From Scotland, miss our Italian citrus so much that we planted seeds and...did not label them! You taught us a great lesson, bless you dear man, shall follow you with great interest!!
Thank you so much for that. I planted a bunch of orange, lemon and mandarin seeds and like a fool, didn’t mark which is which. This really helped me a lot! 🤩
Hi Rob, I have a citrus tree that came with the house we just bought and with your info I found out we have a lemon tree THANK YOU!! keep sharing your care for nature!
What a nice garden gentleman. A great lesson for a citrus beginner gardener like me. I compost a lot and see those yearlings growing everywhere but now I know which ones to keep. Thanks
Brilliant, thanks! I started growing some citrus from seeds a few months ago, just for fun (I have Asperger's and growing plants is something that I get a great deal of enjoyment from)! I labelled the four plants but whilst moving, all the labels became detached and one plant died :( but I had no idea if I was left with 2 x oranges and 1 lemon or vice versa. Your wonderful video helped me identify them in a heartbeat! I have 2 x lemons and 1 x orange. Of course, I have no idea if they will ever flower or fruit, but that'll just be a bonus if it happens, as I actually like the trees themselves. Keep up the excellent work. #Subscribed. All the best from the UK!
This was so helpful thank you so much. After a hurricane I planted so many seeds I couldn't tell which was myer from lime or the oranges from grapefruit all others I know 🤣
I just used your video and I really appreciate it. I have planted oranges, lemons, grapefruit seeds from the fridge I get from the grocery store and I had mixed them up accidentally forgot which was which but the only ones that are doing good are the grapefruit is my first time growing citrus trees, my grapefruit tree is, 4 inch tall plant now with five sets of leaves
I wish we could upload pictures in the comments my tree has dark green oval leaves I have a couple of leaves that are heart shaped no idea what type of tree I will get but sure is fun growing it.
Thank you dear friend, I try to germinate seeds of all citrus family fruit that I liked ,all grew and than I realize made a grave mistake ,didn't label ,this video is surely helpful
This was a very informative and detailed video, thank you! I am trying to figure out if I have a lemon or orange tree and I think I have a lemon based on your criteria!
!Muchas gracias! ¡Bendiciones! You helped me figure out what these citrus seedlings are that I have. Is there a way to tell the difference by the smell of the leaves?
So glad I saw your question about the smell of the leaves. Yes, the leaves of an orange tree smells like oranges. If you just squeeze /rub the leaf you will get that fabulous orange aroma. My mother would take a leaf from the orange tree and cook it along with oatmeal for breakfast and I just loved it. It tastes real good. I stated growing a lemon and an orange tree from the seeds from store bought. Once the seeds rooted I just put them in a pot together last June 2021 and it's growing Ike crazy. I just transplanted the tree into a larger container as it had gotten potbound. I am growing this indoors and it's doing great. My only mistake is in planting BOTH LEMON AND ORANGE SEEDS TOGETHER, BUT THE PLANT IS NOT COMPLAINING.... I MIGHT SEPARATE THEM IF NEEDED. I'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THIS VIDEO IS ON TARGET WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN.
@@zulmabontiffe487 I did the same LOL 3 years ago, just few different lemon and mandarin seeds from store bought fruits. 4 grew so far, about 4' in height but not very bushy (just few side branches). I can't tell the difference, except like you, I rubbed the leaves and one smells strongly of lemon while the other 2 not so much, and one has thorns :-) Good luck with yours!
25 years ago I got three seedlings: an orange, a tangerine, and a lemon. Only one is still alive at this point. I knew which one was the lemon, because it bloomed and bore fruit. The one survivor is either the orange or the tangerine, but has never bloomed or borne fruit. It may not matter, but I would like to know which one I have.
From the Caribbean island of Antigua l am still having difficulty identifying my citrus. I bought a grapefruit tree a few years ago and planted seeds from it's fruit. The leaves of the young plants look similar but the stems has thorns which the mother plant do not have I also bought a tangerine tree. I got just a few fruits the first and second time it bore. The third time the tree produced all lemons and is loaded right now. Why?
OMG, I must have spent well over an hour Googling differences in citrus leaves. I almost gave up when I found your video. Just the info I needed. I'm trying to ID a citrus plant that I grew from seed. I'm not sure what I had saved. My wife says some type of orange. So maybe a navel, clementine or mandarin. I do remember it tasted great which is why I saved the seeds. The tree has nasty thorns, dark shiny leaves on top and a lighter and duller bottom. It does have the heart shaped part and a pointy tip. It also has a slightly jagged edge but mostly on the older/larger leaves. I might just have to wait until I get fruit. The tree more than doubled in size this summer. I feed it Jobe's Fruit and Citrus. Thanks for your tips!
This is great!! Have you compared to a Key Lie too? I was silly and bought a set of three citrus trees, and didn't mark them (!! . my bad!!) and now one of them has died, so I am trying to figure out what the ones that are alive are. I love this video and it is a big help!! I recognized the grapefruit leaf as I have been able to sprout those from seed...but anyway, thank you for making this video!!
thank you . i recently came to a video grow lemon trees from leaves, so i went to the grocer and purchased leaves when i got home i opened package and huge leaves segmented leaves i didnt think they are lemons by the looks ill let you know if they rooted anyways in two months so thank you might just get a grapefruit tree or pomelo
I have an orange tree in my yard, now I know for sure after watching this video. I was wondering if it's a lemon, naartjie (I don't know what do you call it in the US, but the fruit has very loose skin for effortless peeling, smaller than an orange and very juicy)or an orange tree. Thank you. Greetings from Durban, South Africa.
Now I know the plant that I have is most probably a lemon. Some seeds may have landed in my garden on the way to the garbage disposal. The leaves are as what you described. And they smell heavenly when crushed. I do not think the tree will bear fruit (lemons do not grow in the Philippines?) so I am using the leaves instead as infusion to my drink. It gives a nice flavor to my gin or rhum mix😃
Thanks so much now I know I have a leamon tree. Only 3 years old. How long a leamon takes to produce fruit and do I need another leamon plant for pollination.
I have had a lemon tree that is now in it's 2nd fruiting season. We nipped all buds and early fruit first time round so that none came close to maturity. The harvest in the 2nd season in unbelievable. Large (baseball sized), sweet and very juicy lemons. Didn't plant the tree intentionally but tended it as soon as I saw it as a sapling maybe a year old. First fruit came about 6;years later, proper harvest (current) 7 years. I'm in Kenya with tropical climes and I suspect the recent floods have been kind to my lemons.
From Scotland, miss our Italian citrus so much that we planted seeds and...did not label them! You taught us a great lesson, bless you dear man, shall follow you with great interest!!
So nice of you. Stay blessed
I am tired of seeking this information and couldn't find it anywhere else but here
Thanks man
Thank you so much for that. I planted a bunch of orange, lemon and mandarin seeds and like a fool, didn’t mark which is which. This really helped me a lot! 🤩
Glad it helped! #GROW
Hi Friend, I am from South Africa and u were so helpful to me too. U r the best Eco-Neighbor🎉
This is great information, I grab the notebook and tried to draw the leaves 😂. It's work in progress for me. Learning as I grow. Thanks for sharing.
🤣 I did the same now I have hearts all over my leaves
I made it all the way, gotta start learning my leaves I'm getting heavy into citrus
Great info to learn, Brother Eco.
Very helpful! Thanks!
Thank you for sharing all your findings with us. Trying to figure out if I have a young lemon or orange tree on my hands
I just learn something today, thanks for sharing!!!
Good teacher thank you so much
From philippines here🇵🇭This is a big big help to us thank you so much for this beautiful video!♥ more power to your channel and Godbless!
Nice video i also focus on leaf shapes very important 🙌🏾💪🏾
Cool!
Great info!
Hi Rob, I have a citrus tree that came with the house we just bought and with your info I found out we have a lemon tree THANK YOU!! keep sharing your care for nature!
That is awesome! Keep on Growing! GROW
Great information thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching! Take care
Thanks for that lesson.
Thanks for sharing Eco
What a nice garden gentleman. A great lesson for a citrus beginner gardener like me. I compost a lot and see those yearlings growing everywhere but now I know which ones to keep. Thanks
Very Helpful!
This was great! I planted a seed last year. I have no idea what it was. Could be lemon, orange or maybe a lime. So I'll look at its leaves tomorrow.
great observation and lesson 😎😎
Very helpful! Thank you!
Great information. Thank you! I didn't know that Pomelos were the mother of citrus.
Brilliant, thanks!
I started growing some citrus from seeds a few months ago, just for fun (I have Asperger's and growing plants is something that I get a great deal of enjoyment from)!
I labelled the four plants but whilst moving, all the labels became detached and one plant died :( but I had no idea if I was left with 2 x oranges and 1 lemon or vice versa.
Your wonderful video helped me identify them in a heartbeat! I have 2 x lemons and 1 x orange.
Of course, I have no idea if they will ever flower or fruit, but that'll just be a bonus if it happens, as I actually like the trees themselves.
Keep up the excellent work. #Subscribed.
All the best from the UK!
That's interesting. I never knew that. Thanks echo 👍🏽
You are welcome 😊
It was VERY helpful... Thank you. God bless!
Excellent. Thanks
Thanks for this! Glad I found your channel. Keep on growin!
News I can use 2 years later 👏🏽 thank you for sharing! GRoW 💪🏾
No problem!!
And there’s a Kaffir leaf too. Asian use it for cooking (fragrance).
This was so helpful thank you so much. After a hurricane I planted so many seeds I couldn't tell which was myer from lime or the oranges from grapefruit all others I know 🤣
Those were the very first seeds I planted! And I did not know the importance of marking which seee was what... 7 months later, here I am... Jejeje lol
I appreciate you Doc.
Be well and be safe.
Peace
I appreciate you stopping by. #stayblessed
Thanks, very informative!
You're welcome!
This was very helpful. I've been wanting to learn this.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! I just found your video and this help me a lot!
Awesome 👌
I just used your video and I really appreciate it. I have planted oranges, lemons, grapefruit seeds from the fridge I get from the grocery store and I had mixed them up accidentally forgot which was which but the only ones that are doing good are the grapefruit is my first time growing citrus trees, my grapefruit tree is, 4 inch tall plant now with five sets of leaves
Very informative .Thanks from Punjab
Thanks and welcome
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
Thankoo so much for this video! I thought Pomello and Grapefruit were the same thing😅 now I'm learning aswell
Thank you. I grow from seed and sometimes get confused which is which
I wish we could upload pictures in the comments my tree has dark green oval leaves I have a couple of leaves that are heart shaped no idea what type of tree I will get but sure is fun growing it.
I have Calamandorin/dwarf lime, Lemon, Bitter orange & mandarin orange, my mom throw random seeds in our backyard. Its difficult to determine.😯
Thank you dear friend, I try to germinate seeds of all citrus family fruit that I liked ,all grew and than I realize made a grave mistake ,didn't label ,this video is surely helpful
Wonderful, I am glad that this was helpful. I really appreciate the feedback.
Still don’t know the difference between lime and lemon but this video was very informative. Now I have narrowed down my plant to an orange or a lime.
It could very well be a hybrid a blend between both. Like a Myers Lemon 🍋
This was a very informative and detailed video, thank you! I am trying to figure out if I have a lemon or orange tree and I think I have a lemon based on your criteria!
Awesome! I'm glad I could help!
!Muchas gracias! ¡Bendiciones!
You helped me figure out what these citrus seedlings are that I have. Is there a way to tell the difference by the smell of the leaves?
So glad I saw your question about the smell of the leaves. Yes, the leaves of an orange tree smells like oranges. If you just squeeze /rub the leaf you will get that fabulous orange aroma. My mother would take a leaf from the orange tree and cook it along with oatmeal for breakfast and I just loved it. It tastes real good. I stated growing a lemon and an orange tree from the seeds from store bought. Once the seeds rooted I just put them in a pot together last June 2021 and it's growing Ike crazy. I just transplanted the tree into a larger container as it had gotten potbound. I am growing this indoors and it's doing great. My only mistake is in planting BOTH LEMON AND ORANGE SEEDS TOGETHER, BUT THE PLANT IS NOT COMPLAINING.... I MIGHT SEPARATE THEM IF NEEDED. I'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THIS VIDEO IS ON TARGET WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN.
@@zulmabontiffe487 I did the same LOL 3 years ago, just few different lemon and mandarin seeds from store bought fruits. 4 grew so far, about 4' in height but not very bushy (just few side branches). I can't tell the difference, except like you, I rubbed the leaves and one smells strongly of lemon while the other 2 not so much, and one has thorns :-) Good luck with yours!
@@incanada83 I hope we get to eat fruit from our tree someday. God bless you..
25 years ago I got three seedlings: an orange, a tangerine, and a lemon. Only one is still alive at this point. I knew which one was the lemon, because it bloomed and bore fruit. The one survivor is either the orange or the tangerine, but has never bloomed or borne fruit. It may not matter, but I would like to know which one I have.
I had never seen a grapefruit, palmelo, or centenial orange leaf.
From the Caribbean island of Antigua l am still having difficulty identifying my citrus. I bought a grapefruit tree a few years ago and planted seeds from it's fruit. The leaves of the young plants look similar but the stems has thorns which the mother plant do not have
I also bought a tangerine tree. I got just a few fruits the first and second time it bore. The third time the tree produced all lemons and is loaded right now.
Why?
OMG, I must have spent well over an hour Googling differences in citrus leaves. I almost gave up when I found your video. Just the info I needed.
I'm trying to ID a citrus plant that I grew from seed. I'm not sure what I had saved. My wife says some type of orange. So maybe a navel, clementine or mandarin. I do remember it tasted great which is why I saved the seeds. The tree has nasty thorns, dark shiny leaves on top and a lighter and duller bottom. It does have the heart shaped part and a pointy tip. It also has a slightly jagged edge but mostly on the older/larger leaves. I might just have to wait until I get fruit. The tree more than doubled in size this summer. I feed it Jobe's Fruit and Citrus. Thanks for your tips!
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This is great!! Have you compared to a Key Lie too? I was silly and bought a set of three citrus trees, and didn't mark them (!! . my bad!!) and now one of them has died, so I am trying to figure out what the ones that are alive are. I love this video and it is a big help!! I recognized the grapefruit leaf as I have been able to sprout those from seed...but anyway, thank you for making this video!!
I am so glad it was helpful.
thank you . i recently came to a video grow lemon trees from leaves, so i went to the grocer and purchased leaves when i got home i opened package and huge leaves segmented leaves i didnt think they are lemons by the looks ill let you know if they rooted anyways in two months so thank you might just get a grapefruit tree or pomelo
nice informative video, but i think that my lemon tree leaves have tips differing from what you indicated
So after checking the leaves I have orange and lemon trees. I thought I planted lime but I'm not sure because it looks like the lemon leaves...🧐🤔
What type of soil do you suggest that I use for the citrus trees? Hopefully I do not have to mix it myself.
In Florida we have sandy and clay soil.
Actually I have more than twenty trees of citrus but not knowing what’s their fruits
Let me know if you want a Chickfla Lemonade Copycat Recipe I got one on my channel.
I have an orange tree in my yard, now I know for sure after watching this video. I was wondering if it's a lemon, naartjie (I don't know what do you call it in the US, but the fruit has very loose skin for effortless peeling, smaller than an orange and very juicy)or an orange tree. Thank you. Greetings from Durban, South Africa.
Bless up!
a quick update on those leaves most of them looked like they had been frozen died may have 4 to 6 still good
Now I know the plant that I have is most probably a lemon. Some seeds may have landed in my garden on the way to the garbage disposal. The leaves are as what you described. And they smell heavenly when crushed. I do not think the tree will bear fruit (lemons do not grow in the Philippines?) so I am using the leaves instead as infusion to my drink. It gives a nice flavor to my gin or rhum mix😃
Sounds divine ✨️ 😋
Never knew the leaves could be used for this. Have you tried those in tea?
Lime leaf
Thanks so much now I know I have a leamon tree. Only 3 years old. How long a leamon takes to produce fruit and do I need another leamon plant for pollination.
In the being I had one tree and it still produced.
I have had a lemon tree that is now in it's 2nd fruiting season. We nipped all buds and early fruit first time round so that none came close to maturity. The harvest in the 2nd season in unbelievable. Large (baseball sized), sweet and very juicy lemons. Didn't plant the tree intentionally but tended it as soon as I saw it as a sapling maybe a year old. First fruit came about 6;years later, proper harvest (current) 7 years. I'm in Kenya with tropical climes and I suspect the recent floods have been kind to my lemons.
Great video. Thanks so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you. Great video!
Glad it helped!