By Samilou67
This is going to sound very strange but please bare with me. I planted a lemon seed a few months ago which so far has come to nothing but the 3 inch pot is in the bathroom and since Monday every morning when i have a shower there are tiny translucent worms 'dancing' in the pot and dont appear any other time. I am going to put the pot outside but just wondered what they are, baby earth worms? thanks
5 Apr, 2016
Answers
These could be nematodes in the soil. Some are beneficial to plants some are harmful. No way to tell right now.
6 Apr, 2016
And there are a number of other soil organisms, including tiny millipedes, that could come out with the humidity.
I'm afraid that the lemon seed is a goner, though. It should have come up within a few weeks, and they don't usually "keep" well in moist soil.
I would try again, with a nice, plump seed, with all of the fruit and juice washed off of it. Plant it about a cm deep, in a fast draining potting compost, and set the pot on or next to a heat register or radiator, then move it to a sunny window when the seed sprouts.
6 Apr, 2016
Thank you, they have been thrown out and i have bought a small tree instead
6 Apr, 2016
That works, too! :)
7 Apr, 2016
Possibly fungus gnat larvae. Have you noticed tiny black gnats dancing around the house?
6 Apr, 2016