The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: Tony714 on April 27, 2020, 02:42:10 PM

Hi,

i m curious , wil it be the same if you propagate cuts from rootstock?   if so , how do you do it?

thank you,
tony

In my experience, citrus cuttings never develop a tap root like growing from seed does, but instead make lateral roots. The two make nearly opposite shapes.  Cuttings will live, but not have the same stability, which is perhaps only important if you are growing outdoors in ground.  I would guess there are differences in drought tolerance too, but I don't know.  I have had mature trees blow over that I believe were grown on rootstock cuttings.

You are right. There is research done on this, there is no tap root development.

I'm very interested in rootstock varieties but the market for rootstock seeds for hobbyists in non existent.
I'm growing two FA-5 trees, following an old Japanese protocol where you grow a 3 meters mono-trunk as a method for accelerated fruiting. I'll move it to artificial lighting after summer so it grows all year, should break juvenility after 2-2,5 years and produce some seed after that I can provide.

They have probably different rootstocks!