Many people want to have a citrus plant like lemon. But not everyone has the courage to do this because of the fear that the housing conditions are not suitable for fruiting, and not everyone can imagine how to care for a lemon at home. But everything is not as complicated as it might seem at first glance. If you set a goal - everything will surely work out.
Lemon is an evergreen tree with small spines on the shoots. Indoor lemon is very popular. White flowers with dark green leaves saturate the room with a special aroma of essential oils. The greatest joy is brought by bright yellow fruits when snow lies outside the window. Lemon is very suitable for the warm, dry air of a living room. Many varieties of it do not respond to low humidity in the room or insufficient lighting. This fact facilitates the solution of the question of how to care for the lemon.
Proven varieties such as Pavlovsky, Kursk, Meyer, Maykop, and Ponderosa are adapted to room conditions. These varieties have such features as compactness, dense crown, plentiful flowering, good fruit setting, early fruiting, early maturity (with a pleasant and not very sour taste). They weigh, on average, one hundred and one hundred and fifty grams, but if their number is small, then it can reach five hundred grams. Green cuttings are well rooted.
Everyone who has encountered growing other citrus fruits knows how to care for a lemon. There are practically no differences in care.
If the lemon is grown on the south window, on especially hot days it needs to be moved away to avoid sunburn, as well as root overheating. Direct sunlight for some varieties is not always acceptable.
Of course, everyone wants the lemon to bloom as quickly as possible, because you want to see the fruits with your own eyes in your own apartment. To do this, you need to make a maximum of diligence and patience. You also need to know how to care for the lemon properly. You need to start by providing the plant with additional ultraviolet light. You can use a special lamp for plants. Despite the fact that lemon tolerates a lack of moisture, it should not be experimented with. A moderately humid room only benefits plants, if it is not enough, you should think about an electric humidifier. This plant needs regular transplantation, about one to two times a year. It is better to do this in the winter in February and in the summer in June. Moreover, the next pot should be three to five centimeters more than the previous one. In selected soil, equal parts of foliage, sod, humus and compost should be adhered to.
Lemon needs regular feeding. It is better to start in February and end in September. During the growth period, the plant needs more nutrients. Ready-made mineral fertilizers will bring the greatest positive result , and liquid ones are much more effective than dry ones. But even if the last days were purchased, they must be diluted with water at the rate of one or two grams of fertilizer per liter of water. It is also useful to use ready-made infusions, alternating them with concentrates of organic fertilizers.
How to care for a lemon during the flowering period should be known to every lover of indoor plants. If the seedling blooms immediately in the first year, you need to cut off all the buds. For obvious reasons, this will be difficult to do, but in the name of the future crop, one must step over pity. Lemon, if you leave him all the buds, will spend his strength on their rapid flowering and, in the end, will die himself. Flowering can be allowed to him if at least fifteen leaflets will fall on one ovary.
If in summer the plant must be protected from burns, then in winter you need to try to prevent its overcooling. To do this, wrap the pot with insulating material or put it on the foam.
Caring for a room lemon does not require much effort or special knowledge. Just love this plant and have a great desire to grow your own fruits.