For me a lemon plant has not only surprised me but also creates guilt inside me for not taking it's care well, want to know why ?

These lemons look amazing like grown up from a nicely cared plant, isn't it ? But that's exactly opposite, every time I go to my native, this plant has surprised me and has created some kind of guilt in me, for not taking it's care. Plants reciprocate feelings, isn't it ?

When the boy was a kid, he took interest in plants and wanted to grow one. I vaguely remember bringing this native variety lemon from a village during one of our trip, and it was so juicy that I wanted to grow a plant from those seeds. So one fine day, I prepared a small poly packet and brought and kept in the balcony, and asked the kid to take the seed of that lemon I kept and sow the seed in that poly packet. Few days after the sapling appeared and every morning the kid would go to the balcony and see it before going to school - that feeling of the bonding between a kid and a plant cannot be expressed in words. I always wanted to involve him with plants from childhood - that is how they build a strong emotion towards nature. Slowly the plant grew and it grew so much that, it could no longer be accommodated in the balcony. But in that process, his belief to be a good farmer was proven - it generates so much gratitude when they see it in real.

So what do we do now kid ? Where do we take this plant ? He did not want to be apart from the plant, and wanted to see it grow and bear the fruit. So he advised to take it to my native and plant there. When I took the plant inside the car, he went and made sure, the plant is not hurt - I could see his sentiments and emotions grown over the years.

So I took it to my native and kept it there but unfortunately never could dig a big hole and replant it. But the plant did not give up and started growing on it's own and extended it's root and now look at these lemons.

We did offer first few to the God as gratitude and when I brought these and showed the boy, he was delighted - Wow, next time you must do something to take better care. I don't know how to make it better, may be put some barricade on ground and fill it with compost ? But it certainly reminds me that I have an unfinished job to do. Let me present you few more photos :

I am going to share an update when I clear the guilt.

Shot with SONY α6400 with 18-135 mm Zoom Lens

This post is in response to the Week 18 of the Hive Garden Question - Freestylin'

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