What is the best way to start and grow an orange plant?

Answer 1

I think that when we make the effort to plant something we want the best we can get out of the plant.. If you start something from seed, it would be nice if it bore fruit. Unfortunately for you, you do not know if the fruits you have available to use for seed are hybrids....which do not necessarily perform as you might like The best thing, to my mind, is to find a seed house that sells citrus plants and buy one or two. They come in various sizes and are very pretty and goodness knows, orange blossoms smell wonderful, and so do lemon blossoms. The seedmen provide growing information. The plant can give you peasure for years. It takes years to get a seed grown into a mature tree, and if you are not sure of the seed, it would make more sense to buy something you can trust than be disappointed some years later when you could have saved yourself the time.Sometimes it is not worth it to save money. It is better to enjoy your plants. Professionals know far more than you do, which is not a put down, but a professional has to know a lot to make a good business, and you can trust that they have found a product that will please you.

Answer 2

Citrus is popular garden and landscape tree here in Tucson, Az, but, Tucson is not the best place for citrus as we get frost, freezes, and snow on occasion. Citrus do not like frost or colder. If your area never gets any colder than that, then your citrus efforts will not be wasted.

The next thing about citrus is the ever present and probable aspect that your tree will get Texas Root Rot or some thing similar unless your orange tree is grafted onto a root stock that is immune to the soil disease.

Soooooo, the best way to beat this soil problem (and other problems) is to purchase a certified grafted tree of the type orange that is known to do well in your area. Growing citrus from seed to use as the production tree, the tree that will produce abundant, nice fruit is a crap shoot gamble at best. Citrus is an open pollinated flower. As such the seed is a genetic history of its neighborhood and not true to anything.

Answer 3

I imagine that you're talking about an orange tree or bush. First you want it out of the cold north wind. Where I live down south, we always plant fruit trees on the south sides of our houses. If you live in a frigid enviornment, then you may want to consider a greenhouse. You'll need two of them, so they can cross-germinate and get some fruit. At some places you can buy them already in a pot ready to be transplanted....but this will probably be in spring time when it is sold. Make sure you protect it from frost and ice. Best of luck.

Answer 4

Oranges grown from seed will not be identical to the parent. Due to genetics you dont know what you are going to get. Commercial trees are always budded or grafted onto a rootstock and will be true to the parent. If you are growing this inside that also is detrimental as all citrus needs full sun. Are you even in a climate that is almost frost free where citrus can be grown?.

Answer 5

It depends on what you want from this plant. If you want a pretty little tree, you can start one from seed. Just let the seed dry out for a couple of days, soak it in water to rehydrate it and plant it in a pot. I have grown many this way. If you want fruit however, you must grow the tree from a cutting and be prepared to provide another variety for cross pollination.

Answer 6

TAKE YOUR SEEDS AND PUT THEM IN A MIXTURE OF 1 PART POTTING SOIL[THE GOOD STUFF]-1 PART CLAY AND 1 PART SAND...KEEP IT SOAKED FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS...THEN LET IT GROW...IVE GOT LEMONS GRAPEFRUITS AND ORANGES TO COME UP LIKE THAT..
EVEN GOT A CLEMENTINE TO COME UP LAST YEAR...
THAT SEEMS TO BE A GOOD MIXTURE TO GROW THEM IN TOO...
A NICE SUNNY WINDOW IS A GOOD SPOT TO SPROUT THEM

Answer 7

find a seed ,plant it, transplant as needed. when 5 years old transplant & trim roots to get fruit.

Answer 8

to put the seed in the soil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it is easy