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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Does the changsha manderine make a good root stock for other citrus?
« on: December 27, 2020, 10:24:36 PM »
Couple of years ago, I topped worked a mature Changsha with bark-grafts to a Cara Cara orange. Also I parked some Pummelo grafts on two other large Changsha trees. Grafting rate was pretty high and growth seems on par with my other citrus trees. The Cara Cara fruit seems to be same quality as my Cara Cara on trifoliate. It's only been down to 21deg since the grafting, so can not comment on cold protection of Changsha vs trifoliate or sour orange. The Changsha trees I parked the Pummelo on will be completely topworked once I have enough Pummelo budwood.

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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Looking for information on Kishu and New Zealand Lemonade Tree
« on: March 04, 2018, 12:20:27 AM »
The last two winter's I reach 21F. The first year 80F one day the next 21F. This year we had a week of cold  weather before the 21F freeze. First year -Kishu 80% was defoliated, but still made a light crop. Fair sized NZ lemonade killed, this was the only citrus I lost. This year- Kishu 15% defoliated, looking good now.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Hurricane Harvey vs Citrus
« on: September 03, 2017, 08:44:32 PM »
Not sure if anyone noticed, but the top picture was taken on Thursday and the middle picture on Friday morning. Yep-pier on the right is gone  >:(. Washed away overnight. Good thing mine was the on on the left.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Hurricane Harvey vs Citrus
« on: September 03, 2017, 08:35:48 PM »
Quote from: Millet on September 03, 2017, 03:47:52 PM
Flooding injury is highly probable if the root zone is saturated for three or more days during the summer when soil temperatures (86°F-95°F) are relatively high.  Flooding during the cooler December–March period can be tolerated for several weeks at low soil temperatures (<60°F).
 
Full article
http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/trade_journals/2015/2015_June_flooding.pdf

In the article it claims that citrus in moving water has allot less stress. Maybe that's my case. My trees have been flooded many times over the last twenty years in hot to very hot weather with very little problems. We had a back to back floods a few years ago and the trees were underwater for about two weeks in the middle of the summer. My property is river front and when it floods the river is really flowing by.

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Citrus General Discussion / Hurricane Harvey vs Citrus
« on: September 02, 2017, 11:43:57 PM »


Here's the Colorado river in Matagorda TX. The citrus trees will be covered with water for about 10-12 days from hurricane Harvey. Unless they get crunched by floating debris, they bounce back with little damage. That's the top of the boat lifts, pier are 12-14' below them.



Row of three citrus trees. The front tree is completely underwater.
 



Grapefruit tree, it's about 25' tall. Water is 5-6' deep around it.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Bloomsweet
« on: March 20, 2017, 07:51:24 PM »
Ilya-I looked at your post on your bloomsweet. Yours seems to be different from mine and other bloomsweet I have handled. Most of mine have a somewhat of a "teardrop" shape to them, color wise mine are very light colored, and mine have lots of seeds.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Bloomsweet
« on: March 05, 2017, 06:58:43 PM »






AndrewAZ-found you some seeds!!!

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Bloomsweet
« on: February 27, 2017, 09:34:57 PM »
Let me look for some bloomsweet seeds this weekend. I had a 22 deg.freeze and all my bloomsweet fruit froze and dropped to the ground. There was a ton of fruit on the ground a couple of weeks ago, I bet I can find a few seeds.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Top Watermelon Varieties
« on: April 15, 2013, 10:23:08 PM »


Are there leaf cutter ants in the USA? I've never seen them....fortunately.
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USA leaf cutter-Big yes on that, I have them at my place in Matagorda Texas. And you are right-you do not want them. Overnight they can and will strip a tree.

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