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I prefer a dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide over bleach before planting for sterilization. I don't think there is a big problem with sodium hypochlorite toxicity using the method you describe, but I might also rinse the seeds after bleach sterilization just to make sure.
Why not just buy a young tree and save yourself 3 years or so? Besides, most citrus are grafted onto a different rootstock, so you may not get a duplicate of your neighbor's tree.
Here is a link that might be useful: kaffir lime trees
Thanks ill have to try some of those out, most of them i never heard of, im thinking about trying carambola, some guavas, suagar apple, malay apple, cacao, bolivian fuchsia, and a few i remembered i was going to try but never got to them, olives, brugmansia, solandra. also i was interested in growing the miracle fruit too, lol i have a lot of things to try now, ill get back with result when i do try them.
Buy a piece of ginger root at the grocery store and plant it. In no time you will find you have a very nice ginger plant. It might even bloom for you and if you get tired of it, you can always dig it up and use the now much larger ginger root. They are VERY vigorous plants.
Hi Kris,
I have a Pelee Mum that I planted outside a year or two ago and it survived over winter for me. It is only now forming small buds so I am not sure if it will be able to bloom for me before the frost gets it. I have it planted on the south side of my house next to a concrete patio so it is definitely in a protected microclimate. It did bloom for me last year but I remember it bloomed quite late. If I were you I think I might try to take some cuttings from the plant and root them to overwinter in the house for you and also plant the mum outside in a protected area. They are not nearly as hardy as the other mums you see in stores now. Hope this helps.
Thom
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As soon as fruits are ripe -Squash ripe fruits and clean seed. Cover with grit (will allow some light through while keeping good soil contact for the seed - light may be beneficial to germination) and place pots outdoors in a protected spot. Or, clean the seed and give moist warm 90 days, followed by moist cold 90 days, then moist warm again, seed (again barely covered) may take an additional 365 days or longer.
The grit is going to help to discourage moss or algae on sowing medium that can sometimes happen when germination is so lengthy. Are you familiar with it - I buy mine at a feed and livestock supply by the pound (chick grit). In a pinch, you can substitute parakeet gravel from the pet supply at your grocery (small boxes), or even fine aquarium gravel.
I just looked up some sites. These are 2 good pepper and tomato seed sites.
http://www.totallytomato.com/ Has a varigated one.
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/ also has some listed under hot peppers. I've bought from both and had good results.
I'm somewhat new, but for direct sown seed, I use flour to draw out my boundaries. Just a baggie with a hole cut in it allows it to fall pretty much in some sort of line. Once I've got it all finished, I take a digital image and then print them out. Where I sowed seeds, I write on the photo. There are some shrubs and evergreens in my beds that give me reference. Next spring, I also take note of where bulbs have popped up. If I want to collect or move them, I use a plastic knife with the name written on it.
I have a lemon tree that I started from a store bought seed. The tree is now about 5 foot tall and has large thorns but after 5 or so years, still no sign of it bearing any fruit.
This tree was very slow growing and stopped at about 3 feet tall for about 2 years, I purchased a mexican lemon tree when we lived in Texas which was about 4 foot at the time, when I put them both side by side the tree from seed shot up to the same height as the mexican lemon and then they both grew to where they are now. Don't know if trees need friends but it sure helped mine.
I have not been able to find out any info on the mexican lemon, but that is what the tag says, so if anyone has any tips on what to expect please let me know.
Susan
Susan, I wonder if you what you have is a Mexican Lime rather than a lemon. If I'm not mistaken, the word "limon" in Spanish refers to what we in the US call a "lime." Every lemon tree I've seen did have some pretty good thorns, in fact, most citrus has thorns. Some can be vicious, others not. Don't know how long it takes them to start bearing from seed-grown trees, though.
--Ron
I haven't grown these, but it looks like the best temp for germination is 50ish, with germination taking from 2-4 weeks although some seeds may take longer (not all will germinate at the same time). In your area outdoors, unless you have a cold frame to protect new seedlings, you may want to wait until late winter/early Spring when danger of a likely hard freeze is over but temps are still cool.
Horned mellon germination 6-10 days. only about 30% of seed will ever germinate. Cucumber 5-24 days to germinate. water requirements keep soil damp not wet.
usually planted direct in area where to be grown the following spring after dry storage not roting
Hey, me again! I guess I got lucky because out of the 8 seeds I planted, 3 are sprouting up! I wasn't sure because it didn't look like what I thought, but I found a picture of one sprouting up, and that's exactly what I've got growing.
Thanks a lot =)
By the way, what is dry storage? I could easily look it up I suppose..but you guys answer it better.