Lemon tree - not only beautiful, but also very useful inhabitant of your windowsill. Who does not know about the benefits of lemon, especially for the prevention of colds? Lemon tree, which is grown at home, gives small fruits, but vitamins and other nutrients in the fetus does not get smaller. Lemon is a short-grown perennial, which will begin to bear fruit no earlier than 6-7 years.
How to grow a lemon tree?
Growing lemon tree at home can be done in two ways: from the cuttings or from the seed. Cultivation of a lemon tree from a bone is a very tedious business. The main problem is to make the tree bear fruit. Most likely, a lemon tree from a bone will remain an ordinary tree, and you can not break a lemon from it. To prepare a tree for fruit bearing, it must be planted. But to entrust this business is better than a specialist, since it is not easy to plant a lemon tree, it is necessary to do it according to all rules and with knowledge of the subtleties. Otherwise, the plant may die.
To avoid creating unnecessary problems, get a tree from the handle and learn to look after it. It does not matter whether a lemon tree grew from a stone or a plant was propagated by cuttings, care of it should be careful and accurate. Some tips how to grow a lemon tree at home without difficulty:
- Correct soil. Lemon loves deciduous land, with the addition of sand and humus. Add some ash. Replant it every year, but do not increase the size of the pot very sharply. The diameter of the next flower pot should be more by 5 cm.
- That the plant grows well and can fully bear fruit, it should be well fed. Top dressing begins in the spring and
finish in the autumn. Do not think that at home you can quickly grow a lemon tree, after properly fertilizing it. Excessive abuse of growth accelerators will simply destroy the plant. - Once the top layer of the soil dries, you need to water the plant. Lemon does not tolerate the drying of the soil.
- In the warm season of the house a lemon tree can be moved to the balcony. But be careful: the plant is afraid of drafts. In general, once again disturb the lemon is not worth it. If you find a suitable place for him, it is better to limit yourself to watering and periodically cut it.
- To prevent parasites every six months, wrap the pot with polyethylene and thoroughly wash the leaves with soap foam.