i see palm trees out the window.. why is it in the house??

its a TREE .. not a houseplant ... unless you plan on bonsai.. it has to be freed outside ..

tree time is counted in decades...

get your to live another year or two.. and then we will think about pruning it ...

you truly redefine pot in pot in pot.. lol ..

if you cant find a clear 16oz beer cup.. you arent trying too hard ..

ken

Don't worry about pruning for at least another year. Also, as a seedling, likely it will grow one long trunk, in a very upright form. Your problem will be getting it to branch. Just enjoy it as a nice foliage plant. If you want fruit, go to Home Depot and buy a grafted citrus or order one online. Are you in south Florida?

Thank you, Yes I am in south florida. I live in apartment otherwise i'd love to plant this outside. This photo is taken at my work office. It seems to thrive in front of this window facing west. Eventually i'd like to see it get tall and become a house plant to go with my collection at home. But I would like to see it bare fruit as well.

In South Florida the tree would not live very long planted outside due to Citrus Greening, (HLB) disease.

A loosely attached bamboo stake can be used to temporarily support the tree during rapid growth flushes if necessary. If fruiting is a goal, the top should not be pruned back. Routinely rotating the tree will counteract the tendency to become misshapen due to uneven light sources.

Very nice tree. It is fine in that container. Repot next spring unless the tree triples its size before October year.

I agree with others here that you don't want to prune yet. Definitely let it have some time to grow. It won't usually start branching until it gets a bit taller, so you don't need to worry about that. As others have said, staking it to let it grow straight and just keeping an eye on it will give you upright growth. As for growing indoors, even in florida, you shouldn't have a problem. If you want fruit sooner, definitely get a grafted tree, but you can absolutely get fruit indoors from citrus. Remember it is a tree and they do get big, so keep that in mind.

Thank you all for the comments! I will certainly incorporate some type of bamboo to keep it's upright structure. I rotate it very often as i see it start to lean slightly in one direction towards the light. I suppose i'll repot once i see roots showing through the holes I have through first cup. The second cup is only to catch any access water which there hasn't been. Just condensation which seems to be helping it a lot. I only have the two cups sitting in the pot for aesthetic purposes. I thought of repotting in that pot but i'm thinking the next pot should be slightly taller seeing as I want it to grow upward. I may keep it at the office here because it seems to enjoy the west facing window getting plenty of sun in the afternoon. And the ceilings here are quite high so not too worried about how large it gets. Just as long as it grows more upward than outward. It's a lemon tree so looking forward to the smell it will eventually put off down the road.