Clementine seedlings
bklyn citrus (zone 7B)
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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
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leaves dont look like a Clementine
Comments (10)Even more strange I got polyembryonic seedlings from same bag of Clementines. And the seed sprouted different the seed is still in dirt and shoots came up two. The first one I ask about pushed seed out of dirt and opened out of soil. Hybrid citrus is crazy lol I cross pollinated my libson lemon and mewei kumquat to see what it seeds grow. Getting into my new hobby I guess lol....See MoreIndoor Grapefruit Never Blooms
Comments (19)Has anyone tried the breeder's trick with citruse from seeds? Well the trick is to graft a budwood from a seedling tree unto an old fruiting compatible citrus cultivar. This will shave off significant number of years of waiting for a citrus seedling to fruit. And yes, this trick is the other way around and has worked very well for pome and stone fruits. In order to save time to know the type of fruit a newly hybridized seed will have, instead of growing it and waiting for it to fruit, they graft it unto fruiting trees of the same type. The resulting interaction has been proven to significantly reduce the number of years of wait time for a new hybdridized seedling to bear fruit. I was wondering if this could be true for citrus. In the specific case of the grocery grapefruit, most likely it would be nucellar and so is the exact clone of the parent, so why not use the budwood from the original parent and graft unto the seedling instead? However, if the seedling is suspected to be a hybrid, for sure it will have different character and particular mix of the parents, and now that it is twenty years old, grafting buds from this tree unto a fruiting grapefruit should shorten the wait time, but the probability that it is a hybrid is not on the good side. However for those who have been hybridizing citruses and wanting to know the type of resulting fruit you have, you might do the trick of grafting the seedling unto a fruiting mature tree....See MoreHow is everyone doing with their trees inside??
Comments (31)I brought my satsuma inside for the night only, and a lizard must have hitched a ride on it. Took 30 minutes to get him/her/it back outside. I have often seen the lizard laying on the leaves when watering the tree. I should have inspected the tree better before carrying it in....See MoreGrafted twigs from store bought fruit
Comments (65)I think it's cool to get a citrus tree from store bought twigs. I tried to root a satsuma twig I got from whole foods but it didn't take. This got me wondering however, would getting a tree like that violate the citrus quarantine rules if it came from a restricted state? What if the twig has the HLB virus? I read where even floral arrangements can't included citrus from quarantined areas. Maybe these are excluded? Just wondering about it....See MoreLynda (Zn9b/23 - Central CA Coast)
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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A