Everyone sometimes wants to show off the yellow fruit they grew at home. But how to grow a lemon from a seed so that it also produces fruit, and not just grows wood? It is very easy if you follow the correct agricultural techniques.

In general, propagation of lemons by cuttings is used much more often. However, they can also be grown from seeds. Healthy seedlings are easy to obtain by following a few simple rules of citrus agricultural technology.

Lemons, like all citrus fruits, quickly lose their viability. We take seeds from well-ripened fruits. We extract the seeds from them. Immediately after this, we sow them in a pre-prepared planting substrate. During long-term storage, the outer shell of the seed begins to dry out and become covered with cracks. This is why germination rate decreases very quickly to almost zero. Therefore, we sow the seeds the faster, the better, while they are still moist from the pulp of the fruit.

Video about growing lemon from seed

The soil is prepared from two parts of peat, one part of leaf soil and one part of sand. Mix thoroughly, loosen, moderately moisten. Future shoots grow from one end of the grain, and roots from the other. It is important not to confuse their sides, so the seed is planted horizontally in the soil. We lay them on the ground, cover them with one and a half centimeters of soil, moisten them, and cover them so that the soil does not dry out.

Over the next four to five weeks, we monitor the crops, preventing both drying out and waterlogging. In a little more than a month, the seeds will begin to hatch. Small lemon sprouts come to the surface. We water them carefully, trying not to wash away the top layer of soil. After the fifth or sixth leaf appears, we pick up the seedlings. Before this period, it is undesirable to touch the root system of the sprouts.

The reason is that citrus fruits have one powerful, deep root. While the sprout is small, the root is also small and weak. If you disturb it before 5-6 leaves are formed, you may lose our lemon seedling.

The photo shows a small lemon

During transplantation, we trim the root, stimulating its branching. Sometimes it is convenient to do this even before transplantation; for this, the vertical root of seedlings growing in a box is cut off without removing them from the ground. This operation is done as follows: we bury a sharp knife horizontally 10 centimeters into the soil and run it under the sprouts. After this, to disinfect the damaged roots, we spill the plantings with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, that is, potassium permanganate. This operation causes less damage to the delicate root system of lemon trees, while stimulating its branching and the formation of lateral roots.

Preparing the soil for planting lemons

So, a young lemon grown from a seed is ready for planting. We dive the seedling immediately on permanent place. For the next year or two it will grow in the pot that we designate for it. Answering the question of how to plant a lemon from a seed, we note that, first of all, you need a very high-quality, properly prepared substrate.

The photo shows the soil for planting lemon

• one or two parts of leaf humus from under birch or linden trees;
• one part of manure humus;
• one part meadow land, preferably from meadows where clover or alfalfa grows, such land is enriched with nitrogen;
• one part of calcined gray (not yellow) river sand;
• half of the wood ash, but not coniferous wood.

Lemon is very sensitive to the presence of petroleum products in the soil. You can check your soil for cleanliness from them in the following way: we dilute a handful of soil in a bucket of water. If no oily rainbow coating appears on the surface, then the substrate is clean.

The soil is poured into a steel enamel bucket, filled with a liter of water, and put on fire. Close the lid and wait 30-40 minutes until the mixture is well steamed. After this operation, let the soil cool and dry.

Now you can fertilize the soil before planting lemon seedlings. It is best to use organic complexes containing humic acids or effective microorganisms. This will bring your sterilized soil back to its natural ecological balance. Next, we water it with a solution of complex microfertilizers containing iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, and zinc. We fertilize with nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus fertilizers.

Later, when mature trees are transplanted, the composition of the substrate changes slightly. If the above mixture, due to its lightness, is recommended for young plants, then for older plants it is typical to add loam, lake silt, peat, and an increase in the proportion of sand.

• 2 hours of leaf humus;
• 4 hours of manure humus;
• 2 hours of high-moor peat;
• 1 tsp river sand.

For trees from 4 to 8 years old, the following composition is suitable

• 4 parts meadow chernozem;
• 2 hours of leaf humus;
• 2 parts lake or river silt;
• 1 tsp river sand.

For mature lemons over ten years old, the optimal soil composition is as follows

• 6 parts meadow chernozem;
• 2 hours of leaf humus;
• 2 hours of high-moor peat;
• 4 parts lake silt;
• 1 tsp sand;
• 0.5 tsp hardwood ash.

So, we grew a seedling from a seed. The vertical root has been trimmed and is now ready to be planted in its main location. Cover the bottom of the pot with a 1.5-3 centimeter layer of expanded clay. Pour a layer of substrate on top in the form of a mound. Dust the lemon roots with ash and spread them over the mound. Then we begin to cover it evenly with soil. Periodically, lightly compact the soil with a small stick; it is best to use a sushi stick for this purpose. This must be done to prevent the formation of air voids at the roots of the tree. We fill up to the level of the root collar, that is, to the place where the roots go into the trunk.

Bury the root collar and the lower part of the bark will rot, it will begin to burst, secrete resin, and will most likely develop gommosis, a fungal disease of citrus fruits. A young seedling may even die from this.

It is very important! The root collar should not be buried.

Next, we monitor the growth of the lemon. In a year or two root system will completely fill the space of the pot. We check this as follows - turn the pot over and knock it on a hard surface. The lump should fall out of the pot easily. The bottom of the soil should be well entwined with roots. This means we transplant it into a larger container, but not too spacious. 3-4 centimeters larger in diameter.

Photo of a tree homemade lemon

Most often, plants suffer from:

• insufficient or improper feeding;
• excessive dryness of apartment air;
• dust;
• non-compliance with temperature conditions.

Water the lemons frequently, but do not allow the soil to become waterlogged. Feed once every two weeks with small portions of complex fertilizers. Spray the leaves weekly with a spray bottle, and sometimes clean the leaves of dust with a damp sponge (if the room is heavily polluted with dust). Give your tree a monthly shower. Observe temperature regime. In winter, lemons should be cooler and drier than in summer. This means that you need less watering and fertilizing. Here's everything in brief that you need to know about the normal care of a lemon tree grown from a seed. Next, we’ll talk about propagating lemons using cuttings.

Photo of watered lemon

Let's take a closer look at some important aspects cuttings, so that the question “how to grow a lemon from a cutting” no longer causes difficulties.

Here are a few points to consider:

1. The main thing is that we take cuttings from a tree that has already bear fruit.
2. Take a cutting from a healthy, vertical branch.
3. Too young (still flattened in shape) or already lignified (should bend normally) is not suitable.
4. The best time for cuttings is April.
5. We use branches from last year's autumn growth.

We cut off the cuttings by 2-3 buds, leaving only two or three top leaves. We put it in a solution with a root formation stimulator: heteroauxin, root, epin. We plant the cuttings, burying them halfway, in an equal mixture of light soil and calcined sand. Cover the top with a centimeter layer of sand to prevent rotting of the lower part. Let's cover it all glass jar or a glass. This will prevent the evaporation of moisture from the cuttings, which is detrimental to them until they have acquired a root system. We protect our future lemons from direct sunlight. We cover them with matte paper. Or we put it on north-eastern or eastern windows. Water with water two to three degrees higher room temperature. After two or three weeks, roots will begin to form. A sign of this is the appearance of new leaves. After another two weeks we can plant our seedlings. As you can see, cutting a lemon is a fairly simple operation.

Photo of lemon

Timing of the beginning of fruiting of lemon plants grown in various ways

We are often convinced that it is extremely easy to make plants grown from seeds bear fruit. That regardless of whether you are the owner of a grafted plant grown from a cutting or a tree seed, you will still receive your first harvest no later than four years later. You are being deceived.

• Firstly, the date of entry into fruiting of citrus fruits grown different ways, are different.
• Secondly, the mere presence of a tree at home does not mean that it will bloom at all. It requires proper care, attention, the creation of optimal conditions for fruiting, fertilizing, lighting, temperature conditions, microclimate and much, much more.

The timing of the onset of fruiting for various lemons is as follows:

• trees from seeds bloom in 8-10 years;
• citrus fruits obtained by cuttings from earlier flowering tree will bear the first fruits in 3-4 years;
• plants grafted with layering from a fruit-bearing tree can bloom the very next year after grafting;
• all these terms become irrelevant if the cutting for rooting or grafting is taken from an adult plant that has never previously bear fruit.

Video about how to grow a lemon from a seed

If a lemon blooms and bears fruit at least once, it will do so every year with proper care.

It is also worth knowing that our sour citruses can delay their flowering if you overdo it with fertilizing and care. Especially it concerns nitrogen fertilizers. Trying to provide the plant ideal conditions, we are doing him a disservice. The lemon rushes upward, without thinking at all about the formation of fruit buds. After all, our green pet’s plans do not include supplying us with a harvest.

The need to grow yellow fruits arises when the tree feels some threat to its comfort. Such threats activate the mechanisms of leaving offspring, that is, crops. What we prevent by pampering our lemons. Such excessive care, as well as insufficient attention to the plant, leads to a shift in the timing of fruiting. To stimulate fruiting, indoor citrus requires only: regular watering with fertilizing during the active growing season, a dormant period, a lot of sun, and room humidity.

It is also sometimes recommended to ring the trunk - remove a layer of bark 1 centimeter wide in a circle perpendicular to the soil and graft it reverse side to the place of the cut. There is a technique for wrapping branches with wire or similar tying, like a trunk. Please note that these methods are auxiliary, and sometimes their effectiveness is controversial.

Lemon grown in a pot on the windowsill will saturate the air in the house with phytoncides and essential oils, protecting against infectious diseases and bacteria. And so that a miniature tree regularly pleases not only appearance, but also with fruits, it needs to be grafted. You can buy seedlings in specialized stores, but it is more interesting and cheaper to plant a seed in the ground and wait until it turns into a young sprout.

Choosing planting material

Where can I get lemon seeds? Go to the supermarket or market, choose the most large fruit rich yellow color and remove the seed from it. The main thing is that there are no stains or other damage on the citrus peel. Planting material taken from a dented or rotten sample may harbor an infection or disease that will destroy the fragile shoots emerging from the ground.

The purchased lemon is carefully cut, trying not to touch the shell of the seeds with the blade, and the seeds are removed. Planting material is immediately sorted: large specimens are kept, small ones are thrown away, because they rarely sprout.

It is advisable to plant the seeds in pots immediately while they are still wet. But if there are a few dry lemon seeds left in the cupboard, which are a little more than a month or two old, the workpiece is soaked in warm water for several hours, and then buried in the ground.

Lemons are also grown from cuttings, which you can get from friends or neighbors. Cut a young twig from a fruiting tree, place it in water, add heteroauxin and wait a day. The cuttings must have at least 3 buds, and the mother lemon must produce at least 6–10 citrus fruits per year.

Soil and pots

Some domestic trees grow up to 8–10 m in height, others stop at 3–4 m. Beginners who are working with lemons for the first time try to plant a seed or cutting immediately in a huge pot or wooden box. The plant needs space, but when there is too much of it, the root system does not develop properly. Therefore, at the first stage, a small clay pot or disposable plastic cup will be enough.

You can create a container for growing lemon from a bottle:

1. Cut off half or a third. Discard the top and cap, leaving the bottom of the bottle.
2. Make many small holes in the bottom to ensure air circulation.
3. Place the homemade pot on a plastic plate or tray so that excess water drains onto the stand and not onto the windowsill.
4. Fill the bottle with soil and plant a lemon seed in it.

You can grow citrus seedlings in flower pot, several pieces at once, but there should be a distance between them. It is recommended to mentally draw an equilateral triangle on the surface of the earth and at each vertex geometric figure stick in 1-2 grains.

Wooden rectangular boxes are also used for growing lemons. 15–20 cm are spaced between seeds so that the root system has space to develop. Regardless of the container chosen, a drainage layer 1–1.5 cm high is placed at the bottom of the pot or box. If it is missing, moisture begins to accumulate, air circulates poorly and fungus appears in the soil. The lemon's root system rots and the plant disappears.

The following is used as drainage:

• small stones or pebbles;
• small pieces of pottery;
• grated foam;
• coarse sand;
• expanded clay or crushed wine cork.

Tip: To provide the plant with a nutrient medium, it is recommended to put a layer of peat, dried cow or horse manure, or a little moss on top of the drainage. The feeding height is 1.5–2 cm, followed by soil.

Ideal soil
Lemon count unpretentious plant, which can take root in any soil. The main thing is to be warm and have enough moisture. Often the seeds are planted in a mixture of turf soil, river sand and humus. More experienced gardeners added to the soil wood ash, which will feed weak shoots.

Suitable for growing citrus trees and land intended for indoor plants. You can buy soil at flower shops; it is advisable to add a little peat to the soil. If lemon cuttings are planted in pots, then a layer of sand is poured on top of the soil. This helps the citrus plant take root faster and take root in a new place.

Disembarkation process

Make a small depression in the soil, about 1.5–2 cm, slightly moisten the soil and stick a few seeds into it. It is recommended to take 2-3 grains per hole, because some planting material may turn out to be empty and unviable. If several sprouts emerge from the hole at once, the strongest and healthiest specimen is left, the rest are carefully pulled out or cut off at the very root.

How it all happens:

1. Place the seeds in the moistened soil, sprinkle them with soil and lightly compact the soil.
2. Sprinkle the soil with warm distilled or melt water using a spray bottle.
3. Cover the pot with a plastic bag, which will create a greenhouse effect.
4. Place the lemons in a room where the temperature does not drop below +18. The seeds do not need light until the first shoots appear, so citrus fruits can be kept in any room.
5. Periodically open the film and ventilate the soil in the pots, regularly moisten the soil with a spray bottle, but make sure that the soil is not too wet and damp.

With cuttings they do things a little differently:

1. The twig, which has stood for several days in a special solution, is planted in the ground after thin roots appear.
2. The plant is buried so deeply that only two buds remain on the surface, the rest should hide underground.
3. At first, the cutting needs abundant watering, because lemon does not have strong roots capable of drawing moisture from the soil.
4. The plant feels comfortable at a temperature of +18–20 degrees.
5. It will take about 1.5–2 months for the citrus cutting to finally take root in the pot and begin to grow actively.

Advice: If you have over-watered and the soil cannot dry out, you should not wait for mold to appear. The pot is freed from wet soil and filled with new dry soil, into which the lemon is transplanted.

Little trick
You can cover the hatched lemon shoots not only with a bag, but also with an ordinary glass jar. Place the container with the neck down to create a greenhouse effect. Lemons grow faster in humid, tropical-like conditions. If the citrus fruits were planted in a pot in winter or in early spring, the plant is placed next to a radiator or heater, and watered 3 times a week.

Water is used from rain or melt water, heated to room temperature. The irrigation liquid must sit for several days so that harmful impurities precipitate.

Fertilizer and replanting
Seedlings are fertilized once every two weeks. For citrus fruits, fertilizers such as “Ideal” or “Zdraven” are suitable. You can buy special fertilizers created for lemons and other exotic plants, but they must include:

• manganese;
• zinc.

Citrus leaves are regularly wiped with a damp cloth to remove dust. The pot with seedlings should be placed in a well-lit window so that the plant receives a lot of ultraviolet light. But in order for the sprouts to stretch evenly and not shed their leaves, the lemon should be rotated around its axis by 1.5–2 cm every month. The seedlings should not be sharply twisted, otherwise such unexpected changes may result in the “baldness” of the young tree.

In early spring, the grown citrus is transferred to another, more spacious pot. In the first year, the lemon should “move” 4 times. An adult tree can live in its pot for several years, the main thing is to update the top layer of soil from time to time.

How do you know if a lemon needs a new home? If its roots reach the drainage layer and try to crawl out of the pot, the tree has become cramped. Move the lemon from one container to another carefully so as not to damage the base. A little soil is left on the root system so that the plant quickly adapts to new conditions.

Tree formation
To prevent the seedling from turning into a shaggy bush of incomprehensible shape, it needs to be looked after. When the central shoot becomes strong and begins to stretch upward, acquiring branches and additional leaves, it is cut off. There should be a stump 20 cm high. Next, branches of the second order are formed on the central trunk, which are pinched when they reach 18–19 cm. Repeat the procedure again until shoots of the fourth “generation” appear. It is on them that buds, flowers and fruits are formed.

If you do not trim off excess shoots and branches, the crown of the lemon will become dense, and the tree will spend too much energy feeding leaves and unnecessary shoots.

When the trunk of the seedling becomes as thick as a pencil, the lemon should be grafted. You need to ask your friends or order from a specialized store a two-year-old cutting cut from a fruiting citrus tree. You will also need:

• well sharpened knife;
• a roll of electrical tape;
• plastic bag;
• garden var.

First, cut off the lemon branch extending from the central trunk, leaving a stump 5–10 cm high. It must be carefully split into two equal parts. Sharpen the bottom of the handle into the shape of a blade and insert it into a stump. Coat the open “wounds” with garden varnish and tie tightly with electrical tape so that it covers the stump.

The top of the scion is also cut off, leaving 2 to 4 buds. Treat the cut with garden varnish, cover the pinched lemon with a bag to create a warm, humid microclimate. In such conditions, wounds heal faster and the cutting takes root better. Remove the cellophane after the first shoots appear. A grafted lemon will begin to bear fruit in 2–3 years.

For the first time, 2 flowers are left, which need to be pollinated using a cotton swab. Collect pollen from one cup and transfer to another. In the future, the lemon can ripen as many fruits as the ovary appears.

1. In late autumn, the temperature in the room where the citrus pot is located should be gradually reduced to 15 degrees so that the plant adapts to harsh conditions. At the same time, increase daylight hours, otherwise the tree will begin to shed leaves.
2. In winter, it is recommended to wrap a tub of lemon with insulation or thick blankets to protect the roots from hypothermia.
3. The soil is loosened every 5-6 waterings to improve the flow of air into the soil and prevent acidification of the soil.
4. In late spring and summer, it is useful to move a mature citrus tree outside, but hide it from direct sunlight.

Lemon, like other plants, needs regular care and attention. The plant loves warmth, moisture and sun in moderation; sometimes it needs feeding and protection from pests. If you don’t forget to water the tree, apply fertilizer and keep it away from drafts, it will live a long time and regularly produce fruits.

Video: how to grow citrus fruits at home

Lemon is one of the most famous and ancient hybrid species citrus plants. As early as 200 AD. In Italy, lemon cultivation was known. It turns out you can. The leaves of this not only beautiful, but also useful tree secrete phytoncides - substances that can refresh and disinfect the air. If you care for lemon properly, you can also get wonderful fruits.

Lemon is propagated at home by seeds or cuttings. When growing fruits from seeds, you can only wait 7-8 years, or you may not wait at all. The best option for planting is from a ready-made cutting. From an adult tree, cut a young green twig with 4-5 leaves. For rooting, take a small pot of damp fine sand and plant the plant. Cover the top of the pot with transparent plastic bottle, having previously cut off its neck. Make several holes in the bottle for air circulation. This way you will create a greenhouse effect and the lemon will take root faster. The temperature should be high: 22-25 degrees. You can graft a tree that has already been grown from a seed. To do this, we cut off a shoot from a tree of the variety we like and insert it into the split. The splitting must be done quickly and carefully to avoid infection. Treat the grafting site with garden mixture. If everything is done correctly, then after about two or three weeks you will notice that the newly grafted branch has begun to grow. A fabulous effect and surprise of guests can be achieved by grafting a lemon on one side and a tangerine on the other. You will get an amazing combination and variety of fruits.

Caring for citrus fruits, which includes lemon, at home is quite a painstaking, although not difficult, task. This is a light-loving tree. Therefore, carefully choose the place for growing. Open sunlight should also be avoided; diffused light is needed. Replanting this plant is quite painful; it is better to transfer it to a larger pot without affecting the roots. To overwinter lemons, the room temperature should be reduced to 10-12C degrees, or the pot with the plant should be placed on the veranda. In this case, take care in advance that the roots of the plant do not freeze, wrap the flowerpot warm blanket.
Lemon begins to bear fruit at home at the age of three years. If there are too many fruits, then the newly appeared ovary should be torn off. There should be 10-12 green leaves per fruit.

If you follow all the rules, growing lemon at home is not such a labor-intensive task. Make the plant happy proper care, and then it will delight you with beautiful, tasty and healthy fruits for many years!

Among exotic indoor plants, the palm is probably firmly held by the lemon. Two millennia have already passed since people learned to grow these at home.

The fashion for homemade lemons came to Russia during the era of Peter I. Since then, this fragrant tree has served us not only as a decoration for our homes, but is also an excellent air purifier. Lemon foliage, fruits and flowers are capable of releasing phytoncides in large quantities, which are known to be natural antibiotics that rid the atmosphere of the premises where lemons grow of pathogens.

But Not every variety of lemon is suitable for growing in an apartment. Indeed, in nature, this heat- and light-loving inhabitant of the subtropics and tropics grows up to 5-8 meters. And if you simply stick a lemon seed into a pot of soil, you will most likely fail. In order to grow this magnificent tree at home, you will need knowledge and a little effort.

Lemon varieties for growing at home

First of all, you need to figure out what type of lemon is suitable for your apartment or insulated loggia. Breeders have long bred decorative dwarf lemons that can produce bountiful harvests fruits The most common among them are:

• "Novogruzinsky lemon" bears fruit all year round, has a delicate, delicate aroma, the fruits contain almost no seeds, and grow on the trunk a large number of thorns,
• "Mayera" , a dwarf lemon, which is famous for its especially sour lemons, which are edible in an unripe state;
• "Genoa" also good for its fertility, juiciness of fruits and decorativeness;
• "Lunario" gives good harvest oblong lemons;
• "Maikop lemon" characterized by fertility, rapid growth rates and excellent decorative properties;
• "Pavlovsk lemon" - a time-tested, reliable variety, long mastered by lovers of home gardening, it grows up to 2 meters in height, it has thin-skinned, fragrant, large fruits.

In this article we want to describe all the subtleties and nuances of growing Pavlovsk lemon as the most widespread and with high productivity.

By the way, about productivity

With proper care and normal maintenance conditions, one six-year-old lemon tree in mid-latitudes can bear from 20 to 50 fruits per year. In southern latitudes, the yield of ornamental lemon is twice as high – up to 100 fruits per year. Isn't this an additional reason to try growing a lemon tree in your apartment?

History of the Pavlovsk Lemon variety

For the first time in the city of Pavlov-on-Oka, about 150 years ago, lemon came in the form of cuttings brought from Turkey by the merchant I.S. Karachistov. The merchant brought the cuttings as a gift to his relative E.D. Elagin. He laid the foundation for this wonderful variety of lemons, producing exotic trees from cuttings. Growing lemons in home lemonaries has become fashionable throughout Pavlova. After the revolution, in the 30s of the 20th century, a special enterprise was even created in this city to study and grow Pavlovsk lemon.

Since then, this variety of lemon not only has not lost its popularity, but has also become widespread throughout Russia.

Description of Pavlovsk lemon

Pavlovsk lemon is a bush-shaped tree that can be divided into 3-4 branches-trunks, grows up to 2 meters in height, but on average up to a meter and a half. A rounded crown up to a meter wide is formed by branches hanging down. As a rule, quite impressive thorns of one and a half centimeters grow on lemon branches.

This plant has large foliage - up to 15 cm in length and up to 8 cm in width. The leaves are glossy, green and dark green in color. On their surface and along the edges there are special glands that produce essential oils. It is they who give us the opportunity to appreciate the citrus smell and antibacterial properties of this exotic tree. Lemon - evergreen perennial. In nature, there are centenarians who live up to 45 years. Therefore, the leaves on Pavlovsk lemon change rarely, on average once every 2-3 years.

It is important to know
There should be at least 10 leaves per lemon tree. Therefore, the more healthy foliage your lemon has, the better condition the plant is in and the more fruit it will bear.

Pavlovsk lemon is a self-pollinating plant. Its flowers are bisexual, five-membered, up to 3 cm in size. Lemon blooms, subject to normal maintenance, throughout the year. Therefore, on the same tree you can often see both new flowers and ripening fruits at the same time. Lemon has two periods abundant flowering– the beginning of spring and the first half of autumn.

The first fruits appear when the lemon reaches 2 or 3 years of age. But fruiting greatly depletes the young tree. Therefore, in order to grow strong beautiful plant, experienced plant growers recommend picking off all the flowers in the first two years of this citrus fruit’s life, preventing it from setting fruit. In the third year, it is recommended to leave 3-4 flowers. In the fourth year, leave only well-developed flowers, removing weak flowers growing nearby.

Do the same with fruits. Leave only the amount of lemons that can ripen. Lemons that start at a short distance from the base and on short branches have a better chance of surviving. Therefore, give them preference when choosing fruits for ripening.

Lemons ripen within a month, but the fruits can continue to grow for up to a year. You should not leave ripe fruits on the tree, because over time they lose their external and taste qualities. Pick lemon fruits when they turn their characteristic bright yellow color.

Habitat requirements

Lighting requirements

Like everyone else tropical plant, the lemon needs to be provided good lighting. But it should be taken into account that the tree must be protected from direct sunlight. IN summer period you need to take care of darkening using paper or rare fabric (gauze, tulle), and in winter period Give the lemon artificial sun using backlight lamps. The most favorable option would be to place the lemon on the western, southeastern or eastern side of the house.

Considering that lemon does not tolerate sudden changes in habitat, in order to avoid the tree shedding its leaves, refrain from taking the flowerpot with the plant into the open air.

Temperature requirements

A flower native to the tropics must ensure that the temperature in the room where it is kept is not lower than +18 degrees. In winter, the optimal temperature will be in the range of +14-+15 degrees. Therefore, if you have an insulated loggia, you can send the tree there for the winter. But at the same time, keep in mind one feature: if the constant room temperature is above +18 degrees, water your lemon with water heated to +30 degrees. The root system of a plant requires the same temperature regime as its above-ground part. Otherwise, your tree may simply become bald.

Moisture and watering requirements

The lemon tree does not like either drought or waterlogging. Therefore, be careful when watering. Water your tree warm water, a couple of times a week. Spray the plant with a spray bottle to provide it with air humidity of 60-70%. IN winter time When the air in the room dries out, place containers of water next to the lemon or use electric humidifiers.

To prevent the lemon from dropping its fruits, it is useful to periodically moisten them with water at the point where the lemon attaches to the branch.

Propagation of homemade lemon

Indoor lemon can be propagated in three ways:

• air layering,
• seeds,
• cuttings

Seeds

The disadvantage of such planting is that in this case you will have to wait a long time for fruits - from 10 to 15 years. However, this period can be significantly reduced if you graft your tree with a bud with part of the wood and bark of an adult lemon tree, which has already borne fruit more than once. In this case, you will have to reap five times less. Your lemon will bear fruit in the 3rd year.

Cuttings

The most reliable method for getting indoor lemon is cuttings.. To do this, it is best to take a cutting in the first half of spring from the autumn growth of a healthy, well-fruiting tree. Using a sharp knife, cut a cutting half a centimeter wide and 10-13 cm long from a young, at least 25 cm long, non-woody branch. The cuttings should have 4-5 leaves. You cut off the bottom two of them, and leave the top ones or cut them in half. Please note that you should make the lower cut a quarter of a centimeter from the bud, and the upper one at least 2 cm higher. Cut the cuttings at a sharp angle.

• 25-50 mg of indolylbutyric acid per liter of water,
• 0.1 g of heteroauxin per liter of water.

Even if you have not found the components for the growth solution, immediately before planting you need to cover the lower cut of the cutting with a layer of crushed charcoal. After this, the cuttings can be planted at right angles in a prepared pot filled with sand.

Some plant growers recommend planting cuttings in a special soil mixture, which you can buy in a store or prepare yourself. To do this, sand is mixed in equal parts with either sphagnum moss or high-moor peat. But this is only the layer that fixes the cuttings and supplies them with moisture. At the bottom of the container where you will place the seedlings, you need to lay out a layer of drainage (expanded clay, small pebbles, broken bricks, etc.). Then we lay a 5 cm layer of a mixture of turf and forest soil on it, then pour out the sand mixture. Now you can place our lemon cuttings in a container for planting in moistened soil. It is recommended to spray the cuttings with a spray bottle and then carry out the spraying procedure regularly.

Provide the plant with a planting area of ​​25 cm2. You should create a greenhouse for your lemon using film or a jar. If the room temperature is above +20 degrees, the greenhouse must be ventilated periodically.

After two weeks, the cuttings should begin to take root, and after a month and a half, your young lemon should be gradually accustomed to the atmospheric conditions of the room. To this end, ventilate the greenhouse daily and increase the ventilation time over two to three weeks.

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First transplant of seedling

When the plant takes root and takes root, you should replant a lemon tree in a half-liter flowerpot. For it, it is necessary to prepare an earth mixture consisting in equal parts of rotted maple or linden leaves, turf soil and.

Lemon needs nutritious soil, so take care of this in advance. We arrange drainage at the bottom of the pot, check that there are holes in it to drain excess liquid, pour a layer of river sand onto the drainage layer, then place a nutritious soil mixture on it.

Replant seedlings using the partial transshipment method, i.e. You need to leave a little old soil on the roots. If the roots of the plant are longer than the planting container, carefully lay them in rings, gradually covering them with soil. After planting, the lemon should be watered with settled warm water.

Note!
When replanting, do not cover the neck of the plant with soil! If the neck is covered with soil, over time it will begin to rot and your lemon will die.

Tree crown formation

Once you place the lemon pot in its permanent location, refrain from moving or turning it frequently. The tree will slowly adapt to the new habitat, developing shade and light foliage, getting used to the dose of light they receive. Therefore, in order to achieve a symmetrically developed tree, rotate it no more than 2 times a month clockwise by no more than 30 degrees. If you turn the plant frequently and sharply, the leaves will dry out and fly off.

In order to form a crown exotic wood, you need to periodically pinch the shoots, stimulating the growth of new branches in the right direction. You will have to deal with the crown for two to three years. A young plant that has just been planted produces one erect vertical shoot; it is called zero. In the second year of growth, branches of the first level appear. We need to get escapes of levels 2-5. The branches we need may appear only after a few years.

How to do it?

1. Pinch out the zero branch when its height exceeds 20 cm. Leave only healthy, developed buds on the trunk of the tree, which are directed in different directions.
2. On the branches that grew from these buds, you need to leave 4 buds, they will form the skeleton of our lemon. Skeletal branches should not exceed 25 cm.
3. Branches of the second level should not exceed 10 cm.
4. Shoots of the third level are half as long as shoots of the second level.

If you got a lemon tree by cuttings, then it is best for you to form it in the form of a bush; if you grew a grafted lemon, form a tree. In this case, secure the lemon stem with a peg, then it will grow vertically.

Features of caring for seedlings

Watering seedlings

During the summer try to water the plant daily in the morning, make sure that the soil in the flowerpot does not dry out, is slightly moistened, but does not turn into a liquid porridge. Water the soil evenly over the entire surface of the pot with the plant. If necessary in the summer, homemade lemons can be watered not only in the morning, but also in the evenings.

In winter the number of waterings should be reduced to 2 times a week in the morning.

Pay special attention to the water with which you water the lemon seedlings. Recommended water temperature- two to three degrees higher than the ambient air temperature in the room where the flowerpot is located. Cold water will lead to acidification of the soil and rotting of the root system of the lemon tree. Tap water is undesirable, but it can be left standing for 24 hours. The most the best option There will be rain, melt, and river water.

Do not forget spray the plant, this way you will prevent drying out and loss of foliage.

Feeding seedlings

So that after 3-4 months the nutrients in the soil of the flowerpot with indoor lemon are not exhausted, and the leaves have not brightened, the plant needs to be fertilized.

1. To do this, in spring, summer and autumn, use liquid fertilizer in the form of a solution mineral fertilizers(2 g of product per liter of water).
2. If you want to speed up the growth of the plant, use an ammonium nitrate solution.
3. If the foliage at the top of your homemade lemon begins to turn yellow and die at the edges, use sulfate or potassium fertilizers that do not contain chlorine.
4. When lemon Tree reaches two years of age, fertilize it with phosphorus-potassium mixtures twice a month. To prepare such a mixture, you will need 5 g of potassium salt and superphosphate per liter of water at the rate of 300 g of the mixture per tree. But, in order not to burn the root system of the plant, you must first water it with water.
5. Throughout the year, lemon should be fed once every two weeks, with the exception of winter - once a month.

Used to feed indoor lemons and fertilizer of organic origin, such as or slurry. The litter is diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 20, slurry 1 to 15.

It is useful to fertilize foliage by spraying or coating with a brush with a solution boric acid(half a gram per liter of water), or (1 tsp per liter of water).

If you are using mineral and organic fertilizers in combination, take care to reduce the dose of fertilizing by half.

If there is a lack of microelements in the lemon nutrient medium, you can stimulate foliage growth with a weak solution of potassium permanganate; if the foliage turns yellow, feed the lemon with the solution copper sulfate(2 grams per 1 liter of injection) every 5-6 days.

In stores you can find complex fertilizers for lemons, use them as directed on the package instructions.

It is important to know!
Until your cuttings have taken root, refrain from feeding them.

How to replant homemade lemon

The lemon tree needs to be replanted once a year in any of the spring months. But, only when the root system has occupied all the space in the flowerpot. You can check this by looking at the holes in the bottom of the pot; if you see roots sticking out from there, the lemon needs to be rehoused.

If the soil in which the tree grows is in normal condition, the transshipment method is used; if the substrate is sour, it needs to be changed, then the replanting method is used.

When transplanting get rid of the old substrate as carefully as possible, inspect the root system, cutting off rotten roots. It is advisable to use an old pot in this case, since you have removed the diseased roots and the volume of the root system has decreased. You just need to take care of increasing the drainage layer and providing fresh nutrient substrate.

During transshipment The lemon tree is transferred along with a lump of soil into a new, preferably clay pot. In this case, you should not select a much larger flowerpot; take a container 2-3 cm larger in diameter.

The fact is that the roots of the lemon should occupy the entire space of the pot, then it will have time to absorb all the moisture from the soil, while the latter will not sour. On the other hand, this situation can lead to intensive growth shoots, which will weaken the tree and prevent it from blooming. In this case, refrain from replanting the lemon until the flowering period begins and the roots occupy all the space in the flowerpot.

In order to replant a lemon using the transshipment method, water the tree generously so that the soil in which it grows is completely saturated. Prepare a new pot by placing a layer of drainage and a layer of fresh substrate on the bottom. Then, clasping the trunk of the tree in the neck area with your index and middle fingers, holding the top layer of soil with your palm, carefully turn the pot upside down. If necessary, you can hit the pot against a hard object.

Carefully separate the lump of earth with the root system from the pot, inspect the roots for rotting. If there are any, cut them off. Remove the top layer of soil, get rid of the old drainage and move the lemon to a new home. At the same time, try not to damage the root shoots of the plant.

Fill the free space in the pot with new soil, compact the soil so that there are no unfilled spaces left in the pot. In this case, the soil level should be one and a half centimeters below the top edge of the flowerpot. Do not forget that the neck of the lemon must remain on the surface, otherwise it will quickly rot and your lemon will die.

After replanting, water the lemon generously with settled warm water. Refrain from feeding the plant until it has completely taken root in its new location.

Pests of homemade lemon

If you grow a lemon tree in an apartment, be sure to ensure that unwanted guests such as aphids, scale insects, or etc. do not settle on it. All of them invariably lead to weakening of the plant and, as a consequence, its baldness.

A yellow-green insect that can settle in the tops of twigs and feeds on the sap of leaves. In order to get rid of this pest, place a flowerpot next to the lemon tree. The smell of geranium will repel aphids. Or wash the surface part of the lemon with available means (knitted fabric, toothbrush, gauze) with one of the following preparations:

1. dissolve chlorophos or karbofos (30g) in 10 liters of water;
2. dissolve anabasine sulfate (30g), laundry soap (40g) in 10 liters of water;
3. stir well in a liter of water 5g laundry soap and 10g kerosene;
4. chop the onion on a fine grater;
5. make a tincture (3 crushed cloves per 1 cup of water per day);
6. make a tincture of red hot pepper;
7. dissolve washing powder in water;
8. steam the infusion for a day in a sealed container (at a ratio of 1 part tobacco dust to 10 parts boiling water), then add soap and denatured alcohol to it.

In the same way you can deal with scale insect, a fuzzy, dark brown pest that lives on the veins of lemon leaves. With severe damage, the scale insect can also cover the stems of the plant.

It is important to know!
Use pesticides to control pests with great care. Treat the plant only in non-residential premises.

To get rid of scale insects, treat the plant once per decade; you will need 3 or 4 such procedures. Before treatment, try to remove all pests from the leaves, then thoroughly rinse the affected areas. All this time, the foliage must be inspected daily and newly appeared pests must be removed. Wash the place where the scale insect was sitting with one of the suggested solutions.

During processing, try to ensure that the preparations do not get into the ground; burn used rags and toothbrushes. During the entire treatment period, do not allow the sun's rays to fall on the foliage of the tree. Otherwise, burns may occur.

Spider mite may start in a hot, dry room. It feeds on the sap of leaves, entwining it with a cobweb on the underside. At the same time, the foliage loses color and falls off. Methods of dealing with ticks are similar to methods of dealing with scale insects. But there are other means: the foliage, especially its underside, can be sprayed with tinctures and decoctions from a spray bottle horse sorrel, onion or garlic peels, tobacco, dandelion, potato tops, yarrow.

If you water too much, the lemon may develop small, whitish spots. fleas are idiots. You will get rid of them if you water your tree less often, but more abundantly, and do not forget to thoroughly loosen the soil. You can sprinkle the dry soil in the flowerpot with dust or wood ash.

Earthworms by themselves they cannot cause any harm to the plant, but in the case of abundant reproduction, they can block the drainage holes in the pot, which will inevitably lead to rotting of the root system and acidification of the soil. Therefore, it is better to get rid of them in one of the following ways:

1. Water the lemon with a weak pink solution of potassium permanganate or mustard (1 tsp mustard powder per liter of water);
2. Fill a basin with water heated to 50 degrees, carefully and slowly lower the flowerpot with lemon into it. The hot “bath” will cause the worms to crawl out. Collect all worms from the surface of the soil.

Diseases of indoor lemon

When lemons are weakened by insect pests, diseases such as gommosis or sooty fungus may appear.

Sooty fungus, which feeds on the waste products of scale insects, leads to disruption of photosynthesis, and it becomes difficult for the plant to “breathe”. You can get rid of fungus as follows:

1. get rid of the scale insects,
2. make sure that the room where the lemon grows is regularly and thoroughly ventilated,
3. Spray or treat the lemon tree with a one percent solution of Bordeaux mixture at least 2 times.

Gommoz- a disease in which a brownish glue-like substance - gum - is secreted on the ground part of the lemon. Most often, the disease occurs due to mechanical damage, improper use of fertilizers or damage by harmful insects. This disease leads to the death of the bark, the formation of wounds on the trunk and the falling of leaves. To fix this problem you need to:

1. use fertilizers correctly, get rid of pests,
2. clean the affected area to healthy layers, treat it with a three percent solution of Bordeaux mixture, cover with garden varnish,
3. disinfect the tree by spraying it with copper sulfate.

How to choose a lemon tree in a store

Potted lemon in a store, February 2015

In conclusion, we would like to give some advice to those who decide to take the simplest route - buy ready-made lemon in a specialized store.

1. Buy only varieties adapted for growing in apartments- “Mayera”, “Genoa”, “Lunario”, “Maikop lemon”, “Pavlovsky lemon”, etc.

2. Considering that it is quite difficult for lemon to adapt to new conditions, try to choose trees that grown in local nurseries, not in Holland or Greece. Such plants will not live long in our conditions.

3. Give it away preference for lemon grown from cuttings, not a lemon grown from a seed. The fact is that the latter do not inherit the qualities of their “parent”, and you risk buying a “pig in a poke”. Lemons obtained by vegetative means, on the contrary, are no different from their ancestor. You can find a lemon grown from a cutting by its root system; its roots grow on the sides from the bark of the stem; a lemon from a seed has one well-developed root, and smaller roots grow from it.

4. Do not buy lemons in pots with a substrate that resembles a sponge or sponge.. It is impregnated with preservatives, therefore, the lemon tree will live exactly as long as the preservative will act. Even transplanting it into another pot with a nutritious soil mixture will not help.

As you can see, growing a lemon tree is not so easy, but the lemon will definitely reciprocate your love and care, delighting your eyes, giving you health and incredible aroma– the aroma of happiness and home comfort!

Lemon is native to tropical India and China. The lemon tree was first cultivated for food and decorative purposes in the subtropical countries of Asia.

To this day, citrus fruits are grown on a large scale there, as well as in Spain and Italy.

In the CIS countries, lemon is grown as a houseplant.

This beautiful tree with a neat crown exudes phytoncides (substances that disinfect the air) that are useful for our apartments and proper cultivation produces aromatic and vitamin-rich fruits.

In our article you will learn all the intricacies of turning a small seed into a fruit-bearing lemon tree.

The best varieties of indoor lemon

• Pavlovsky– characterized by its short stature, the tree tolerates low light levels well and is adapted to life in apartments
• Anniversary– a low (up to 1.5 m) tree, resistant to the dry air of apartments, has a high yield, bears fruit and grows quickly. The fruits have thick skin
• Panderosa- indoor hybrid of lemon and citron. A low and bushy tree forms a beautiful crown. At the age of 2 years it already bears fruit
• Meyer– a hybrid of lemon and orange well adapted to indoor life.

What is better to buy - an adult plant or seedlings

For growing at home, beginning flower lovers can buy already mature plant: There will be fewer problems and hassles with growing.

True, the price of such a lemon will be higher than that of a young seedling. Seedlings can cost from 200 rubles, and an adult plant is about 1000 rubles.

And yet it is much more interesting to grow it yourself from a seedling, watching its growth day after day. Better yet, grow your own tree completely. from the seed.

It’s not easy, but it’s quite possible to get a full-fledged, beautiful and fruit-bearing lemon. Through 5-7 years(with the right approach) you can admire the view of an evergreen tree and drink aromatic tea with your own lemons.

Planting a lemon from a seed

The very first step is to eat a lemon and select a few large seeds. It's better to take 10 or more seeds.

It is advisable to prepare them: for successful germination and root growth, you need to treat the seeds growth stimulator– a solution of sodium humate (it is sold in a botanical store), in which the seeds should be immersed for a day.

Then you can further process the seeds other stimulants– a solution of the drug “Citron” or “Epinas-extra”. This manipulation will allow future young plants to withstand poor light conditions and dry air.

Important! For germination, take fresh whole seeds and immediately plant them in the ground. The success of germination increases several times!

Which container to choose

You can plant the seeds in a pot or in small temporary containers (cassettes or boxes). It is better to take a clay pot for planting seeds, approx. 7 cm in diameter.

Priming for planting consists of:

• 0,5 parts of humus;
• 0,5 part of river coarse sand;
• 2 parts of turf (it can be dug up, for example, in a meadow);
• 1 parts of leaf soil (it can be dug up in a deciduous forest);
• 1/4 part of charcoal.

The soil should turn out loose. But you can do it simpler: go to a botanical store and buy a special soil that states that it is for citrus fruits.

Plant the seeds deep into the prepared soil. 1.5 cm. To prevent rotting, you need to cover the soil with a film or a transparent bag and spray it with water daily from a spray bottle.

Temperature for germination should be approx. +18°С.

Shoots will appear later 3 weeks. After this, you need to move the containers to a bright place, and remove the film after the second pair of leaves appears.

Note! Do not overwater or overcool lemon shoots! Avoid drafts and do not use fertilizers!

Then it is produced selection of seedlings: culling the worst and selecting the strongest, with a stocky trunk, preferably without short needles, but with a large number of leaves, without long thin shoots.

Growing lemon at home

For successful growth, a young lemon needs warmth, light and water. Some specific requirements for citrus fruits should be taken into account.

There is no need to feed lemon in the first months. In spring and summer, for a grown plant, use fertilizers.

In the botanical store they will offer you the necessary ones and tell you in detail how and how much to apply them, plus any fertilizer is always given instructions.

Watering should be regular, but not excessive. You need to water the lemon every day when it’s hot, and on other days when the top of the soil dries out. In summer - 5 times per week, in winter - 2 times per week.

How much water to pour depends on the age of the plant and air temperature. A young seedling will need about a glass of water at a time, and an adult tall tree will need from 0.5 to 1 liter of water.

Main, spray the plant daily, since lemons do not tolerate dry air. In spring, water the plant in the morning, and in autumn and summer - late in the evening.

In summer you can take it out to the balcony or take it to the village. The main thing is that you cannot expose the tree to direct sun. It should be rotated daily to ensure the branches grow evenly.

For wintering, it is advisable to take the tree into a room with a temperature about +15 °C, but not lower than +12 °C. If this is not possible, it is recommended to additionally illuminate the lemon with special lamps.

It is important not to forget to clean the leaves from dust so that the gas exchange process takes place at the proper level.

Crown formation

Lemon does not branch very readily. To create a beautiful and compact crown you will have to work a little.

Aged up to 1 year, and even better, from 3 months, begin to stimulate the growth of lateral branches. It's done like this. During periods of increased growth, the top is pinched off.

Sometimes it gets pinched off repeatedly, since the lemon can stubbornly continue to grow only to the top. As a result, the axillary buds wake up and the lateral branches begin to grow.

The tops of the lateral branches are also pinched off early, when 2-3 sheets. In this way, the crown of the lemon is formed in the future.

It is important to prevent the occurrence "tops"– too long internal branches from the crown. While the “tops” are flexible, they are tied to a stick stuck in the ground so that they take root.

Lemon transplant

When the roots young plant they begin to entangle the pot, it is transplanted. In the first year, transplantation is carried out 2 times. Mature plant can be replanted once every 4 years.

Transplantation is underway in early spring. Move the lemon to a new pot of slightly larger diameter, adding fresh soil.

Do not damage the roots, as citrus fruits contain mycorrhiza– a symbiosis of fungi and roots beneficial to lemon.

The appearance of mycorrhiza on the roots is biological feature citrus fruits. A similar phenomenon is observed in legumes - their nodule bacteria are in symbiosis with the roots.

Because of this, lemons do not tolerate transplantation well. To prevent the plant from being damaged, you need to minimally touch the earthen ball surrounding the root system.

When replanting is not carried out, the soil is simply updated by adding a little fresh soil. Periodically, the soil is loosened to regulate breathing.

Lemon care at home

Lemon is a capricious plant:

• It can be involuntarily sour or pour;
• He does not tolerate temperature changes and drying out;
• Loves the light;
• Doesn't like to move frequently.

Proper feeding plays an important role. Overfeeding, like lack of fertilizer, will not be beneficial.
They start feeding the lemon in the spring.

From February to September, special fertilizers for citrus fruits are regularly applied ( “Lemon”, “For citrus”, “Citrus”, etc.). In winter, the tree is not fertilized.

In preparation for winter and at the end of February reduced by 2 times the usual concentration of applied fertilizer. A sign of excess fertilizer is a dry edge along the edge of the leaves and their rapid fall.

Flowering occurs after a few years. But purchased prepared seedlings can bloom in the first year. For a lemon to bear fruit, it must pass 10-15 years from germination from the seed, but the process can be accelerated. For example, through vaccination.

How to graft a lemon

Graft- This is a procedure that accelerates flowering and fruiting. It is carried out with lemon from the seed and simple seedlings.

The rootstock is the plant that will be grafted. The first vaccination is given 2-3 year old tree.

The top cuttings are grafted from other plants(you can even use an orange). The leaves are removed, leaving the axillary buds.

It is best to plant in early spring. There are 2 methods of vaccination:

• Kidney vaccination. Using a special budding knife, carefully cut out a small bud from another plant, being careful not to touch its cut with your hands. Then a T-shaped incision is made on the rootstock, where this bud is inserted. This place is then covered with a bandage. Engraftment will occur within 3 weeks. The part of the shoot that is located above the bud is soon cut off (about 10 cm in height)
• Grafting with cuttings carry out special . Cuttings should have young bark and several buds. They need to be cut at an angle. The bark of the rootstock is split lengthwise and the cut cutting is inserted. This place is then also rewound until the cutting is completely established.

It is better to purchase cuttings from a lemon that has already bear fruit. Then there will be fruits already 3 year.

Also, to speed up fruiting, lemon can be pollinate, transferring pollen artificially from one flower to another.

Propagation of lemon indoors

You can not only graft, but also propagate lemons vegetatively - cuttings.

The simplest of them is to take cuttings from an already fruit-bearing tree and plant them in a new pot.

To do this, a cut is made from an adult lemon under the lower bud near the cutting. The cutting itself should be more than 10 cm and have more 5 leaves.

Lower 2 sheets removed, the cut is powdered with charcoal and the branch is rooted deep into the sand 2 cm. You can plant a future seedling in a greenhouse, greenhouse, under a film, where the temperature reaches at least +20 °С.

They will appear in a month first roots. The rooted cutting now requires the same care as a regular young plant.

Pests and diseases of indoor lemon

One of the most common problems is yellowing of leaves.

This may happen:

• From nitrogen deficiency(leaves turn pale green) phosphorus(dull, narrow, yellowish), potassium(the leaf is lighter in the center, and turns brown along the edge);
• From a lack of microelements iron, sulfur, magnesium, zinc, excess calcium (chlorosis);
• From lack or excess of light;
• As a result of defeat phytopathogenic fungi (rust);
• Due to pests: spider mite (yellow dots) and aphids(light sticky spots).

Another problem is young branches turn black. This can happen if the roots are affected, namely:

• They're rotting;
• dried up;
• Frozen;
• Mycorrhiza has died off;
• Happened overfeeding with fertilizers.

Features of growing lemon from seeds at home, you can watch in this video: