Lemon pips and Mango Stones. Can they be planted?

[NbgsYellowFeathers]

I've tried and tried countless times with Avocado stones but failed miserably.
I just wondered if the mango stones was as difficult and are lemon pips easy to do?

TIA

Where are you based.

I have managed to make grow citric pips, although they require lots of sun and a protected not to hot, not too cold position, and take several years before they produce any fruit.

Mango stones.... no idea, is not as if we have the weather for it... do we?

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nbgs what are you doing with the avocados?
I remember years ago as kids we put cocktail sticks either side of them and balanced them over a narrow glass in water until the roots sprouted.
Then planted them.

Am only in north yorkshire so no tropical heat here!

The Avocados I have dried the stone and placed in a hyacinth vase so it doesnt touch the water, covered with cling film and left in a hot place.
The last one I did went mouldy, lol.

(Was Anisse now I am back to old name)

I am in North Yorkshire too.
Seemed to work in the old days here?!

I have another one so I'll try again with the cocktail sticks and a narrow glass.

yes they can. they take a long time to germinate but a sunny window sill will do the trick.

i understand you can scar (but not cut through) the mango seed first to make it easier for the seedling to get out.

i have a lime tree going for 4 yrs now. i only let the other die cause i have no space for it.

So how do you do it?

i planted a lemon pip when i was 3. i am 32 now and have an offshoot of the original tree growing in my porch. It doesn't fruit but the leaves smell nice. Have to keep it indoors in winter but i put the pot outside rest of year. Original tree got killed by frost about 10 years ago as my mum thought it was mature and hardy enough but was not

btw i just planted it in a margarine tub of dirt and put it on the kitchen windowsill

stick the seed in a pot of soil, leave it in a warm sunny place, keep it warm and wait. my uncle had 2 he grew from seeds. i've never tried it. now would be a good time to start as the day length in the tropics never really falls under 11 hrs.

Wow Taffy thats impressive!
Poor original tree though

Is it just a case of sticking it in a pot of compost? Or is it a bit more complex than that?

i mean i have never done mango seeds. i have a seed to try though. still don't have a place to let it live though.

ahhh x posts.

Excellent, will do it tomorrow with dd. Thanks

I have done Avacado but thats only a year old.

hi, interesting thread....my aunt threw loads of bangladeshi lemon pips on her dry clay like soil a good ten years ago and almost all the seeds grew to small plants.she gave all but one away to neighbours and relatives and kept the one which now stand 7-8 feet tall in her mingy garden.the leaves have a fantastic aroma and since last year her flowers have formed fruit and i have also tasted it and its fab....wow the scent!so...i think it takes green fingers...and the right soil maybe becasue no matter how hard i try..mine evntually die...but then i'm the laziest gardener around!

Don't know if you're still watching this NbgsYellowFeathers, I've just spotted this while looking back through the gardening posts & feel quite proud that I, so far, am the only one on here to have grown a mango seed! DD was making fruit smoothie at playgroup a little while ago & they very kindly gave her the seed to come home with for her mummy to plant & grow her a mango tree! I scoured the internet & managed to get some good advice & it worked. First of all cut off whatever flesh is left on the seed then sandpaper it so you're down to the hard shell. Put the seed into a pot of compost & cover with a plastic bag, put somewhere warm & forget about it for a few weeks. I checked mine after a couple of weeks, no sign of life so I was convinced that it wasn't going to sprout, then about 2 days later I had another look at it & it had sprouted about four inches, we were amazed. Guess who was the proud girl taking her mango tree to show everyone at playgroup...... yes me! It's about 5 months old now & has four lovely waxy green leaves, but hasn't really grown a lot, I expect it will now the windowsill is getting sunnier.