Lemon is considered as a superfood in many communities. The benefits of lemon for your skin and general health can be limitless. It helps to clean your bowels while its high contents of fiber is extremely helpful for your skin. Lemons are rich in Vitamin C and citric acid while it can be used to treat many types of health problems.
Go for organic
While you can always buy lemons from your local supermarket, growing your own organic fruits would always be encouraged where you will be free from pesticides and other harmful chemicals. The benefits of organic products are known among the communities to be better in many ways. And this is a whole more different when you can grow your own because you get to control what and how they are produced.
At your own convenience
Growing your own lemons can be quite challenging if you use the usual farming methods because you would need to factor in a lot of issues like water supply, sunlight, fertilizers and such. All that considered, you still need to think about space and location too. And we haven’t even gone into cleanliness and logistics. But what if you are able to grow your own lemons at the comfort of your own home and you can do so with a cup?? Sounds incredible? It is true and you can do this very easily.
Let’s get started
To do this, you will need some lemon seeds and some soil. First, choose a large lemon where you want its seeds. Clean the seed thoroughly and then ‘water them’ before leaving them for a week or so. Ensure that the water is changed daily. Use a gelatin sheet to cover the seeds when you are soaking them.
Then, add a few stones to the bottom of the cup. This is to encourage good drainage before filling up the cup with moist soil and put the seeds in. Ensure that the pointed ends are facing the bottom and that there is a 5mm space in between.
After that, use coarse sand to cover the seeds. Spray the surface with water for about 3 days and then use a nylon bag to cover the entire cup. This is to create a greenhouse effect for the plant to grow. Spray water every 2 days and within a week or more, you should see the first shoot. If you need a larger container, transfer the shoots. In about 3 to 4 months, choose the healthiest shoots and transfer to a larger pot. Ensure that you are using the same composition of the soil in a sunny place.
Things to consider
Like growing any other types of plants, you must ensure that your plant gets a lot of sunlight and moderate water. Make sure that you never leave the soil dry. If the leaves are falling, just water it constantly and monitor their growth. If it doesn’t, then perhaps you are doing some of the steps above wrongly. Traceback the process and see if you have missed out on certain phases. Try to restart the process with another new pot and monitor its growth. Compare with the current ones you have and you can identify if anything is not right. You should notice that this would start bearing fruit in the next few months.