Lemon buds?

[simplycurious]

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Are the little flower-looking things the beginnings of baby lemons?
Thanks.

[applestar]

I'm seeing a tomato plant with beginning flower buds.

[simplycurious]

Tomato or lemon?
I thought this was a lemon tree...

[lorax]

Those are definitely tomatoes.

Lemon buds and flowers look like this:

[img]https://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/DSCN5280_zpscf60b6a8.jpg[/img]

EDIT - This just ocurred to me: you might have a Lemon tomato plant, though.

[simplycurious]

You're being sarcastic, right? 'Cause, I don't think 'lemon tomato plants' exist yet.

[applestar]

Two lemon varieties that immediately spring to mind with "lemon" in the name are "Lemon Boy" and "Plum Lemon"

[simplycurious]

Dang.
I was hoping to grown a lemon tree.
I swear that was the seeding that I planted...would the seedling grow if I planted it in potting soil next time?

[lorax]

It all depends on how fresh the seed is. Honestly, though, it's much easier to grow citrus from grafted stock or cuttings (grafted stock is best - that way the plants have nice strong roots from the get-go.)

Seed-grown citrus is very rarely true to type, especially lemons - so you might plant one thing and end up with another. It's an interesting journey, but frustrating if you plant what you think is a Sorrento lemon and end up with some weird throwback with tiny, nearly impossibly tart fruits.

On the tomato side, the cultivar I had in mind was Lemon Cherry, but your photo doesn't show enough flower buds for me to be confident that it's what you've got. Since it's a mystery tomato, you really won't know until the fruits actually start to ripen. However, since it's a potato-leaf type it's more likely to be a slicing tomato than a cherry, which means you're in for a bit of a wait.

[ReptileAddiction]

Ya that is definitely not a lemon. Citrus really arent grown from seed. Since it would have to be a full size plant to grow from seed it will take a very very long time before fruit. Go to a nursery and save yourself 10 years for 15 bucks.

[rainbowgardener]

Agree, definitely a tomato plant. If what you planted was a lemon seed, the tomato seed might have been in the soil, especially if you planted with compost. Everywhere I use my homemade compost, I get volunteer tomato plants popping up.

And yes, if you did start a lemon tree from a seed, it could take any where up to 10 years before it would be a mature tree producing lemons.