Project Lemon - kickoff

I love my lemons. They may not be the cheapest but they smell great, so i i always keep some in my pantry. I would have them sliced in my drinking bottle, have them squeezed on seafood for cleaning, even fixed me buttermilk for baking. I use lemons often, nonetheless i only need just enough at a time. In that sense i think it is a good idea for long term to grow the tree itself so i can pluck when i need it rather than buying a few and keeping them.

Again the steps below was adopted from Mr EastCoastMan youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57XoFG0QuMI

My daily lemon treats :) here's some of the seeds i had picked out, lose the gel with paper towel

Peel the white coating until we see the brown seed. Distribute evenly on paper towel, then fold the towel

Just pour some water on the towel, and seal in zip-lock bag

1. Cut a lemon to half and pick out the healthy looking seeds. I collected 14 seeds. I was not sure which were healthy so i picked the plump ones :)


2. The seeds were slimy with gel so i used kitchen towel to hold them. Some sites recommend sucking the seed until the lemon gel or flavor is gone which i did not do.


3. Peel off the white seed coating carefully, cause the seeds sprout easier without it. I used my nail to peel the coating from top to bottom, exposing the brown-colored seed. I came across a website that peel off the brown coating too but again i didn't do that. Probably will try that next time.


4. Peel all the seeds and place them down on a kitchen towel. Fold the towel so the seeds wont fall out from the sides.


5. Sprinkle some water on the towel. Many blogs mention that the towel needs to stay damp, but mine was quite drenched in water.. oops


6. Also i have run out of zip-lock bag so i simply took a plastic bag and seal it with a tape. Put date and name label on it.


7. Set aside in a warm, dark corner of your house.


8. I've set a two weeks reminder on my scheduler, so now we wait....