Thanks Citrange... I've never tried grafting or budding. I think I may try it to see how it goes. I tried reading up on the grafting directions but I'm totally lost. LOL... As for meiwa, I do have another meiwa plant I can take and try to graft. I'll look up what a citrange and citrumelo is. If it's a nice plant, I may just keep it the way it is... The plant itself is very beautiful right now with all the new leaves coming in. I've grown attached to it but when I look at it, I get disappointed that it's not a meiwa anymore. LOL Any newbie grafting sites you would recommend? Thanks again, Phan

Unfortunately, Flying Dragon seeds do not have a high level of germinating predominantly true clonally. Flying Dragon as a cultivar always has very zigzag stems and strongly curved thorns, it is an easy way (without a DNA test) of selecting predominantly true clonally Flying Dragon seedlings, while discarding those which are obviously, and definitely genetically different. The seedlings that grow taller with straighter stems and straight thorns are not Flying Dragon. Traditionally about 40 to 50 percent of Flying Dragon seeds do not produce true clonal Fling Dragon cultivars. To obtain true Flying Dragon trees one must plant the seeds, let them grow to approximately 12 to 16 inches then discard the seedlings that do not possess the correct genetic characteristics.

I placed my kumquat seeds between to pieces of damp paper towels in a zipper food bag and placed over my heater duct outlet. Others I planted in potting soil wit a lid over the container and placed inside one of my heating ducts. Both ways took about a week. My last set of 80 meiwa seeds all rotted. Meiwa kumquats are very hard to start. Today I ate my last 2 Meiwa kumquats and saved 10 seed to through outside in the 20F snow. I am not wasting any more time sprouting Meiwa seeds. Its a lot of work. Steve

3 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. 2. 5 years from seed sprout\ sweet lee tangerine tree The other tangerine tree Steve