Lemon Tree?

[big rockpile]

Can you get starts from cuttings off a Lemon Tree?

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[cpp gardener]

Yes. Use some rooting hormone and give it a greenhouse-like environment and they grow easily.

 

[oneeye]

I would take the cuttings off the top of the plant. Get yourself a 5-inch cut and trim all the bottom leaves off leaving the top leaves with a growing shoot. They root best with RO water or bottled water in perlite. I use a dome and keep the humidity at about 70% or more.. Its so much fun to propagate cuttings if you have the growing space.

 

[big rockpile]

Ah Cuttings my Son wants me to use Cuttings for everything but lots of things I want seed.

Wanting to start some Blueberry Bushes but that for sure is to wait.

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[oneeye]

Theres a big difference between blueberry and lemon trees. Blueberry need between 4.2 to 5 pH and lemon trees need 6. to 7.0 pH.

 

[oneeye]

If you match the cloning liquid pH with the plant soils pH the plants will have much less lag time in the transplant into soil.

 

[big rockpile]

I was told to wait until the Blueberry goes dormant and it takes 4 months for root.

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[oneeye]

Its best to take cuttings when they are newly thriving with a lot of vigor in spring. Cuttings can be taken in the late spring, during the first flush of growth, or from the fall flush. I always like spring cuttings more than fall cuttings. Blueberry takes 3 to 4 months to root and a good reason for spring cuttings. . By the end of the growing season, you will have new rooted plants. If order to have a successful propagation you need to root in an acidic mix.

 

[big rockpile]

Oh I have stuff to make my soil acidic.

What I was reading it takes 4 months to root then Pot and take care another year. I have some in Raised Beds which I understand is a no no.

The Lemmon Tree is in its first year so should wait on taking cuttings.

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