I would love to have some seeds too! Please look at my list for a possible trade. Would cuttings be faster in bearing fruits though? Chris

Would love to trade for.... wisteria Âlight purple Uncle SteveÂs Italian Plum - Tomato Black Pineapple - Tomato PeteÂs Italian Plum - Tomato And I have the following on your trade list Spaghetti Squash plus lots of other items you can check out my trade page at http://members.gardenweb.com/members/exch/dirtdiggin .... Have several types of Zucchini, but none you listed. Have a couple of Italian heirloom types also have two types of artichoke seeds and yard long asparagus beens as well as blue lake stringless...plus peas and more. So let me know if you'd be interested in anything :) Thanks

Most citrus in NA will be grafted to Trifolata rootstock. You wont find a hardier rootstock then that. It can give a slight advantage, but not what most people hope. IF you do wish to try the regular citrus make sure the kinds you try are hardy anyways (say, some mandarin or meyer lemon). You can try to keep them small and protect them like people protect their palm trees - an insulated box with c9 christmas lights. Ive only ever seen this used for palms, but It makes trachycarpus survive in wisconson. Loquat can survive some extreme temps. It isnt really a citrus, and will not fruit, but the trees can take up to zone 6 in the right area. You can also look up hybrid kumquots or citrus crosses.

Lead Farmer 73 has a notable youtube. "you guys in 8A or colder might want to take heed" is good advice. Look at what happened to his trees after the freeze (in S. Carolina). The pix of him harvesting fruit were taken much earlier in the season. My advice to OP is to move your operation waaaaaaay down in Dixie.