I have a 4 years old lemon tree grown from seed, i don't know what particular cultivar it is; it's not in the maturity stage yet. Have someone of you ever tried to grow a lemon from seed, and in container? I would like to know your tree's "time to maturity", container size need etc...and of course i would like to see pictures!

Thanks, Ivan

I have tried, but they get too large. The two I tried got to be over 10 ft tall and still no fruit. They were in 30 gal containers. Much easier to cut a budstick or two from mature trees, root them and have lemons the following year. Lemon is about the easiest citrus to root.

Thank you Laaz for your answer. Wow, 10 foot without any fruit is quite impressive! I think i have to put my hopes on my mandarin at this point!

A seedling mandarin will get very large as well. I have two in my yard, both bearing fruit but they are well over 12 ft tall.

I've grown couple lemons from seed. The seeds came from a lemon wedge in a glass of water at a Red Lobster restaurant. So surely they were either Eureka or a Lisbon seeds. A seedling lemon tree is a vigorous grower with a upright growth habit. When the trees reached 4 or 5 feet (rather quickly), I decided I did not want to put any more effort into a long wait for fruit, so I sent them to the compost pile. - Millet (509-)