First Meiwa Kumquat tasting!
hobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
As I was watering my FE and foliage pro mix this morning I noticed 2 of my precious first Meiwa kumquats knocked to the ground!!! Must have been the results of my hail storm a while back.
One was rotten and too far gone, but one I salvaged.
It had a small blemish which I cut away but was left with half, I was surprised at how thick the rind was and how little flesh and juice there was, it was all peel and pith. This is different from my juicy Nagami kumquats. Is that normal Steve or anyone else with Meiwas?
So I tasted and to my surprise it was absolutely delicious, completely sweet with absolutely no sour or bitterness. Even the aftertaste in my mouth now is very pleasant. Anyone else with comments on their Meiwas? Here is the inside:
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7 years agohobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
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Comments (8)Patty: I cannot eat even 10% of the fruit I grow. That is why I make a lot of juice. Wekiwa is a fantastic fruit for citrus juice blends. It also gets sweet before most other citrus in this area. Blend #1, grapefruit juice of your choice + enough Wekiwa to make it sweet. Or use Minneola instead of G.F. Blend #2 (juice about equal ammounts of each) Page + Clementine + Nova/Fairchild + Fortune + Wekiwa. This blend of flavors is like so; rich + aromatic + balanced-sweet + tart + Wekiwa (smoothing them togeather). Fortune is the wild card here. Some years it is tart like a Minneola, others it is more like Nova. For aromatic, substitute any Clemintine or Ponkan group. For balanced-sweet, use any other ClemxOrlando hybrid (Bower,Robinson,Lee,Etc.)except Bell (unless Bell is very ripe it is more tart). Another balanced-sweet group is the KingxMediterranian hybrids like Kinnow. If you don't have Wekiwa use Satsumas or round oranges. Be creative, blood oranges and red navels also work instead of adding the tart component, adding a new level of complexity (berry flavor instead of citric acid ). Patty, it looks like you are almost there. Five years from now, when each tree is loaded with fruit, you will be so happy to make all the blends you can dream up....See MoreMeiwa Kumquat, all buds dying, but tree doing well, what's going
Comments (4)Kumquats can alternate bear, so when it was in the ground, probably nothing was wrong. Doubtful you had "bad soil", just needing to be fertilized, and watering needed to be adjusted properly (not too much, not too little). The potting medium you're using is most likely much too dense, retaining too much water, and, if allowed to dry out, becoming hydrophobic (won't absorb water, just runs through the container). So, watch for that. And, it may take a year or so for your poor tree to recover from all the transplant shock, so give it some time if you plan to keep it in a container. Water appropriately, fertilize frequently, but be sure to, on occasion, flush out the container to remove built up salts (to prevent burning). Patty S....See MoreIs a meiwa kumquat that much better than Nagami?
Comments (12)well, I think the tree that I have been taking the fruit from is Meiwa (neighbors).. small oblong or round fruit, lg ones almost the size of a quarter but rarer.. ususlly a lg black olive to a nickel size. I think the taste can be described as.. texture of a peach, but taste of a sweet ripe orange, wash off and pop the whole thing in your mouth (I only eat one at a time).. tip: chew slowly until you get the seeds out, and eat the skin.. don't chomp down on it (them).. the seeds are many and large, but worth the effort to remove......See MoreSurvey: Fukusho or Meiwa kumquat...which do you like better?
Comments (10)I chose my fruit trees for fruit that is neither sweet of sour. My favorite Apple is the Arkansas Blacking. Not sweet, not tart, but packed with flavors that I have no words but that I like them. I had a mill sweet lemon. Same as above. I now have a New Zealand lemonade tree from pip that should fill the plate very nicely. I have 14 seed grown red haven peach trees. I like to pick the peaches when they have color but are hard. Nothing beets a crisp crunchy mildly sweet free stone peach. My hardy Chicago fig has been a real success beyond my wildest expectations. They taste very good with their mildly sweet flavor. I don't eat snickers or any other candy or pop. the juice of the lemon will dissolve the enamel off your teeth faster than a snickers bar will. Here on the garden web's snickers forum every one seems to be buying the trees that produce the sweetest mandarins/oranges or the most acid lemons/lines. My portfolio is complete with 2 Fukushu, 1 Meiwa, 2 New Zealand lemonade, and 9 Hardy Chicago fruit trees. Tine to lean back and kick up my feet. The fukushu fruits can be squeezed for baking Fukushu meringue pies and the remaining peal and flesh should prove to be mildly sweet....See Morehobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
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4 years agoI have 4 seed grown Meiwa trees that came from seeds from my grafted meiwa. I have eaten 31 ripe fruits from them and they are quite good without any bitter or sour taste.
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