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Today’s fast-paced life and big buildings are getting away from the natural environment. Pollution is increasing and greenery is decreasing. In such a situation, you can improve the environment by planting saplings in small pots in your homes. Along with this, it is also beneficial for our health, especially mental health. Due to this, the atmosphere of the house remains pure and fresh. Some people like money plant, curry leaves, snake plants and aloe vera are mostly planted in their homes. Some plants are used to enhance the taste of eating, then many are used to enhance the beauty of skin and hair. But apart from this, people can plant chili and many ways of vegetable plants at home.
These plants also include lemon. With this, lemon plant can be planted at home. In such a situation, you can take lemon from the plant at home instead of the market. If it is applied with correct care, it not only looks beautiful but you can also find fresh lemon at home. You can use yourself grown organic lemon for your kitchen. The leaves and flowers of this plant have a slight smell, which looks very good. Let us know here how lemon plant can be planted at home.
What kind of plant to choose
If you are going to bring a plant from nursery, then definitely ask them whether this plant is grated or an air layering plant. Do not buy the plant that has grown from seeds. In such a situation, you can either bring a grated plant or you can bring a plant made of air layering. Because the seeded plant grows and also becomes big but it does not have fruiting. Along with this, take care of lemon variety.
How should the soil and pot be there?
Before planting a lemon plant, note that select the right pot and gro bag. If you talk about the pot, then this plant can be 18 diameters from the top and slightly less than the bottom. Apart from this, lemon plant can also be planted in plastic drums. To apply lemon pot, 50 percent soil, 30 percent vermi compost can be taken in it can also mix cow dung. Along with this, 20 percent sand i.e. river sand can be used.
In which place?
For the growth of pots, it is very important to keep it in the right place. If you talk about lemon plant, then there is definitely a solution. Therefore, where 6 to 7 hours of solution, let us keep it in the same place. Keep in mind that if you are bringing the plant from the nursery, then one or two lemons will always be applied on it. So that fruit should be broken. Because the plant occurs in its initial stage. It is necessary to have full energy to grow. If its energy will be seen on fruiting, then that plant will not grow properly or the plant will rot for a few days.
When you bring the plant from the nursery, then after 15 to 20 days. Because the plant is still on the initial stage, the first fertilizer also has an impact on it. For this, you have to use vermi compost or kitchen compost. The plant has to be dug with lightness and put vermi compost on it.
How much water to pour water in the lemon plant?
Add less water to the lemon plant in winter. When the flowering stage comes on the plant, then you have to take special care that the water has to be poured regularly, such as when the soil of the pot will dry up, then you have to pour water, do not give such water continuously. This can cause problems of flower loss or if this plant may get fungus in the routes. Apart from this, you can use soaked water water to insert fertilizer in the flowering stage. Mustard can also use cake. This is just to use once when lemon flowers start converting into fruits. Only then you have to use one of these two. You can use it just twice. Apart from this, weeks have to be done every 15 to 20 days.
How to protect from fungus?
If more water goes into the roots of lemon plant, it can cause fungal. Apart from this, you can mix neem leaves in it or you can use it in the soil by taking organic fungicides from the market. Apart from this, you can boil neem leaves and spray it. Mix aloe vera and healthy in neem leaves, you can spray on it.
Right weather
The best time to plant lemon plant depends on the weather and place. The month of February to April is right for planting lemon plant. The weather is neither cold nor too hot, so that the roots of the plant can be planted well in the soil.
Popular variety of lemon plant
Paper lemon – It is the most popular in India. Fruits are round and thin peels. The amount of juice is slightly higher. Starts fruiting quickly.
Barhampur Lemon – Its name is “Barhemis” because it gives fruit throughout the year. It is considered a very good variety for commercial farming.
Care according to season
Summer season – The lemon plant needs a solution but use the shade or net to the plant in very strong sunlight. Especially in the afternoon when the sun is strong. Give water daily or one day. But do not fill the pot with much water. Spray water on the leaves so that the heat is relieved.
Monsoon – In this season, keep in mind that the pot hole is clean so that water does not accumulate. In this season, you can get bugs, aphids etc., so use neem. Very much water can rotten the roots of the plant. Keep the soil light and drainage.
winter – Reduce water between October and November during the winter season, especially if the weather is cold. If small fruits start coming, do not let the plant move to protect them from falling. Keep the plant stable and straight, protect from strong wind. Between December and January, keep the plant in turmeric in the sun.
Between February and April, cut dry, yellow and weak twigs so that new development can occur. Add cow dung manure, vermi compost or neem cake. This time is necessary for the development of leaves and flowers. Give 5 to 6 hours of direct sunlight daily. Give water when there is little moisture in the soil. If it is very cold, then keep the plant in the inner side or in the balcony.