Hello gardeners! Welcome to a new video, where you
I will show how you can germinate seeds of lemon in an easy and fast way. Stay with me throughout the video because
later I will show you a known phenomenon like polyembryony that has appeared in my
seeds. With nothing more to say we start with the video ... [...] To obtain the lemon seeds it is necessary that we use the ripest lemons that
find, so we make sure that the seeds will be well developed and
they will have no problem germinating. Once we have the lemons we will extract
the seeds, I'll do it starting from the half the lemon with a knife but without separating it
completely, and then separate it with hands just like I'm doing, because
I am unlucky that whenever I leave a lemon in half ended up damaging
the seeds and in this way I make sure that I will not damage them. You can extract the seeds as you like
easier, whether you retrieve them later of having prepared a lemon water or some
food in which you have used lemons. After having extracted the seeds,
I will place them on a paper plate to put them to dry for two days in direct sunlight,
you can place them near the window that get more light, on the balcony or outside. Once we have dry the seeds,
What we are going to do is peel them, remove the shell that covers them, since the seeds
lemon have a physical dormancy, that is, induced by the shell with which
They are covered, and taking it off we break with this phenomenon that is what makes
seed germination is delayed. And so we will do with all the seeds,
I will remove as much of the shell as possible so that the seeds germinate as quickly
possible. Once we have done it we will place
all the seeds on a piece of paper or napkin, which I will fold in half to
cover them Later I will moisten the napkin
with a sprayer, we will only moisten it avoiding start to drain, we can check
this if we press the paper a little with the fingers. After we have done this we will place
the wet paper with the seeds inside a bag, I'll use a ziploc bag because
it makes me more practical to handle since closes more easily,
At least I know them by this name, yeah you know these bags with another name me
you can let us know in the comments. With this we will have started the process
germination, now we just have to wait and take care of our seeds, but you still don't
go, I still have many things to talk to you on the lemon tree,
As your basic care and some recommendations, I also want to remind you to subscribe
to the channel if you have not done it yet this motivates me to continue making videos like this. Well this is the second day since
I put the seeds to germinate, there aren't any yet germinated but we can see that the seeds
they changed a little color and the smell they have it's a bit unpleasant,
What can tell us that growth mushroom is coming so
to avoid this I will simply change the napkin seeds and I'll repeat the process,
I'll fold it up, moisten it with a spray bottle and put it inside the ziploc bag, remember
that you should not put too much water on them, just the paper should be damp and should not drain. If you are wondering where you should place
the bag with the seeds to germinate, you don't need to put them somewhere
special, I had them in my room and I had very good results that you will see a
little later. On the fourth day we can see that some
seeds have already started to germinate, so that the process is going very well, I will change again
napkin to prevent growth of mushrooms as I mentioned before,
I also recommend that you change the bag so that everything is clean again. On day 6 we can see how it is already more remarkable
the germination of the seeds, here I will perform again the napkin change because
I perceive a bad smell in the seeds like fermentation and how I don't want to lose them better
I'll change the napkin Something that I noticed and had not had to see in
seeds of other plants is that of a seed two plants are coming out of lemon, this
phenomenon is known as polyembryony and in humans it would be similar to what happens
with the twins, as far as we could tell that here we are seeing twin plants. After the napkin change we will moisten
same as always and we will place it inside from the bag
On day 8 we can see that the root of the seedlings has already grown considerably,
and the cotyledons are beginning to open, so soon we will transplant them to a
pot so they grow big and healthy And well the 10th has been fulfilled and the moment
transplant has arrived, here we can see how the plants have grown, and some
They are twin plants, if you wonder how knowing when to transplant is easy
know it, You should only notice when it begins to develop
the vegetative zone of a plant, that is the green part that is not root, when it is
area develops needs light to photosynthesize otherwise they will grow elongated
and of a yellowish tone This is known as etiolation and
plants will grow weak, making it at this time when I have decided to transplant them
in some small pots that I will show you then
To do the transplant I will use glasses 6 ounce disposables which I fill with
peat moss substrate or also known like peat moss, if you don't get
this substrate you can use the one that is at your fingertips, you can prepare your own substrate
with a little soil and humus, coconut fiber, perlite, vermiculite, in many ways,
The important thing is not to use only land, here I am using peat moss at 100
%, I made holes in the glasses the bottom for the water to drain
easily and avoid waterlogging to do not rot the roots. Now transplanting will be very simple, simply
you have to make a small hole with a piece made of wood or something you have on hand,
Then we are going to take each of the plants and with great care we are going to place them in
the hole we've made, covering all the roots of the plant and leaving the vegetative zone
outside, that is, the green cotyledons that seen here. We will do the same with all plants, more
I'll tell you some recommendations ahead and basic care so that your plants are
develop your best, while I show you some updates. I recommend that when you germinate your seeds
lemon at first place them in pots small while they develop like this no
you will have many problems to take care of them, I will transplant them to a bigger pot
when the plants have reached 15 20 centimeters tall more or less,
and after there I will transplant them to their place final when they are at least 50 cm
height to prevent the wind or animals break our plants
For seeds that have not germinated you can repeat the process we have done until
germinate and has grown enough to be transplanted
I have my plants in a small greenhouse of 4 square meters to which I put mesh
shade, since the sun in my city is quite intense
But when the plants are big enough I will transplant them abroad without any
problem that something happens to them The lemon tree is a plant that needs abundant
water but you also need the place in the one that we plant is well drained
say that the water does not stagnate in the pot or the place where we put it, to avoid
let the root rot. It is also a plant that favors the
mild climate, where the risk of frost is very low, its optimal temperature is
between 20 to 30 掳 C. For fertilization I use solution
nutritious I recycle from hydroponic systems that I have, in this video I explain how
you can make your own nutrient solution, But if this gets complicated you can fertilize
your plants with compost, worm castings or worm leachate which is very easy
to get in any nursery or you can do it yourself. Now we just have to wait and continue caring
of our lemon tree so that it begins to give fruits, that there is much discrepancy about
of this, but it is said that the lemon tree can start to bear fruit from 2
years so do not despair, it will be very gratifying to watch it grow and reap the fruits
of the tree that you yourself grew Up here I'll also leave you a video
how to make a chromatic trap in case the white fly comes to invade you in your
plants, it is a very simple and fast way to fight it. And well horticulturist I hope you liked it
the video, do not forget to comment what you think and leave your like, and remind you that if not yet
you are subscribed to the channel I recommend that do it because I'll be uploading more content
like this coming soon, greetings horticulturists and see you in the next video. [...]
