Citrus in the news! The rare Dekopon
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Dekopon/Sumo seedling help!
Comments (79)Souther California has superior citrus growing parameters to any of us northerners. In 2 .5 years my tangerine trees top 6 & 7 feet and stopped growing thorns. Flowering was just down the road had I lived in So.Cal. I was unable to cover my tangerine trees this past winter and 2 died one died back to 2 feet and is doing well. He can still get a grafted tree and still plant the seedlings outside with high hopes....See MoreAny update on Shiranui/Dekopon cuttings in California from UCR?
Comments (87)My two different pink varieties looking good on the third yrs I planted. Look like I will have a lot of fruits this yri guess some beetles or bugs helped cross pollination...over 100 pink dragon fruits from 4 poles. My family and friends will be very happy :) latest update on shiranui I pruned back small branches...See MoreResemblance to Shiranui/Dekopon/Sumo?
Comments (23)Wow thank you for the close up photo of your Shiranui Brian! I passed by a different market on Thursday and saw the same mystery citrus from the photos I first posted. I think you and Ike are right about them being satsuma citrus. I had a chance to pick them up and look at them more closely and they were much smaller and flatter than the older photo. Very much like a tangerine, flat and oval like a tomato. We had a huge snowstorm that day on Thursday so I didn't buy them, it was too disastrous outside to carry anything other than my own self! Hi sunshine! My Meyer would be elated to know you are interested in how she's doing lol. I've been sick on and off with a bad cough since Thanksgiving so I've put repotting her on hold until I feel better. She stopped flowering once 2-3 fruitlets grew a bit larger and stayed on the tree. I stopped watering mine completely for awhile though because of a bad fungus gnat larvae infestation. The long dry spell made her drop a few leaves and showing redistribution of Nitrogen in a couple leaves (yellowing middle vein). The fungus gnats have been eliminated from the dehydration and freezing temps so I've finally started giving her sips of water again. She started producing another round of flowers after receiving that small amount of water. No new growth though but I know the problem is the leftover nursery soil I didn't wash off. What kind environment is your Meyer in? It could be stuck in a limbo state of not enough light and not enough warmth which is probably okay as long as you're not getting leaf drop. If your lemons are half ripe, they must be pretty large. It needs to feed itself but also make enough food to keep growing the lemons properly so I'm guessing that the more developed the fruit is the more light it needs to keep going. Glad to hear that it's not shedding though!...See MoreDekopon...WOW!
Comments (33)Ah, thank you, Laura! That is good to know.. Yes, it is interesting to read that the Dekopon trees each of us have from Harris are grafted on different rootstocks. We can compare notes on growing habits, tolerance, fruit quality/taste, etc.. We know Laura has some pretty nice looking and tasty fruit from her tree that is grafted on Rich! Mine is in the ground so we shall see how it does this coming year. With so many different rootstocks I wonder how Harris decides which tree to send for mail orders. I did not request a certain rootstock at the time because I did not know what the varieties were on at the time....See Moremksmth zone 7a Tulsa Oklahoma
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