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Growing rare cold-hardy hybrid
SoCal2warm:
I'd like to post a quick picture of 3 of a very rare variety of cold-hardy citrus I have. It's a CiTemple 'edible' cross with Ichang papeda, that was then crossed with Minneola tangelo. (Well actually, to be more exact, it's a seedling grown from one of the fruits)
So far the 3 plants haven't fruited yet, and I still reserve a little bit of skepticism that the plants are as claimed, just because the existence of this sort of hybrid is incredibly unusual. I'll fruit them out and report on the fruit quality and cold-hardiness later. There's potential here that this could be the "holy grail" of cold-hardy citrus.
I have two inside a grow tent (to make sure they put on growth over the Winter) and one outside in the greenhouse. So far this cold-hardy hybrid doesn't really have an official name.
(CiTemple is a specific cultivar of citrange, in case anyone reading here was not aware)
Sylvain:
> So far this cold-hardy hybrid doesn't really have an official name.
It is MIC. Not so rare... :)
SoCal2warm:
planted one in the ground:
SoCal2warm:
here's the other one growing inside
it seems to have a fairly vigorous growth rate
lebmung:
I think a seedling should be exposed to cold early to adapt.
The foliage seems to be light green, is this a trait or deficiency?
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