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How to grow Lemon Tree from cuttings in plastic bottle

• First take some mature lemon branches.
• Cut the branches of 5 to 6 inches.
• Take a plastic bottle of 5 letters.
• Now fill the half portion of the bottle with river sand.
• You can use another plastic bottle for filling the sand in the first bottle, and cut 2nd plastic bottle as a cone.
• After filling the river sand make 2–3 holes at the bottom of the plastic bottle.
• Now plant the branches into the bottle However due to the narrow neck you might face little problems while planting lemon branches inside the bottle but you have to do it.
• Insert the lemon branches into the bottle without forcing hard.
• Give good water to the branches in the first day. You can use a thin pipe for watering lemon cuttings.
• Now, cap the bottle and keep it in a shady place for 15–16 days.
• Keep giving water once in a week, if the temperature is high then give water twice in a week.
• After 15 days you will see lemon branches are sprouting, open the cap and cut the bottle top.
• keep the lemon plant bottle in shady place for 35–40 days.
• Keep watering lemon plant once in a week.
• After 40 days you will see leaves are grown mature and sufficient roots have emerged from the branches.
• Now your lemon plant is ready to plant in the main field.

lemon tree growing in UK

The lemon tree is soil friendly and can be grown almost in any soil. However, lemon plants prefer a loamy or sandy mixture having good drainage. Soil pH should be between 5.5 to 6.5 and this plant needs water once a week in a normal temperature area whereas it needs water twice a week in hot temperature regions. The lifespan of the lemon tree is 15 to 20 years and it takes 3 to grow mature whereas it needs 5 years to produce fruits commercially.

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If you are growing a dwarf lemon tree in your home garden then it only needs 2.5 years to grow mature and it will start bearing some fruits from the 2nd year only. 25 degrees to 30 degrees is the ideal temperature for growing lemons in London. 1 single lemon tree can produce around 84 kg of lemons in the 5th year. Enjoying reading today’s lemon tree article keep reading it till the end and feel free to ask any query.

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Originally published at https://signuptrendingnature.com on August 5, 2022.