Kusu, I've missed this thread since I haven't visited here for awhile. Looks like I missed your trip to Dallas back in September. I'm in Houston and I have a small tree that had fruits this year. The fruits fell off and for some reason, I haven't thrown out the fruits. I just placed them on this table in the patio. If you still need the seeds, please send me an e-mail with your mailing address. I'll be glad to send the seeds to you. Don't worry about the cost. Please put GardenWeb on the subject; otherwise, it'd go to the spam mailbox. Thanks, Natalie

For those looking for a good source I HIGHLY recommend fourwindsgrowers and I recommend spending the extra money to get the 2-3 year tree. I now have 12 citrus trees and something in the order of 15-20 different tropical fruit trees purchased from a variety of nurseries and the fourwinds plants are far and above superior in quality and hardiness. Even though they werent mature enough to bear their first fruit, all my fourwinds trees did ( I of course pruned them as should be done for the first crop) and they are all now fruit bearers and growing well. I've also had 80% succes with Larry's Tropicals off of Amazon.com however they are one of those companies that send a tiny plant that must be nurtured a great deal to get a well established tree. This can be a lot of work. As far as bang for your buck goes, fourwindsgrowers is the best bet hands down. Another thing worth noting is fourwinds did a fantastic job packing the tree for protection during shipping which many others did not. I can't say enough about how good their products and service is. If you are serious about your citrus they are the vendor for you.

I would CUT IT BACK so that the only few healthy roots you do have don't try to support the growth on top and then collapses..The reason many get die back and twig death is because a weak root system which CAN NOT support the top growth! If you cut it back, the plant will use what ever energy is left of its healthy roots and focus on producing more, while they take a rest from pushing out more energy to support the top.. You can't support or make big muscles with little protein , water or nutrients..You can not support a leaf canopy without nutrients and moisture either which your roots are not capable of providing, assuming there is a problem with the roots. Many people have it all backwards...It's healthy roots that need to be there to support a plant needs..The bigger the health root ball, the more leaves it will support. Why do you think I tree goes into dormancy when daylight gets shorter and temps grow colder? How can any tree survive without it's leaves or come back after being stripped off from a storm? There are NO leaves and yet the roots bring them back. Think about it. When a disease attacks the roots, drought, a hard transplant , root pruning, ,disturbance, overwatering and other factors, what happens to the top of any tree? Like Dave said, it has very little leaves and it will not take up moisture as it is suppose too so yea I would definitely watch my soil and watering habits...If you want that tree to make it, it's important to give it a heck of a lot of sunlight and warmth, or artificial light like many are doing here..If you mix is still staying wet far too long, then I would find a way to make that mix dry out much faster by wicking it out or ' down pot' as Pip says into a better mix if it seems the roots are much smaller than you thought.

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