The Tropical Fruit Forum

I can't tell you if it is going to be any different.  I just grafted Kishu onto a Persian lime on trifoliate , as well as onto blood orange on trifoliate, as well as onto honey mandarin on trifoliate.  I guess to complete the experiment I should graft onto just trifoliate or some other rootstock.  Van

So I'm back in CA visiting my parents. It looks like 2 of the 3 grafts are still alive (Tahitian pomelo and Merigold grapefruit).  The  pomelo rootstock from seed  was pushing new growth all around but these grafts have not push at all yet.  So are these going to push at some time? 

Today I cleft grafted Pixie, Valentine pomelo, 88-2, Cara Cara, And Rio Red.  So we'll see how it goes.


Fyliu I did use the parafilm to keep the grafts tight.  I didn't know any better then.  Hopefully they took since they are still green.

Thanks, Millet.  There are some citrus trees here at Walmart and they are clearanced to 50% off but I don't think anybody is going to buy them, so I'll wait until they go down to 75% off.  They are on trifoliate rootstock but i don't know if they are FD. 

Van

If anybody wants bud wood from CCPP, I will be ordering tomorrow .  I will forward to non-protected areas only.  I plan to order NZ lemonade, Tahitian pummelo, Gold Nugget and maybe a red grapefruit.  Any other suggestions?  PM me to order.  It will be after the 21st before I forward.  Van

Got some of these form Whole Foods a few weeks ago.  I thought they had excellent flavor.  They had about 3-4 seeds per fruit.

If I were to grow these seeds out, would they grow out poly or mono embryonic?  What are the implication of mono vs poly?

Van

Thanks Millet.  To clarify, I would like to grow it outside and eventually without protection once it gets established.  I wondering if there is enough of a microclimate to make it.  We know that most of the heat of the GH is going out the glass.  So maybe there is just enough heat to get the avocado and the satsuma through the winter. 

I'll check out Harris.  Van

Thanks for all the replies.  Taking what you guys have said and doing some research on bonsai websites, I've cut the tree just above the second branch.  We'll see next year what it will look like.  Van

I bought these trifoliate a couple of months ago on eBay.  They seem to be doing well but no new growth yet. 
How do I get the trunk thicker in preparation for grafting?  How long will it take before graft able?
Thanks. Van

Here is a pic of my Kona Sugarloaf.  It should be ready in about July.  It had some red in the leaves but it has all disappeared after flowering. Also the leaves were initially smooth but now they a starting to be jagged. 


Here is a pic of my Elite Gold.  It's interesting to note how many slips on the Elite Gold and none on the Sugarloaf.

If they have scion but won't send out of state, I'll have them send to my parents in L.A.  Then they can forward to me.  We'll see if they even answer me.

I looking a peach blossoms last week and I noticed this.  Sorry for the bad pic but I refuse to get a smarter phone when my blackberry gets the job done.  I planted some type of peach maybe 5-10 years ago and I thought it died.  It was some type of yellow skinned small peach(no red at all).  It ripen about the end of June.  I  piled up a bunch of farm implements over here and it got overgrown.  It bloomed and now has fruit on it.  The original tree also bloomed but not as vigorously. The original, I think, is the curvy one.   I thought it was interesting.  Any thoughts?

Van

My 4 in 1 pluot needs a pollinator.  I thought I'd graft a Methley plum to it rather plant another tree.  I will reimburse for your trouble.  Thanks.  Van

Just had this for lunch.  It had 13 seeds.  I bit into one and the other was really small.  I've got another one at home.