Can You Grow a Citrus Tree by Burying a Whole Fruit?

Why It Doesn't Work

Seeds inside fruit have natural inhibitors that prevent germination while in the pulp. In nature, animals eat fruit, digest the pulp, and the seeds are scarified by stomach acids before being deposited in soil.

Store-Bought Citrus Are Hybrids

Supermarket citrus are hybrids; seeds won't grow true to type. For reliable fruit, buy a grafted tree from a nursery.

If You Want to Try

Extract seeds, clean well, and plant in moist potting soil. But expect different fruit quality and a long wait (years).