing depth 1-2 centimeters, food area 6x6 centimeters.
Rooting is produced in river or commercial sand, which is thoroughly washed, steamed and well dried.
Bottom of tanks filled with drainage of expanded clay, the top is filled with prepared sand, which can be replaced with purchased ground for citrus plants. After two weeks, the plants appear small roots. After 60 days, the lemon tree is fed with purchased nutrient mixture. You can use superphosphate in proportions of 4 grams per liter of water.
Care
When the upper buds appear on the cuttings, the plant is gradually accustomed to the microclimate of the room. To do this, it is necessary to open the container for a short time, gradually increasing the time. After three months, the rooted seedling is completely left in the air and, from a homemade greenhouse, transplanted into a flower pot.
A healthy plant should have at least 10-15 leaves on one shoot. So that the lemon tree does not lose the foliage - it is transplanted annually. After the start of fruiting transplantation should occur every 3 years. Pots for planting should be increased gradually. More information about lemon tree care can be found in a separate article.
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Conclusion. Lemon trees grown from seed are more durable and hardier than those grown from cuttings.
