Calamansi (Small Lime)

Updated 26 Sep 2017

Planted seeds of a small lime (calamansi). Took a few days for the shoots to show. Don't know why the shoots clump together for one of the seeds? Are there many seeds in that spot?

9 Sep 2017: So many shoots from one spot for the top one.

11 Sep 2017: The single shoot is growing faster.

A few days of growth and it is survival of the fittest and the one who has less competition for resources. The single shoot has grown bigger than the cluster.

15 Sep 2017

Scattered some cinnamon powder to try to kill some white ant-looking creatures in the soil. Hope they are not mealy-bugs. Just springtails or soil mites.
And noticed two more shots have sprouted. More lime plants?

26 Sep 2017: I just read that that it takes years for a lime tree to fruit, when grown from seed. Now, I am considering whether to quit this plant or not.

Two tomato plants came to join the party. Their old house was over crowded.

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