---
title: "When life hands you lemons, grow lemon trees. I started these 2 weeks…"
description: "When life hands you lemons, grow lemon trees. I started these 2 weeks apart. It took the seeds about 2 weeks to germinate. I used about 7 seeds and got growth…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/ptFzuqUsUHEgPBeXBowVjf"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Virginia"
published: "2026-08-12T14:06:36.724927Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/EQCjnsh-5r2n2Uw-T67RuEbCsC1Dejll73tlz1zAIs8/X3NHigLvTmWJsl9XVkZuvw.webp?size=large"
---

[Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md)

# When life hands you lemons, grow lemon trees. I started these 2 weeks…

_Posted by Virginia on 2026-08-12_

When life hands you lemons, grow lemon trees. I started these 2 weeks apart. It took the seeds about 2 weeks to germinate. I used about 7 seeds and got growth from 2 of them.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/EQCjnsh-5r2n2Uw-T67RuEbCsC1Dejll73tlz1zAIs8/X3NHigLvTmWJsl9XVkZuvw.webp?size=large)

## 2 comments

### Buckolena commented on 2026-08-12

That is awesome!  
There was one day that I stumbled across a Meyer Lemon tree in the store one day so I had to grab it and have kept it growing. ❤️

### Donna S commented on 2026-08-12

Here is mine. The furthest back I have it in Planta was March 2025 and it had five leaves then, so I think it’s at least one year older than that. I’ve topped it twice by about a foot to encourage branching. Good luck!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gLP0pAooEL9OTl9DU7mzOUhhnKhi2RiAAEcj-Osrm3Y/8xmvyhhERam6TNgGqCmvCg.webp?size=large)

---

_Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_