9 Meiwa kumquat trees from seed
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Comments (4)Hi Tim, I always enjoy watching your videos. I always have trouble hearing what you are saying even though I have the volume turned up all the way. When you are recording is there something you could set that would increase the volume for those watching? I often listen up close and run a second time and just watch, but it would be better to hear and see at the same time. I don't seem to have the problem with other people's videos. I like your videos as you are always showing how you are experimenting and trying different things like I do. Cory...See MoreMeiwa kumquat tree sources?
Comments (11)Sorry to hear that about your tree, Hibiscus. My two kumquats died from severe branch dieback. I have no plans to buy another kumquat after that, but I saved seeds from the Marumi and Nagami and planted them. So now I have young seedlings growing from their own roots. We shall see how they do in the future....See More4 seed grown 2 year old Meiwa kumquat trees
Comments (21)All four of my seed grown Meiwa kumquat trees. Largest of my seed grown Meiwa kumquats. -------------------------------------------------------------- Fruitiest of my seed grown Meiwa kumquat. She put on 30 fruit this year and 2 last year. The fruits last year were ripe and low on flavor. A half ripe fruit this year tasted good. Better fruits grow on older trees. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meiwa kumquat second largest of the 4 and the only other one to develop a ripening kumquat What started this spring as #2 fell to #4 in size. This is the only one that has not had a fruit set yet Steve...See Moredo kumquat seeds all grow to be true kumquat trees?
Comments (8)It depends what you mean by "true to seed". Unlike many other common citrus varieties (like oranges), all the seeds in a kumquat will result from sexual recombination, and thus will generally not be genetically identical to its fruit parent. That being said, a kumquat grown from a kumquat seed will still be a kumquat, unless of course that kumquat fruit parent had been pollinated by a different citrus variety. In that case, you would get a hybrid....See Moreponcirusguy6b452xx
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