How to grow a lime from the bones and when it will bear fruit (lemon faster!)

Hello, curious and ready to rain experiments at his home growers!

Perhaps every second lemon tried to grow from bone. My godmother used to be pretty citrus tree in height of 2 meters. But today I will talk about growing their own hands from the ground lime - lemon nearest relative.

At the lime has its charms. It is more suitable for the conditions of the apartment, because in the wild, the height of an adult tree of 1.5-5 meters, while the lemon reaches 5-8 m. Do not worry! These giants are unlikely to grow in the home, content with more modest dimensions.

But this means that the compact plant will bloom and give the fruits of faster than a lemon. Because at the same rate of growth soon "reach" to the desired condition. After how many years of waiting and flowering his write speed up the last section of the publication.

I'd add one more plus homemade lime. I really like its rounded fruit in shades of green. And shape and color. Do you like?

Where to begin

The first step is to head to the store. Select on the shelf very ripe lime and buy it. All we need - is, as you might guess, bone. The pulp can be used at their discretion. I, although I like the acid, the risk of putting slices of lime drinks only.

With probability of 99% you buy a variety of Mexico (Mexican lime). It is a plant commonly used for cultivation.

Bones of ripe lime and lemon as a bone, fine germinate. Here, as they say, nature has already thought of everything for us. But we can not take into account features agrotechnology the foreign guests (and lime came to us from Indochina), albeit unpretentious.

To sprouts lime was good, I recommend to follow simple tips:

• In the Internet advise be a mixture of soil prescription, similar to paragraphs textbook Harry Potter. Put the bone in any ground. Leavening agents do not need to add - in their natural habitat limes feel good and loam.
• It is better to plant a bone in one container. In order not to disturb the roots of seedlings during emergency swordplay. You can take plastic cups 200 ml.

• At the bottom with Realized holes place drainage of kermazita. So moisture will not stagnate, the bone does not rot.

Plant bone not deep. Because in nature, as we understand it, the fruits simply fall to the ground. Maximum embedment depth - 1 cm.

How to care for the planted lime bone

Make teplichku - lime and germinate faster. You can put the cup in the bag, container or cover with a piece of plastic / glass. I found the easiest option for themselves: I cover glass 200 ml inverted cup 500 ml. Periodically open teplichku for 5-10 minutes.

First time only spray soil. A jet from a watering can send a stone to the bottom of the first pot.

Be sure to place the seedling in the most bright spot in the House. Lyme loves the warm sun! Configure crown, causing the houseplant branch. So a tree will grow lush.

Lime not tolerate cold and die at a temperature of 1-2 ° C.

Start off feeding it is possible, when there were 4-6 leaves. In the first year, use of fertilizer, where the composition of NPK relatively the same (Example - 5: 6: 5). Prompt, are complex mineral supplements for decorative foliage plants in liquid form. For now we have to work on increasing the crown.

And when the lime will begin to bear fruit?

The view that domestic citrus fruit not without vaccinations, mistakenly. It only accelerates the long-awaited tying buds. But in the nature of the trees nobody does vaccination, right?

Lemons, limes, tangerines and oranges "of bone" bear fruit when the plant reaches the desired size will be enough heat and light. You can speed up the process by making crossfeed.

pleasant fact. Lemons in the average fruit in 10-15 years after the onset of the germ of a bone. Lime pass maturing in half faster the fruit will be in 4-6 years. It was interesting? Please click the "Thumbs up!" This 2 seconds and 1 CPC.