Yes, it's a shame to throw away any plant material, especially of a good citrus variety. But honestly for some of us working full-time, it's a hassle to mail out cuttings/plants. Wish I had more time to do this.

Exchanging citrus cuttings is Illegal in many states and heavily frowned on in many more. I am not wanting to do any exchanges. It is asking for trouble.

Steve

Many members here are in zone 8 and lower. Don’t send any citrus to southern States That under quarantine. I deal with forum members that have similar interests other than citrus. I don’t do anything illegal. I you don’t do, fine or have other reasons, fine. There are still a handful that do. I have gotten a few sticks from members here. You have gotten stuff from others. A forum that doesn’t do exchanges is an no forum. Besides have you ever heard of a spray called, Virex 1 1 256. Disinfectant to clean your rootstock and sions.

Unfortunately exchanging unapproved budwood is always a risk of spreading disease. Less so up north, but still a risk.

I guess I do things wrong, quit sending wood out. I am not going to pay the price those California bud wood suppliers are charging for out of staters. So, disregard my post. I am glad that I don’t need anything anymore. I live 19 miles from the closest post office, so this will help me a lot.

Bob, I have very much appreciated your mailings..thank you. :) (although I’ll clarify that he did not send citrus cuttings).

I know this sounds crazy if all possible create your own bud wood

Yes, Howard, I can make an orchard in no time with sionwood from my own trees. I have done that enough times.

Wow bob I wished I lived closer to you I’d love to try my hand at more grafting what variety is that?

Jan, I didn’t read the tag. Here is my final collection. Red dots means trees. If it wasn’t for exchanges, I would have silz.

Bob I’ve been dying for a daisy! I’m so sad we’re not even in the same country! Have you gotten fruits from it? How do they compare to your Shasta? Bob I love your journal you’re like a scientist got it down to perfection :)

Bob which ones of your trees didn’t make it through the heat wave in your absence? You got all the best varieties!

I have nothing to say threr

Bob, good job with that Amy tree. I sweat I get mine on poor root stock. I can never keep one alive past a year. It bums me out and boy is the fruit great. My mother loves them.

Too, it looks like some of the important trees you love made it! See worth it to keep going.

Mike

I'm going to try that with lemons

bob your trees don’t look drab to me they still look so luscious and green! great Job bob! I actually just chopped my Meyers lemon in more than half! It’s been so gangly I couldn’t stand it anymore so I trimmed it by about 60% so it’s looking much sadder than your trees!

Bob I spent the whole day at a place about two hours from home called devans greenhouse it was a family trip and we found some rare trees! Most of all I’m so happy I found a paw paw tree! It’s a mango variety I’ve never tried or even seen a paw paw before! ill report back when it Fruits! they even had a goat petting zoo!

Jan, I got 3 different kinds of micro nutrients to play with, they are all very good. Since citrus are heavy feeders, micro,s are a good part. That Meyer tree will jump out with new growth soon. Don’t be afraid to fertilize Meyers more than other citrus. You might want to read more about paw paw,s before you buy, like anything there are good ones........

Jan, when you expect a better yield than last year, seeing young fruits laying on the ground is not a good feeling. I don’t allow my tree’s to look sad.

Hi bob!! I’ll definitely be feeding this sad Meyers lemon more than others! I do have dynagro and I also have jacks professional fertilizer powder. about the paw paws you’re right! I was just reading up on it yesterday turns out I’ll need more than 1 tree for pollination but the Nursery only had the one type. I need either a Pennsylvania gold or a nc1 to cross pollinate and I’ll need a ferry ride to get them from a nursery in victoria island Looks like I won’t be getting them this year but I am dying to try a paw paw fruit sounds like heaven it’s described as a mango and banana ice cream like dessert!

bob you’re a pro!!

all I got is small lemon seedlings

Howard, lemon seedling are fairly fast growers. Treat you lemon seedlings well and they should begin to fruit in 3 to 5 years.

but my soil is clay

Howard, you have to read more here, clay is not good. There is much better stuff available. You can go cheap, you can fancy stuff. Start with the basics first.

I agree with you Bob. It’s not a good feeling to trim my trees and see all those budwoods go to waste. I remember when I was new here and tried to build my collection. Oh how I wished that somebody sent me some material to graft.

Jan, congratulations on your new pawpaw!!!! Did you check on phoenix perrenial webpage? I saw some paqpaw at the begi of the season. There’s also tropic.ca

for me clay soil was the cheapest stuff I could find and i see an advantage of growing them in clay the soil stays moist with good drainage and citrus don't like completely dry soil and I'm putting coffee grounds and used tea leaves from teabags as a mulch and fertilizer and the roots get stronger and better adapted to clay this way and that is the same soil they came up in this way it will be better equipped to handle the clay soils

and it can be kept warm in the winter better right now with me using coffee grounds used tea leaves from teabags is allowing for the clay to drain but not dry out and making the clay more pourus

Howard, as they say, it’s your tree and your are right, the world is full of clay for the taking.

i didn’t mean that cheap.

Howard I’ve never tried growing in clay! Interesting they didn’t get water logged.

amy Phoenix had pawpaw?!! No way!!! Lol I need one! It needs to be cross pollinated I’ll have to ask Gary about it! And what is tropic.ca? Oh no another place to feed my addiction no doubt lol I’ll have to check it out amy! I need to look for a Pennsylvania gold since it’s an early variety! I’ll check out tropic.ca thank you amy as always you enabler! :)

I have 4 in ground PT in solid clay. No organic mater Orange gold and they grow great

that is what I can afford right now for I'm a poor man but I'm trying my for what I have to work with

that is great

Clay in the ground is much different than clay in a pot. With the ground, there's no end to the bottom of the 'container', so excess moisture goes down, down to Australia.

Steve, do you grow all the other tree‘s in pots in clay soil? Good luck. I just Bought more unnecessary stuff yesterday to stock for the next uppotting season.Wondering if I waisting my already strained budget.

I always have at least one pineapple plant going. So easy to grow. Just stick them in my heated garage over winter.

Interesting Dave, there is always a first, what’s next?

The pineapple is an amazing plant. When braking off a slip from the mother plant to generate a new plant, you do not need to plant the slip right away. In fact the slip can just lay on the shelf for a month or two, and when stuck in the ground it will still put out roots and begin to grow. Pineapples are an easy plant to grow. I generally grow approximately 30 to 50 pineapples a year.

clay is all ican afford but I'm learning how to work with it like I have all my life and I 'm putting used tea leaves from teabags and used coffee grounds to slowly change soil structure and to increase drainage

plus I've always had clay to work with the other types of soil out there I mess every thing up and I 'm trying do develop some cold hardy lemons from regular lemons and I have heard clay soil is good start

Howard I came a long way growing citrus and I ain’t going back. Not much help from me.

Steve does a lot of research and be of more help. I know of 7 types rootstocks to use and I am not using any of them. What I got is what I use and I don’t know what they are. Whatever it is it’s growing.

Silica, it sounds like you have a HUGE amount of land. How big is your area to grow? Sounds very nice). What kind of planted in ground trees do you have?

Mike

Iknow clay the others I've worked and never did me any good so forgive me if I'm not much help like I said this is my first time Iknow my dreams seem impossible

Jan, phoenix perrenials has a list of their pawpaw varieties in their mail order under the edible section. It’s so exciting and I can’t wait to have you taste your first pawpaw. Let me know how do they taste compare to an atemoya or sugar apple!

Jan, go ahead with the Mango paw paw variety, pretty decent one. You need another one for better pollination. Some of the Petersons are pretty decent. I would built a combo tree.

Just don’t grow them in the greenhouse. You can grow them wide or tall, I prefer wide, very ornamental, tropical looking. You can google, The best tasting paw paws. You’ll find a lot of info. Good luck!