Hard to find citrus in Arizona?
thisisme
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Comments (12)Okay, it's not a flat unqualified, "no", abu. If you're willing to do a little work, and plant in very protected ways, as well as select some very cold tolerant varieties, you may be able to grow some citrus in your area. There are several satsuma varieties that are extremely cold tolerant - down to 17 degrees. Also, interestingly, the Bloomsweet grapefruit (it's on MacKenzie Farms' web site), is another option. I bought one because we usually don't get the prolonged heat here where I am in Coastal San Diego county (although certainly not today!) to sweeten up most grapefruits, but for your opposite concerns, this is another variety that might make it for you. And, to pass on some very interesting information about one of the "Gold" mandarin crosses that UC Riverside produced, the "Gold Nugget" mandarin, which is a really exceptional cross between two older mandarins, Kincy and Wilking, is surprisingly cold tolerant. The folks at the UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection told me that their 2 Gold Nugget mandarin trees handled a record freeze they had back in the '90's better than the Frost Owari mandarins. I heard this confirmed again, from an unrelated source - Clausen Nursery in my neck of the woods, a commercial citrus tree grower. They sent up an orchard full of Gold Nuggets to a customer in N. California (also in 8b), and that orchard is doing just fine. That was about 10 years ago, Clausen's was flabbergasted. So, that might also be an option. You'll need to plant them in a manner that they can be protected in the winter from cold winds, so on the east side of your house near the wall will give them enough sun, protect them from any brutal summer heat & sun, but also allow them some radiant heat from your house in the winter. Also, 3 to 4 inches of bark mulch to protect the feeder roots (which might be an issue for you, if you have scorpion problems.) You might need to string Christmas lights (not the LED kind, but the regular miniature kind) and cover during a really bad cold snap, as well as flood the ground with water to keep the dew point up and prevent the area around the tree from dropping much below 32 degrees. It's going to be more work, but you should be able to do it if you plant right, pick the right varieties, and perhaps take some protective measures during the really cold, cold nights in the winter. Also, be sure to plant in the spring, after threat of frost/freezes are over, so you give your citrus trees amble time to establish a good root system. Patty S....See MoreHelp me find some hard to find Citrus in Arizona
Comments (5)The Nordman Seedless Nagami kumquat I don't have any bud wood for so that won't be coming out this spring/summer. The other types and allot others should have been out but I'm way behind on my budding here since I can't find any help that truly knows how to do things. I have over 10,000 rootstock that will be getting budded and should be ready as liners this summer...See Morearizona sycamore and arizona rosewood
Comments (2)thanks for the kind wish, LOL. neither is that uncommon in the wild and both are in cultivation and available from some s.w. nurseries---just NOT from any mail-order sources as seed or small plants (forestfarm in Oregon has LARGE plants too expensive to ship---at least on my budget)....See MoreWhere can I find a small graft of raywoods weeping Arizona cypress
Comments (8)that has been growing for 7 years and is over 15ft tall. ==>>> well.. you got it to live longer than many of us... lol ... have you tried here: https://www.coniferkingdom.com/ you might contact them.. and ask if they have them.. or it they would be interested in grafting stock... if they would return a few to you.. quid pro quo and all .. presuming it isnt patented by iseli ... you might also try stanley and sons .. for small stuff... they sell to ACS members only .. else.. wholesale ... http://www.stanleyandsons.com/ i would not rely on what a website might say ... sometimes sellers have ones or twos around.. not enough stock to put on the web .... same in regard to forest farm.. if you are just relying on the WWW ... i wonder if these can be rooted???? good luck ken...See Morethisisme
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