Meiwa kumquat seeds sprouting
These seedlings will be used as root stock for mature meiwa scion wood. I will then have mature Meiwa kumquat trees on Meiwa kumquat roots (own roots?). The tree can produce fruit as soon as the tree is big enough instead of needing to reach a mature node count .
Over the years I have found that the Meiwa kumquat tree is unable to be grafted to other root stock. These seeds were sprouted in my furnace's duct work where they got good sprouting temperatures.
Most of the grafted Meiwa trees on this forum have died
Steve
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Comments (10)Kumquats are a lot of fun in containers. On mine the branches are falling over due to the weight of the fruit. It just had another flush of blooms recently. It will likely come inside the house in a few weeks....See MoreIs this a graft line? I just noticed my Meiwa kumquat
Comments (10)I would say that's a graft line. So yes, do take off whatever grows below it. It is a little hard to tell which side was the scion =(desired variety) side and which the root stock side but I'm leaning towards that the scion side is what's growing. Do you know what it may have been grafted too, what kind of root stock. If it was trifoliate then you should be fine. It it was a c.shaddock, or a v.lemon or rough lemon it's a little trickier. The leaves look pretty much like a kumquat though, at least what I can see of them. Australian Sheppard or Aussie Cattle Dog? What I can see looks cute!...See More5 one year old seedling Meiwa kumquat trees starting 2018
Comments (44)The fruitless under the can light Meiwa has finished its growth spurt with a total of 44 linear inches of new twigs with fresh leaves. It is now tied for the second biggest of seed grown Meiwa kumquat trees I picked the fruit off the other Meiwa tree at half ripe and the skin was sweet and the flesh was very juicy but not much flavor in sweet or sour. I was afraid a mouse would get it and it was the only fruit from a seed grown tree. I also picked all the much ripper fruit from my grafted meiwa and the fruit was sweet skinned with semi sweet tart flesh. very much worth eating. This will actually be the last entry for this thread from Me and I will continue this discussion in "4 seed grown 2 year old Meiwa kumquat tree for year 2019". I will leave a link to the new thread when I start it. forget what I said above. I did not expect this much change in one of the trees. Steve...See Moreseed grown Meiwa kumquat tree
Comments (4)2 summers ago it put on a couple hundred flowers but only 2 set into fruit. Last summer was the 17 year cicadas and I had to keep the tree protected. Citrus trees are preferred over anything else in my environment. Strange, Citrus trees don't grow around here. Smart cicadas. 2 summers ago all 4 of my Meiwa trees put on hundreds of flowers each of which 2 set fruits. This past summer 2 of 4 put on a total of about 30 fruits. I gave the 1 with less fruits to a friend. Steve...See Moreponcirusguy6b452xx
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoMy grafting skills are running at a about a 2% success and it takes me about an hour to complete 1 graft. I have 3 successes and an estimate of 147 failures. Grafting to PT/FD would be at 0% because of the unfriendliness of PT/FD. Grafting to same species would give me the best chance of topping a 2% success rate. Meiwa kumquats grow very well on their own roots one they get going. About 2 feet tall and well branched.
Seedling Meiwa kumquats 1-9 · More Info2 years 11 months from seed sprout.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThe first seed to sprout
The second is on its way
In it's container
Over the heating duct
Three More with their heads up 1-4-2020 4:17PM.Steve
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThe last of the 9 seedlings pokes through
The first and largest of the Meiwa seedling and not with the other 8
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Meiwa kumquat seedling in 3 more separate cups. Check out the single seed twin tree.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago8 of 9 seeds sprouted with one producing twins and the 9 seed was mush.
Over the heating duct for the well developed kumquat seedlings
Update 7 are in 32 OZ cups
The last 2 small ones. left tall plant 1/4 inch root. Right tiny plant 2 inch root.
9 is the same number I had 3 years ago with my first bunch.
Steve
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4 years agoKeeping tight records on my seedling advances and potting setups
Seedling in circle came from Cup #2 because it hit the lid and bent over.
3 of 7 individually potted plants with seedling cup full of sprouts. The lid was removed and moved under light over heating vent.
The cup that the bent seedling came from. These are all seeds over a heating vent that get plucked as they sprout. above
above and below . 4 of the 7 seedling that graduated to a light bucketPhoto taken through a peep hole in the base of the bucket next to the light.
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4 years agoMeiwa seedling develops root with twin tops.
rack over heat register will hold 48 1/4-gallon plants.
have 3 south facing windows that hole 24 1/4 gallon plants and 2 windows that hold 12 1/4 gallon plants.
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4 years agoMeiwa kumquat seedling
2 months 6 days from seed sprout breaking soil surface.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago3 out of 4 of my first set of Meiwa seedling produced flower within the firs 1.75 years and all flowered by 2.5 years. 3 out of 4 set fruit with in the firs 2.75 years. 1 set and produced 2 kumquats i 1 yea 8 months and produced another 30 fruit that were picked in 3 years +/- 2 months. Lots of light, heat, and, feed year around should get you fruit in 5 years.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago3 meiwa kumquat seedlings seedling getting transplanted in a 5-1-1 mix.
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3 years ago2 out of 30 meiwa seedling died of damp-off. The other 28 meiwa seedling keeled over with root rot. 8 of those with root rot I was able to clean up with a half inch of clean living root left. I have dipped them into rooting compound and replanted them in fresh sterile potting soil with extra perlite added in hopes of growing side roots. They look good but won't grow side roots. eanwhile I have started out with 11 more Meiwa seeds.
Steve
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3 years ago1 by 1 the remaining 8 seedlings are dyeing. I have 2 left that look bad but are still alive. I have 4 of 11 seeds in this new bach up and growing.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoOut 4 seedling 2 died and 2 seed died before breaking soil surface.
The 2 good Meiwa plants
The 2 that never broke surface. The roots are good but the stem dried out.
Meiwa tree.I have 1 Meiwa seedling out of the original batch of 30 seedlings still alive plus these 2.
Steve
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