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poncirusguy6b452xx
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Has anyone tried one of these . How does it compare to kumquats madarinquat and orangequat
https://citruscentre.co.uk/collections/hardy-citrus/products/kucle
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Comments (13)cfox248 I understand the frustrations involved in growing citrus trees. They are down right hard to grow but can be very rewarding. All of mine are doing very well. I did want to show you that other subtropical ( Hardy chicago fig ) fruits can be grown easily up north. My string of pictures show how productive they are. I was not trying to tell you to give up on citrus, I am not going to either. I hope others may be encouraged to go figs as well as citrus. After all, if you are not convinced in the citrus forum to try figs, you'll never go to the fig forum to be encouraged. The reason that citrus is so hard to grow is that it does not go dormant in winter. That is when all predator insects are gone and the light is so low the trees get sick. Figs shut down and hibernate. Go ahead and try one from ediblelandscaping.com as linked above. They go on sale for as little as $6.00 often. They grow fast, so get a small one. The tree above is 19 months old from a 2 inch cutting. JoppaRich I have given a lot of on topic advice over the years. I give 'out of the box' ideas through pictures on what I have done followed by instructions ( verbal and visual ) of technique that are low cost to free. I will continue sharing my ideas even though they wont apply to the majority. I would suggest that you look through my stuff and form ideas from it to what works for you. A pictures worth a thousand words. A video is worth a billion words click bellow for citrus growing tips and tricks Steve Here is a link that might be useful: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/citrus/msg0320572518736.html This post was edited by poncirusguy on Thu, Nov 6, 14 at 7:38...See MoreRe:Anyone growing citrus in PNW
Comments (32)Two citrus trees: Clementine x Yuzu hybrid (so-called "Ten Degree Tangerine") Satsuma x Changsha hybrid mandarin planted it out in March, when it was full of foliage and beginning to fruit, but the temperatures were too prolonged cool/cold that early in the year and it died back and all the leaves fell off, except for one lone leaf coming out of the bottom. It has now begun to push out a little bit of growth from the bottom, although most of the branches are dead. probably wasn't a good idea to move it outside right as it was fruiting, or should have waited another month or two. Olympia, WA consider that that's actually just a tiny bit further north in latitude than Duluth, Minnesota, or even Quebec City, Canada. As you can see in the pictures, these are both in the ground (havn't actually gone through the Winter yet, but I have a Satsuma in a plastic sheet enclosure and a very small Yuzu that did make it through the Winter, altgough it was a very mild Winter in the PNW this year. The PNW climate is pretty different from Southeast, where many other people are experimenting with cold-hardy citrus. There are extreme long stretches of cold/cool temperatures throughout half the year, but the tiny amount of freeze we do get rarely gets very cold. The cool marine influence leads to a very stable climate, no storms to bring in freezing cold air. Of course it's a pretty short growing season for citrus. I'd say the temperatures don't really begin warming up to what citrus needs untl mid-May or June (although it stays warm till around September, not that cold in October either). I've read some reports around here that people have managed to keep Meyer Lemons alive outside in the ground in a warm spot, typically south side against the wall of a house with lots of sun and wind protection, although they suffer a lot of damage in the winter. The two (rare) varieties shown in those pictures have more cold hardiness than Meyer Lemon....See MoreCan I buy cold-hardy citrus fruit?
Comments (10)Satsuma is really the only "good-tasting" variety that can be grown in zone 8a. It will not thrive the best there, but it can be grown. Protecting it with a heavy covering of mulch during the winter will definitely help, and a young tree definitely needs to be kept in a pot and brought inside during the winter the first few years until it becomes bigger. You might want to look into trying to create a warmer microclimate. I mean like planting it against a south-facing brick wall. Something else I have read of is using a big pile of freshly decaying compost, which naturally gives off some heat. Two other types of citrus that do well in colder climates are kumquats and yuzu....See MoreHave you reach your ultimate collection?
Comments (69)Currently I have (in various stages of development -- some are new grafts): MANDARINS AND MANDARIN HYBRIDS: Armstrong Satsuma (x3) - fruiting Xie Shan Satsuma - fruiting Owari Satsuma - fruiting 'Shasta Gold' mandarin Seedless Kishu mandarin (x 2) W. Murcott Afourer mandarin (presumed -- could possibly be Tango) Keraji mandarin Sugar Belle hybrid Shiranui hybrid - fruiting Clementine x Yuzu mandarin - fruiting Indio Mandarinquat (x 3) Pixie mandarin (bud graft that is still green but has not pushed yet!) ORANGE: Panzarella orange POMMELO OR POMMELO HYBRIDS: Oroblanco hybrid - fruiting LIME, LEMON OR LEMON HYBRIDS: Key lime - fruiting Meyer lemon - fruiting PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA HYBRIDS: Citrandarin (Poncirus trifoliata x mandarin) in ground - fruiting Citrumelo (in ground and used for rootstock) - fruiting Tai-tri (Taiwanica x P. trifoliata) in ground and used for rootstock. SMALL SEEDLINGS: Sweet lemon, Mandarinquat, Sour orange. RECENT GRAFTS (NOT SURE IF SUCCESSFUL): Washington Navel So yeah, I'm done. No more until I can get fruit from all these and evaluate. Unless I can find a good lemon! LOL!...See Moreponcirusguy6b452xx
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoSkip the kucle If you add a 3rd kumquat tree get a Meiwa. If you have gotten any fukushhu fruits, how did they taste. I am still waiting for my first fruits. My Meiwas had a sweet skin and a lightly sour flesh when still more green than yellow and sweet threw out when fully orange. This mostly green Meiwa fell off my tree and it was slightly sweet skin and some what sour pulp. It was too early to eat. After eating is had a sweet after taste that lasted a minute or 2
Meiwa fruit was very small at 12.7 mm in diameter.
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