Japanese Yuzo (Citrus Junos) | 8 seeds | Lemon | Very Rare

Please find for sale 8 seeds of Citrus Junos, commonly known as Japanese Yuzo Lemo.

It has taken me 4 years to find a reliable supplier of these! ..... and even then he only had limited stock so alas these wont last long. Will grow a few for myself! 

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In the UK, Lemons are grown in the same way as other citrus fruits. They are grown as pot specimens that spend their summers on a sunny patio or similar space but are brought indoors to greenhouses/sheds for winter. They can be easily trained and clipped to whatever shape required, for example as a standard. I have been following Monty Don's (loves his citrus) - he puts his citrus plants in a cool dark shed/outbuilding over winter and allowed to go dormant. This seems to work much better than hvaing them in the house where central heating wreaks havoc! 

Germination Guide

• Citrus seeds are prone to rotting off as they germinate so I always mix a little 4% Hydrogen Peroxide solution with water  1 to 4 before soaking the seeds for a day. This kills fungus and bacteria as well as promoting germination
• Prepare a seed tray filled with moist (but not wet) seed compost, lightly firmed down
• Ideally a mix of  50% regular compost, 50% vermiculite  
• No need to use ericaceous compost for germination
• Sow seeds circa 2cm deep evenly space and gently cover
• Keep surface moist but not wet  - best to water from the bottom by having seeds tray inside a waterproof container.
• Loosely cover tray with clear plastic bag
• Keep at room temperature in a light place but out of direct sunlight
• Seedlings should appear in around 30 days. 
• Pot on to individual pots once several sets of leaves

For more control and quicker/better germination, you can gemrinate these on tissue paper made damp with the water/peroxide mix - lots of article online about the "baggy method"

When potting on, start using ericaceous (more acidic) compost which is available from all garden centres.