Yikes! I didn't realize that the minimum order for budwood was so large. I have about a dozen FD's that I was planning to use for rootstock next spring if they are big enough. I've never tried grafting and wanted to give it a shot. Is it possible to get a MUCH smaller amount of budwood anywhere?
Karyn

I have been looking, but generaly the best thing is to get with a group that is placing an order. I hooked up with a group in Northern California last year to get some of their budwood, which is why I am looking again. I have also been able to pick up budwood from various Citrus forums, because unfortunately there always seems to be people who bail out on paying when a group makes a purchase, so the person who makes the order will ususual look for others that might what the buds that did not get picked up.

Where did you get your Dragons? did you grow them from seed?

Dragons are one the more difficult plants to learn grafting on (DUe the Bendy trunk) and for some reason Grafts do not take as easily on Dragon. The standard SOur orange (Poncrious Trifoliate), is a bit easier

I don't know if I am ordering this time around. I usually get some orders going, but I ran out of branches to graft to lately after the round of summer budwood orders. Most of my budded citruses from about 1-2 years ago are now loaded with fruits and am excited to taste them the first time. You can't get these fruits for sale anywhere in the entire USA and I will be enjoying them soon. So it will be a shame to graft over these loaded branches.

Meanwhile, I have seedlings of flying dragon going, so will have to wait for 2 more years before ordering new budwood.

The minimum order now amounts to only $27 for 36 buds minimum, still less than the price of one potted citrus from our local nursery ($30). The $27 should give you at least 12 buds each for the 3 varieties. So for Californians, this is truly one bargain sources of some citruses that you will not find in any of the retail stores, not even the specialty citrus stores that would brag and sell their uncommon cultivars for $150 per plant.

For non-Californians, the prices would be three times as much.

Texas also has similar budwood program and they share some common citrus germplasm with UCR. I don't have much details about the Texas budwood program, only that it was mentioned to me by one of my credible citrus hobbyist colleagues.

Thanks for the info. Some of my dragons I got as seedlings, the rest I grew from seed. The ones from seed are still fairly small and won't be ready in the spring. None of my sour orange seeds germinated.
Karyn