Does fruit need to be mature before their seeds will grow?

[LnewportTX]

Hey there,
I have two Kaffir lime trees and a neighbor is desperate to her own.  I'm willing to offer her up seeds from the fruit that mine produces but they are young fruit, very young .   Does anyone know if these still grow?  Fruit isn't an issue , we only use the leaves anyways.

[Bomand]

 ::as long as  the seeds are full size they will grow. I planted seed from green fruit this year and had no problem. Welcome to the forum.

[LnewportTX]

Thank you.  Not sure how to tell if it's full size but at least there is hope.  In any case she can try and see what happens.

[TomekK]

I would wait until the fruit are at least full size, that should mean the seeds are full size inside. I think they don’t need to turn yellow. Tomatoes from Florida are picked green, but technically the seeds are ripe. Too young and nothing will grow (well, unless you have a good laboratory).

Tomek