Orange Tree Seedling from Store-Bought Orange
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wanted fruits/seeds from Japanese Hardy Orange, Bitter Orange
Comments (3)I am looking for seeds of this plant. It is also called Nigaki. Brandon on the seeds forum suggested I try this forum. If you want more information please check out this website: http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Picrasma+quassioides Picrasma quassioides is a deciduous Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 7 m (23ft). It is hardy to zone 6. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in October. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs)...See Moreorange seedling or grapefruit seedling??
Comments (1)Corn, the needle like thingies on the citrus are thorns,its the tree's defense syestem.You can pinch or prune the thorns off if you'd like...alott of the citrus growers that sell trees do just that.And as far as knowing what you have yet as far as Grapefruit or Orange go figure???? Wait awhile and grow your only remaining citrus with good light and keep it warm and watered. Also give the tree alittle Mir-acid in water for a fertilizer and find a citrus food with trace elements. Or use Azalea food a couple times a year.When your tree starts to leaf up good usually you can rub the leaves and get a smell of what you have. Or you can wait for the fruit to come on and do a scratch and sniff test with the skin also.Also Grapefruits have larger flower blooms than oranges and very fragrant.If it is a grapefruit than the wait time from fruiting till eatting is around 18 months.***Suzanne...See MoreWeird things growing from my orange tree?
Comments (6)Sounds like you're getting sprouts from the rootstock. If you can take some photos of the sprouts and post them in your message, that would be helpful. If the sprouts are coming from the roots, this might mean the top of the tree - the scion - which is the variety that has been grafted to the rootstock may be suffering, so take some photos of the whole tree as well. And, if you can snap some pics of the orange, and include the underside if there's a navel, that is also helpful. Navels are in season now, so if you have ripe oranges with a navel, you have one of the navel varieties, most likely Parent Washington navel. You can upload your photos to Photobucket, then copy the HTML code of each photo (NOT the url, but the HTML code string), then paste that directly into your message body, and when you click "Preview", you should then see your photos embedded directly into your message. Much easier for us to answer you on the forum that way :-) Patty S....See MoreOrange trees that i grew from seeds from store bought fruit.
Comments (47)Which varieties of citrus do best for own-root, grown from seed? I think there's something to be said for being natural. And I refuse to believe it is absolutely impossible to grow any type of decent citrus fruit without having to use grafting. Edit: Another discussion in this forum says that many citrus varieties can be grown own-root, but some maybe less sweet, and the roots require more frequent irrigation and are more vulnerable to disease. http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/citrus/msg012036217931.html And for some citrus varieties, the fruit resulting from the seedlings may be significantly different from the parent. It's all luck of the draw with the genes, and once the breeders found a winner they simply resorted to clonal propagation. For planting citrus seeds, one of the really helpful things is to carefully peel off the slimy covering over the seed, it helps the seed begin to grow much sooner, otherwise it takes time for this protective layer to rot away in the soil. This post was edited by Socal2warm on Mon, Feb 2, 15 at 21:14...See Moretyler_la
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