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Citrus => Citrus General Discussion => Topic started by: Heinrich on April 28, 2018, 03:03:41 AM
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My Marumi kumquat is fruiting now and the fruits taste so good. The fruits are juicy and the larger fruits measure up to 35 mm. Most are seedless. I am not a fan of store bought Nagami kumquats and my expectations have been rather low. How good it tastes is all the more surprising. The plant bears around 30 fruits. Many are still unripe. The plant was inside a cold house during winter and there was not much growth and fruit development, from November until February. Now, it bears flowers and fruits in all stages, at the same time. I need more of these fruits.
(https://s17.postimg.cc/xajhxtpsr/kumquat1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/xajhxtpsr/)
(https://s17.postimg.cc/dsouhwg0b/kumquat2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/dsouhwg0b/)
(https://s17.postimg.cc/jgv58u2d7/kumquat3.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/jgv58u2d7/)
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That's a really nice looking tree. I've had some really excellent Marumi crops, too. If you like these try Fukushu/Changshou kumquat and Meiwa kumquat. Both are sweeter than Nagami. Fukushu is my favorite citrus.
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Brian, beside of Marumi, my other kumquats didnīt fruit yet. These are Centennial Variegated, Fukushu, Meiwa and Nagami. I am looking forward get some fruits, hopefully this season.
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Brian, beside of Marumi, my other kumquats didnīt fruit yet. These are Centennial Variegated, Fukushu, Meiwa and Nagami. I am looking forward get some fruits, hopefully this season.
Did your other kumquat types fruit yet? I would love to hear your description of the their taste while my mouth is watering.
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Now, that I have tasted all of my kumquats, I can give my assumption of the taste. Meiwa and Changshou are very good fruits. Centennial Variegated still is a good fruit. However, it is missing some of the flavor, which makes kumquats so special. I also like Nagami, but my favorite kumquat still is Marumi. This is, may be, because I had most of the Marumi in summer and the other fruits during the winter months. More sun results in better fruits. I only had a few fruits and no direct comparison, eating them one at a time. Therefore, I may change my evaluation in the future.
Centennial Variegated and Meiwa
(https://i.postimg.cc/DJnW9PWr/Kumcentmeiwa.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/DJnW9PWr)
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Glad to hear!
I am going to ditch my Indio, nippon, limequat, and centennial. Keeping the red lime, Fukushus, Nagamis, meiwa, and Marumi. And keeping a sunquat in container
Id love to see some new kumquat varieties in the US.
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I also had a sunquat, centennial, and Nagami and eventually tossed them out into the compost pile, mainly because I did not care for their taste.
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This is, may be, because I had most of the Marumi in summer .
Does the Marumi ripen at a different time of year than the others?
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For me, Marumi is a spring, summer and autumn fruit. Last year, the tree flowered all summer long, and went dormant from November until March. Only a couple of fruits ripened during winter.
(https://i.postimg.cc/zLmCc7FV/marumi.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/zLmCc7FV)
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This year's main crop is in September. I didn't have fruits in June and July and only a few in August. The fruits, which ripened in April and May were alright. However, these overwintered fruits were not as good as the last summer fruits.
Now, the Marumi kumquat are juicy and taste excellent again. For high quality fruits, regular fertilization and plenty of sun and water is essential.
(https://i.postimg.cc/RJHWRx7J/marumi0919.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/RJHWRx7J)
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Heinrich
What rootstock is your Marumi on. I was looking for a Marumi on Poncirus trifoliata or a seedling tree. I have 4 seedling Meiwa trees and a grafted Meiwa. The grafted Meiwa is on kuharske citrange. They are not compatible and tree just survives.
3 year old seedling meiwa with fruit
(https://i.postimg.cc/hJvtSjH4/IMG-0332.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hJvtSjH4)
3 year old seedling meiwa with out fruit
(https://i.postimg.cc/rDmk4HgQ/IMG-0362.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rDmk4HgQ)
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Poncirsguy,
your Meiwa seedling trees look great. I am envious. My kumquat seedlings grow much slower. My Marumi is grafted on Poncirus trifoliata.
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Those are impressive thorns for a kumquat. Mine are all grafted so maybe thorns are the norm for seedlings and I just didn't experience it. Only my nippon orangequat has thorns of any significance.
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Heinrich
Where did you find a Marumi on Poncirus trifoliata
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I like maiwa. It's more sweet.
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It was grafted by Eugen Schleipfer.
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Thanks That explains it.
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I have a Meiwa grafted on Flying Dragon. It has been growing on the FD stock for about 5 years now. The rootstock does show a little benching, as always happens with FD. I also have a 20 year old inground Cara Cara grafted on Flying dragon, the benching extends out 1.5 inches wider all the way around than the Cara Cara trunk.
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My Meiwa grafted to kuharski nearly died till I did a rootstock swap to flying dragon.
(https://i.postimg.cc/gxmQDtCn/IMG-2750.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gxmQDtCn)
August 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2KJEZa536g
March 4
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It was fun reading through this thread and remembering all the great kumquats I used to eat here in Central Florida before HLB killed them. I noticed some discussion about the thorns on seedling kumquats. We grew about a dozen from seed and every single one had wicked thorns until it started fruiting. After that, the new growth was almost thornless (just very small thorns that weren't really a problem). However, the thorns from the juvenile stage remained. On 1 or 2 trees I took the time to trim off each thorn with a saw so that it was flush with the trunk. It took about 30-45 minutes but it was well worth it. The thorns never came back and the tree healed over the spots. I got the idea from wild trees that I could see had gotten the juvenile thorns broken off over time. I thought those of you with thorny seedlings might like to know.
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I have a old (30yrs) Cocktail grapefruit that has very large and tasty fruits, this tree always has large (3-4" long) thorns every time I trim it back from 20 ft down to 10f. The trunk on this tree is about 10" diameter.
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I have a old (30yrs) Cocktail grapefruit that has very large and tasty fruits, this tree always has large (3-4" long) thorns every time I trim it back from 20 ft down to 10f. The trunk on this tree is about 10" diameter. Good thing about thorns is it will keep the rats and squirels from climbing the tree to get to the fruits.
Kaz, do you have the smaller thin skinned version of Cocktail? I planted a cocktail grapefruit bought from a local nursery after tasting some from the supermarket that were delicious and were large orange size with thin skin. The fruits from my tree turn out much larger with thicker skin and didn't taste good, so I decided to graft Cocktail budwood from CCPP and unfortunately these turn out the same as my tree. After the fifth year of disappointing fruit I chopped it down. Maybe there was a Cocktail bud mutation at some point at the CCPP.
On a positive note, the Rojo Blanco turned out super flavorful for me. High acid and high sugar with low bitterness in the skin. It refused to grow for the first two years on Seville Sour, but grew quickly grafted on C-22.
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Steve,
See the new post I made about it to answer your question.