Author Topic: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat  (Read 1790 times)

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Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« on: June 09, 2019, 03:07:30 PM »
I was checking out all plants this morning and something caught my eye amongst my potted trees. I saw that one of my Thomasville seedlings started making what appears to be variegated leaves. Hopefully it will stabilize and I can propagate it.










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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2019, 03:16:32 PM »






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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2019, 03:54:54 PM »
G, that would be a  money maker.  Keep your fingers crossed.

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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2019, 04:13:08 PM »
Nice, I would cut off all the lower branches & force the growth on that sport.

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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2019, 04:43:27 PM »
Absolutely Millet and I'm definitely going to cut off all the other non variegated branches to force growth into this one sport. This tree is going to get a lot more of my attention.

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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2019, 04:03:21 AM »
May be to graft the buds from the most variegated leaves?
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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2019, 12:09:26 PM »
That's exciting!

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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2019, 01:10:38 PM »
Of course, keep in mind that variegated cultivars may not have as much vigor, because they have less chlorophyll, and might not be able to grow as fast or recover from damage as easily.

I don't want to bust anyone's bubble, but I've never really understood what all the excitement is about when it comes to variegated cultivars. To me they look a bit sickly. Personally, I prefer the look of non-variegated, but that's just me.
But if you want to count variegated cultivars are rare, for a collector, I suppose that counts too.

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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2019, 02:22:44 PM »
Of course, keep in mind that variegated cultivars may not have as much vigor, because they have less chlorophyll, and might not be able to grow as fast or recover from damage as easily.

I don't want to bust anyone's bubble, but I've never really understood what all the excitement is about when it comes to variegated cultivars. To me they look a bit sickly. Personally, I prefer the look of non-variegated, but that's just me.
But if you want to count variegated cultivars are rare, for a collector, I suppose that counts too.

Agree!

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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2019, 03:25:23 PM »
You know me G. If you get some going let me know.

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Re: Variegated Thomasville Citrangequat
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2019, 09:43:39 PM »
Me too. I have always  loved a cur dog.