Growing Citrus Rootstock - Seed or Clone
johninator
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Growing Rootstock from Seeds?
Comments (5)Certainly the advice on tristeza virus is good -- I'd not recommend putting trees on Sour Orange in Florida for that reason. But even if that weren't a problem, be aware that is against State law to propagate your own citrus trees unless you go through the rigamarole of becoming a licensed citrus nursery. If you don't, and they catch you propagating trees, you can be heftily fined, as well as they will take your trees away and burn them. This is because of the current epidemics of canker and citrus greening diseases. The only legal way to propagate citrus in Florida, these days, is in properly inspected greenhouses with psyllid-proof screening, positive-pressure entry air locks, an anti-bacterial spray on entering and leaving, and a host of other expensive aspects of the process....See MoreRootstock ID + Lowe's citrus help
Comments (18)I was going to reply again and say your best choice would've been to hound the source company. Most companies eventually will respond, especially if you keep sending them various emails and leave phone messages. They'll start swatting at you to get rid of the annoying fly ;-) But glad they had great service once your request got routed OK. Since you love to know everything about your tree: There are several growers in this area (I live in Fresno, CA). Depends on what they mean by "near". It may have come from TreeSource http://www.citrustreesource.com/. Willits & Newcomb is another possibility and they produce great trees. Our local Lowes said they used to stock W&N trees but no longer, they source the same trees from C&M in Nipomo (that Walmart uses, too) as well as FourWinds. They are either C-32 or C-35. W&N is a solid operation and are building (or have built) protective shelters for their tree production. W&N produces lots of different citrus on the various stocks. For semi-dwarf and standard, their trees are beautiful, with a solid root ball, and are trained/pruned nicely. I'm not fond of their soil for container trees (it's good soil for in-ground, but is too heavy and compacted to keep it in the container). W&N trees are almost always color labeled on stock/scion and I have their color coding sheet. But I think you said yours don't have colors, rt? Anyway, as I stated earlier there isn't much doc on ID for various under stocks. Tons of research and general ed material on various stocks, but you may be interested to grow out a cutting from your stock that folks will be able to confirm the C-35....See MoreAvocado rootstock can it be used for mango or citrus?
Comments (6)only another avocado. There are lots of great avocado varieties, so if you grew your own tree from seed, definitely look at other scions like Sharwil, Sir Prize, Jan Boyce, Reed or some of the more exotic hawaiian varieties like kahaluu....See MoreClone/reproduce the same citrus tree & help with sad Citrus tree
Comments (4)Wait until your Spring, when both your tree and the rootstock are actively growing. Ask your local nurseryman for a good rootstock for your area; get 10; then do 10 T-buds or chip buds; and if you do them carefully, you should get at least 2 or 3 to take. When they are strong and growing well, I would take out the old tree or leave it and put the new tree(s) in another place. You can prune the old tree quite heavily, if you want to save it; as long as the trunk is solid and healthy; it will grow new shoots. BTW, one of the reasons the oranges from the old tree taste so good is the age of the tree; the new grafted trees should produce fruit in a year or two and they will be "clones" of the existing tree. Be warned, though... fruits from the new trees may not taste as good for a few years....See Moretantanman
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