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Citrus => Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade => Topic started by: Bomand on May 17, 2019, 12:22:08 PM

Title: Swingle
Post by: Bomand on May 17, 2019, 12:22:08 PM: Looking for 25 swingle seed or seedlings. Changing up rootocks experimentally. Some combinations in my environment have got to be faster growing than poncirus & FD.
Title: Re: Swingle
Post by: TooFarNorth on May 17, 2019, 04:06:55 PM: I don't have any Swingle to offer you, but my 2 biggest and prettiest trees out of the 50 or so that I have, are on US852. I am looking for seeds for them. I am in zone 8a in west central Ga, and all my trees are in the ground. I have many cultivars on different rootstocks in trial, and so far US852 looks the best. I don't know about productivity yet, as they have only been in ground for 2 years. The two trees on US852 are at least twice as big, if not more, than any of my other trees. Hope this helps. BTW, I think Stan McKenzie has seeds for both.

TFN
Title: Re: Swingle
Post by: Laaz on May 17, 2019, 05:02:33 PM: I gave my spare seed to Stan this past winter as he needed them.
Title: Re: Swingle
Post by: Bomand on May 17, 2019, 05:18:37 PM: Thanks gentlemen. I shall call on Stan to see if he has any
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Title: Re: Swingle
Post by: Bomand on May 17, 2019, 05:37:05 PM: I hate to order a quart of seed. But if that is what has to happen....then so be it.
Title: Re: Swingle
Post by: lebmung on May 17, 2019, 06:41:46 PM: Quote from: Bomand on May 17, 2019, 05:37:05 PM
I hate to order a quart of seed. But if that is what has to happen....then so be it.

If you do order a quart I might be interested also in some
Title: Re: Swingle
Post by: Bomand on May 17, 2019, 08:09:41 PM: I hear you & if I have to order a quart I will keep you appraised. I surley can not ues a whole quart. I only produce 50 to 100 trees since I can no longer sell.
Title: Re: Swingle
Post by: Radoslav on May 18, 2019, 12:55:38 PM: I think that some nurseries propagate citrumelo rootstocks by rooting the cuttings.
Title: Re: Swingle
Post by: Laaz on May 18, 2019, 12:59:12 PM: I do that when I cleft graft, Just take the top I cut off & stick it in a container of dirt. Most root out.