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How to grow Calamondin from seed.
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Posted by mdcitrus 7 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 7, 08 at 22:59
| I just bought a calamondin and it has about 10 fruit on it! They have a good amount of seeds in them and I want to plant a few for grafting. All I need to know is how to prep the seeds before planting and what type of condition they need to be in to thrive. thanks. |
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RE: How to grow Calamondin from seed.
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| Do I let seeds dry? Soak in water? or just pot straight from fruit? Thanks for your time |
RE: How to grow Calamondin from seed.
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| Not much to it really. Wash off the seeds and pot them up right away -- maybe a half inch down in good potting mix and keep it in a warm sunny spot. Likely each one will germinate, so pot each in it's own small pot. |
RE: How to grow Calamondin from seed.
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| So the ones I let dry out are no good? Thanks for the reply! |
RE: How to grow Calamondin from seed.
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| Generally you should not let them dry out. But they may still be good if they haven't remained dry for very long. I think one or two days is probably OK. Usually they can be stored with a damp paper towel in a ziplock in the fridge for longer periods. |
RE: How to grow Calamondin from seed.
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| I just planted four, Fresh from the fruit, in small pots. We'll see what happens. |
RE: How to grow Calamondin from seed.
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A really good thing to do with citrus seeds is this:
Extract the seeds... soak them in a glass of water overnight or a few hours... take the seeds and carefully peel the skin off the seed, soaking in water softens the skin and makes this very easy. What i did next was put the seeds in between moist paper towells and left for a week in a container stuck to the top of my moniter (heat i beleive may also speed up the process)
This vastly speeds up the process of germination. I have only ever done this with grapefruit seeds but it worked very well. I am actually doing it with calamondin seeds as i speak. With grapefruit it took about a week, where otherwise it could have taken a month.
Also after a week (or maybe longer) you will know if youv'e got a germinated seed or not. |
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