After going to 3 other HEBI found one that had some, bought 3 packages and opened one lime to taste them, it had 4 seeds! I have the remaining limes from that first package in the refrigerator and vacuum sealed the rest and put them in the freezer. I looked up the address of the nursery, and I have a construction roject near them. Next time I need to go I think I might stop by. I heard it can take 3-5 years for a tree to produce ruit rom a seed, and due to hybridization, you might not get the fruit that you want.

Thank you for sharing, Steve! One week for citrus seed to germinate is pretty amazing. I had a few citrus seeds germinate in just under two weeks. Vladimir, Thank you. I was under the impression, after doing some previous research, that kumquats come true from seed since they are polyembryonic. I also read somewhere on the net that a polyembryonic variety will produce at least one plant identical genetically to the mother plant. After reading your post, I did a bit more research and found conflicting reviews and advice. I wonder if I have a chance that maybe at least one seedling will be like the mother plant, depending on the number that germinate. I guess kumquats do tend to do poorly on their own roots? Steve?? You have grown a lot of kumquats from seed. Can you refer me to one of your previous posts about how they did for you on their own roots. I think I remember that you had numerous Kumquat fatalities? Has anyone had success with growing a Nagami Kumquat from seed and that it was exactly like the mother plant? Did the fruit taste identical to a Kumquat? I guess it will be a fun and interesting project to learn from. I do still have a unknown citrus seedling that sprouted up from my compost pile in my potted banana plant.

I grow lots of fruit trees here. Fruit trees go good with roses as long as the trees dont get too big and shade the roses out too much. I just planted Mermaid rose yesterday several feet from a shrubby LSU purple fig. The LSU Purple figs dont get too dense of a canopy. I also grow: Starfruit, figs, dwarf black mulberry, Longan, lots of citrus (several lemon varieties, 2 Buddah's Hand, 4 Red Fingerlimes, Blood Orange, Ray Ruby grapefruit, Thai Lime, Persian lime), Hass avocado, Then I have a Miracle fruit and 15 little Jackfruit seedlings that are a few feet high lol. Also have dragonfruit and some diff types of berries, grapes. Probably more that Im forgetting about right now lol.

I am glad you can get cherries. Pumpkin pie is my favorite. Oh, I will definitely will be growing pumpkin if only if I can get hold of one...tons of seeds. You have Halloween, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin juice ( I usually buy that from my work. The best drink made of Apple cider, pumpkin puree and apricot ) and pies. Melissa don't tell my favorite mangoes, peanut butter, soy sauce, currents...your list is short but still it is important ones. I will be buying cans of food and pack a bag for a year or two Everytime I come back to States. I hope a store will open there. I will be talking to Chinese people who lives there or American. That's me...lol I ran into a few people here like Malaysians and Indonesian. I love their food. everytime I cook the food it doesn't make too spicy or different because the ingredients are not the same. So, when I ask how they cook ...they mostly get supplies overseas especially when they travel. Then I also discovered restaurant opens here a few and it is a treat to go and eat out. Closest cooking ever. Took me like 28 yrs or more living in FL. In California was not a problem Bec of so many Asians there with restauranst and chinatowns. In Florida is a lot of Vietnamese. So food is very different. Even a dark soy sauce which I am having a hard time. They will give me a duck sauce. So far I found only one dark sauce but the flavor is different. I can't find a different brand even on Amazon. The flavor differs tremendously. There is a dish called chicken roast cook with egg plants, tomorrow's, onions, garlic and ginger. But we used light sauce and dark to give a flavor and dark eat it with rice. That dish I cannot cook due to dark sauce. Even the light sauce is only Kikkoman here. There are better tasting light sauces around the world which put Kikkoman off the list. Now, I can get some spices like for satay but I am not picky. My brother's wife is very picky. She came from the mountains in India a place call Jammu . Jammu and Kashmir is located mostly in Himalayan mountains. She goes every year and buys the fresh spices and bring back. She don't like the spices here Bec they are not fresh at all and I meant as seeds even cardamom which is so, so green compare to the stores here. You can see the big difference . She will grind them all as what she needs to cook. Her cooking is fantastic and extremely delicious. All, I am saying is don't give up. You might find something there and never know of a store or something. I definitely did find a few places after I stop looking around for many years. jin