How to grow, care and harvest Lemon?

How to plant Lemon:

• Lemons can be grown in all types of soils. Light soils having good drainage are best for lemon cultivation.

• Lemon plants can grown from seeds and also from saplings

• If you can propagate the seeds directly in soil, or in a plastic grow bag. 

• Cut open your Lemon and then remove a seed. The seeds should stay moist when buried. Place the seed about half an inch below the center of the grow bag, and then irrigate them.

• Seeds will start germinating in weeks time and will develop new leaves.

• You can transplant the plants after 6 to 1 year or when several roots peek through the drainage holes of the grow bag.

• Water the tree thoroughly to allow the soil to settle

  
  

  

Irrigation for Lemon:

• Lemon trees require weekly watering during normal days and during rainy season you may not need irrigation.

• If the lemon tree are over watered, their leaves will turn yellow and drop off.

• Use drip irrigation to keep plants consistently and evenly watered

• Once mature, lemon trees develop more drought tolerance

• Ensure Mulching around the plants can help to retain moisture

• Reduce watering once fruits are growing

  
  

  

Fertilizer for Lemon:

• Lemon tree responds well to fertilizer that is rich nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

• Balanced mix of nutrients will ensure your lemon trees have access to all the macro nutrients to grow strong and healthy and to produce good yield

• Fertilize the lemon plants immediately after the plants start flowering

• Liquid Fertilizer like Fish Amino or Jeevamartham can be diluted in water can be applied through drip irrigation.

• Boron rich Liquid Fertilizer should be applied after 45 days to prevent citrus from breaking.

  
  

  

Harvesting Lemon:

• When lemons appear yellow or yellowish-green, and have two to three inches in size, they will be ready to harvest

• You want to grab the lemon firmly in your hand and gently twist it until it breaks free from the tree.

• Make sure not to pull in the lemon as this can damage the fruit as well as the tree.