Fascinating! I hope someone knowlegable pipes up!

Cara cara should have both hybrid and nuclear embryos. The strongest is nuclear so you would get a true cara cara. Now is it worth it to wait 10 years for the tree to mature only to end up with a tree that is weaker than a hrafted one that would produce fruit sooner?

I'd spend the $40-$60 and get a grafted one. But that's just me.

The answer is yes but can you afford to do so. There is absolutely nothing about outside that can't be replicated indoors however the cost would be rediculous to run enough light for 1000w per sq meter. Same issue with controlling temps such as replicating real cold nights for people who live in the tropics.

Here is the best method to grow trees indoors.

l = a light hung vertically
P= a plant

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I would have the perimeter lights at under half the wattage of the center bulb let's say 1000w for the center and 400w for the perimeter. Like I said possible but not affordable for fruit. It looks like a lot of lights per plant but it gets better with scale. For every 2 plants added only more lights are needed. Also you could put plants around the perimeter but that would mean the outer plants would have less light than outside and that's specifically what we are talking about reproducing.

This post was edited by pip313 on Tue, Jan 13, 15 at 20:35

I recomend this setup for seedlings with cfl lamps for those people that can't afford real grow lights. It will give you short bushy plants vs tall lanky ones.

The contraption below uses 18 watt CFL's. It has 12 of them. There is enough room for 16 *** 5 gallon bucket trees or one year i did 16 pepper plants in 5's. The walls of the box should be aluminum foil lined. This holds the heat and humidity in. In my case 50% of my heating bill is the meter charge before I use any gas. It cost just as much to heat with gas as it does with CFL's. Might as well grow beats, citrus trees and garden starts. If I lived in KY just 5 miles south I would not get that meter fee and it would be a waste of money. Might as well purchase my garden starts from home depot and buy my citrus fruits at Kroger's fruit department. Save my yard for apple peaches pears and plums. June 23rd my birthday comes. If you heat with oil, electric, or propane, It is no more to heat with CFL's. Might as well grow citrus trees in the basement.

Pip is absolutely correct with his diagram for an open room. The center bulb can be remove with only a little loss to the trees. however if you use the container I use with the bright white/foiled walls you can do what I did.

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The above was the exact setup for my pepper plant. I was picking peppers 5 weeks before frost safe set out date. It really does pay to grow green and peppers in with your citrus tree with the $$$$avings in organic produce and tree growth advancements.

Notice the beets on the first level to provide heat for the roots of the citrus trees above.

We had a death in the family and my wife collected many memories. As a result we have no room anywhere in our house and we lost the ability to grow greens. The greenhouse is not warm enough. Heating the greenhouse is $$$$$$$$$$$$ out of the question.

The link below shows the things I did that REALLY WORKED WELL.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://s1094.photobucket.com/user/wreristhechimney/slideshow/sunshine2013

Just want to put it out there, his bulbs are arranged similar but when I said hung vertically I meant at a height that is centered with the canopy not above the canopy. When the bulbs are above the canopy hanging them vertically could be counter productive depending on whether the light gets efficiently reflected down to the plants. His box is painted white so he does have great reflectivity. Sorry for not saying that.

This post was edited by pip313 on Tue, Jan 13, 15 at 22:33

Do you have an update?

7 year updates rarely happen but maybe you will get lucky!