Transfer of lemon into a new pot. How to grow a lemon from a bone at home

Lemon is a citrus plant native to the tropics. Therefore, he will not grow in the garden. But many growers manage to regale the fruits grown in the apartment. How to grow a lemon from a stone at home? What can I do to make the plant bear fruit?

Description of the lemon

Lemon refers to evergreen plants. His young shoots have a purple color, over the years they become brown. Leaves are thick, leathery, oval. Each of them lives about 3 years. On their surface are glands with essential oils.

The adult plant forms flower buds. They develop slowly, each one dissolves during 5 weeks. After the bud reveals itself, it blooms 7 ... 9 weeks. Flowers have a strong pleasant smell.

Gradually, the fetus forms on the spot of the flower. First it is green, then gradually turns yellow. Fruits are covered with thick fragrant skin. Inside is a yellow flesh, sour for taste. The fetus is divided into several lobules. Inside are the seeds. The process of maturation lasts 9 months and longer. At this time, the plant needs to create certain conditions. Lemon can be bought or grown on its own.

Growing lemon tree

How to grow a lemon from a stone at home? You can use for this seed obtained from the purchased fruit. It is necessary only that it is ripe, the seeds are large and firm.

After a while, the plant is better to plant. After all, lemons grown from seeds, enter into fruiting not earlier than in 6 years, and vaccinated - the next year after vaccination.

You can use cuttings 10 cm long and 4 mm thick. They should be at least 2 leaves and 3 kidneys. They process the stalk with "Kornevin". A couple of days are kept in water, then planted in pots. The earth for them consists of soil for flowers, sand and humus. Every day, the seedlings are sprayed. Do not pour the soil. At a temperature of up to 25 degrees, the roots will appear in a month and a half.

Planted in a pot a young lemon. Transplantation and care at home of plants derived from the cuttings are the same as those grown from seeds.

Soil lemon needs a loose, it must pass air and moisture well. Take a primer for flowers from the store and peat.

Sowing

Prepare dishes with large drainage holes, to the bottom lay drainage. Cover the layer of prepared soil mixture. Sow the seeds to a depth of 2 cm. They germinate in a couple of weeks.

Care of seedlings

Soil should be regularly watered with warm, settled water. When the seedlings have a pair of leaves, they are planted in a separate bowl. You can immediately plant one or two seeds in the pot.

The transplanted plants are covered with cans. This will help create an optimal temperature regime and moisture level. Every day they are removed for half an hour, so that they are adapted and aired.

Light mode

Lemon refers to plants of short daylight. Therefore, it can grow and develop in conditions of insufficient illumination. Such conditions accelerate the fruiting of the lemon. If the light day is increased, this can lead to a delay in the formation of fruits.

But in winter, if the lemon develops, it needs to be illuminated up to 6 hours with a special lamp.

Place for a lemon

The lemon grows well on the southern and eastern windows. If there is no natural shading, it should be organized in the afternoon.

To the crown of the tree is not inclined in one direction, it is regularly turned. Do this once a decade. And it needs to be rotated by 10 degrees.

Temperature

The temperature in the room depends on the phase of development of the plant. At a time when it does not bloom, 17 degrees is enough. Optimum for the formation and development of buds of lemon is a temperature of 14 ... 18 degrees. If it rises higher, the flowers and the already formed ovaries fall off. When the fruits grow and begin to ripen, the temperature is raised to 22 degrees.

In summer, lemon can be grown on the street or on the balcony, but at this time there should be no temperature changes. Therefore, the pot with a plant should be wrapped for the night.

In winter, at rest, the lemon is placed indoors at a temperature of about 13 degrees. There should not be heating batteries near.

Watering

During fruiting (May-September), the lemon is poured every day with filtered or standing water at room temperature. Then increase the intervals between watering, bringing their number to two per week. Water abundantly, but only when the earth dries. If in autumn or winter it is too wet, the roots can rot. To avoid this, you need to completely change the soil.

Need to additionally moisturize lemon leaves. This is especially important in winter if the room is heated. Spray the leaves with warm boiled water.

Lemon, which hibernates in a cool room, is not sprayed. Excessive hydration can lead to the development of fungal diseases.

Transfer of lemon into a new pot

After the seedlings grow to 15 cm, they are transplanted into a new pot, the diameter of which will be 5 cm more than the previous one. In such dishes, the roots will grow rapidly, filling the space of the pot. If a homemade lemon is transplanted immediately into a large pot, the soil in it will be sour with moisture.

It is better to plant the seeds immediately in separate pots. This will reduce the number of transplants, improve the condition of the lemon. This will keep the root system intact.

Transfer of lemon into a new pot is carried out by the method of transshipment. A new pot should also have good drainage and a drainage hole. Its diameter should be 2-3 cm larger than the previous one. The soil can be taken the same as when sowing seeds. You can take a mixture from the store or a mixture of garden soil with humus. The lemon is transferred to a new pot so that the root neck remains at the soil level.

Application of fertilizers

A good harvest of lemons can not be obtained without constant feeding. It is easiest to introduce a complex fertilizer for indoor lemons. He reacts well to the introduction of ash, diluted with water. To do this, they are ground, kept in water for 2 days. You can use the infusion of manure, diluting it in a ratio of 1:10.

For young plants, one feeding for one and a half months is enough.

In spring and summer, the adult plant is fed 2 times a month. In autumn, a lemon, located in a warm room, watered once a month and a half. A plant in a cool room does not need top dressing.

Do not apply fertilizer to dry land. Therefore, before fertilizing, water the plant with clean water.

With the help of fertilizers it is possible to achieve acceleration of fruiting. To do this, reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizers, increase the amount of phosphorus fertilizers.

Pruning of indoor lemons

The crown of a lemon needs to be regularly formed. Do this in two ways, depending on the purpose of the plant. If it is grown only as decorative, cut off so as to get a small bush.

For active fruiting, you need to get a tree with a sufficient number of shoots and leaves. Usually the fruits are formed on branches of the fourth order. They need to be formed as quickly as possible.

The main way to form is pinching young shoots. The first time it is done, when the seedling reaches 20 cm. Then pinch at a distance of 15 cm from the previous, making sure that there are at least 4 kidneys on this site. Of these, the main shoots are subsequently obtained.

Branches of each subsequent order should be shorter from the previous 5 cm. This will form a compact crown.

In the future, cut the broken and growing shoots inside the crown.

Diseases and pests of lemon

Many lovers of leaves on the lemon turn yellow and fall off. This can be caused by:

• Air dryness;
• Malnutrition;
• High temperature in the room in winter;
• When infected with a spider mite (it is necessary to fight with it "Fitoverm", "Akarin").

Often beginning gardeners complain that a roomy lemon has discarded the leaves. What to do in this case? It is necessary to see which of the care points is not executed, and change the mode. Perhaps this is a consequence of the transplant. If you hold it incorrectly, the root system can be damaged, which will lead to the fall of the leaves. Therefore, the lemon is transplanted into a new pot in the first years of life every 2-3 years.

Leaves and stems, especially young ones, can damage aphids, scabies, whiteflies, mealybugs. To get rid of them without the use of chemicals unwanted in the apartment, use the infusion of garlic. To cook it, garlic is crushed, insisted in water for 5 days. Filter, pour 6 g of infusion into 1 liter of water, spray the plant. But if pests spread over a large area, such a remedy is unlikely to help.