Can You Grow Citrus from Seed?

November 16, 2018

You can start citrus from seeds you kept from fruit you purchased. If you start a seed from a hybrid variety of citrus, your seedlings won’t come true to variety.

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You can also propagate citrus from cuttings, air-layering, and grafting. Otherwise, pick up young or mature specimens at your local nursery and pot them.

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