Just plant them and stand back.

They sprout fairly rapidly, and often give more than one seedling per seed. This is because many cirtus form a large percentage of 'apomictic' embryos which are not the result of fertilization, but rather are genetically identical with the parent plant. However...

Most citrus go through an extended juvenile stage in which they are quite thorny and have leaves different from the mature plant. This stage can vary from a few to many years, before the plant will start to flower and fruit.

George

Thanks for the tip. I'll try it.

L

oranges grown from seed are usually sour to the taste. If you want them for the fruit it's better to buy plants from a nursery.

Yes but I have planted a lot orange trees from the store here in South Florida. They are very weak, get killed by the cold often, have poorly developed root systems etc. Unless you have them in the backyard watering and fertilizing all the time they usually don't survive and when they do are often small and in poor health.

By contrast those grown from seed generally grow into a large shade tree, very disease resistant, drought resistant, cold resistant etc. even as a baby.

Down side is fruit quality is almost always below that of a store variety and some trees seem to never get fruit (they might be 8 years old without fruiting). It's pretty unpredictable.

If you grow one from seed it makes an excellent shade tree unlike the scrawny fruit bearing varieities. Bad part is some of them get so tall difficult to climb up and get the fruit even if they do bear.