13 year old orange trees growing from seed
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Help w/ 12ft orange trees planted from seeds
Comments (4)Schnell: I know of two people who have orange trees like you describe. I know a lot more that have planted seed from supermarket oranges that have something else they can not eat. I have a couple of grafted trees that give small sized oranges. But I wonder if your trees are truly "round oranges" or if they may be mandarin hybrids, like Fairchild, or Sunburst? I have seen a lot of people surprised to find out that Page and Satsumas for example, are not "oranges". If you have some mandarin variety, they may be as big as they can be. If you have some true orange, thinning and fertilizing may increase the size somewhat. On the time to fruiting from seed, a general rule of thumb is the smaller the fruit the sooner seedling tree bears. But there are big differences in the results you can get. I planted a Rio Red GF in a really good soil with a fantastic mulch, and it fruited in only six years. I planted a Ray Ruby seedling near a giant pecan tree in heavy clay, and it is 13 years old and has not bloomed. Getting them to bear is a function of getting them to outgrow the immature wood. A lady once said she had a Keraji (small mandarin) that was 9 years old that did not bloom. Mine had fruit in four years because I had it in a good raised bed and it was well mulched.....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 MoreWhy did my navel orange tree grow some oranges with seeds this ye
Comments (2)Yep, they sometimes have seeds. The most common theory is that the flower was pollinated and seeds formed as the fruit developed....See More13 year old tomato seed germination
Comments (38)There are two ways to germinate really old seed -that have had a very high rate of success that I know of. The first is- take about 7 or 8 seeds and place them just under the surface of some of your ordinary garden soil where you usually grow your tomatoes-in a flat container about three inches deep, buried to the same depth as the surrounding soil suface, and just leave them there all winter long, frost, ice, snow, rain etc, in the spring most of them will germinate naturaly around mid may, a bit late but once potted up they will soon catch up. The second method well tried and tested- involves the plastic bag zip lock type bags, into which is placed a square of folded kitchen roll tissue- previously soaked in a mixture of cold tea (without the sugar and milk) just straight out the tea pot, and a few drops of seaweed liquid extract, wet the tissue right through and squeeze it out to a fairly damp pad, place in bag, lay your seeds (any number of seeds) 10 to 20 on the surface of the pad and zip up the bag- place in a warm place around 75 deg F and wait up to three weeks or less, sometimes only a few days, check them about every day after the fifth day thro to the three week point, and remove carefully any that germinate, with a couple of wooden tooth picks (which becomes easier with practice) and place them in a seedling mixture just under the surface and in a couple or three days -up they come as large as life. If you do succeed -save me a few seeds to try for next season :)...See MoreVladimir (Zone 5b Massachusetts)
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