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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Eureka Lemon only growing below graft
« Last post by FruitGrower on April 24, 2024, 12:23:34 AM »Can you take a photo of your tree showing the original Eureka portion (variety grafted) and the rootstock shoots you are talking about. It sounds to me that your grafted scionwood is dead so the rootstock has taken over the tree. This happens a lot, I have seen on many nursery purchased tree. The rootstock will usually be stronger than the grafted scion so if there is any disease or other issues, the top of the tree usually will die back first, then it may come back or just die and the rootstock will still be alive and maybe that is what you are seeing. When this happens to my potted trees, I just let the rootstock grow out and graft another variety onto it. For Eureka lemons, here is CA they usually use macrophylla for the rootstock so if you show a photo, I can tell you what it is.
I definitely still have Eureka lemon as I still harvest them. The problem is that I ONLY get Lemons, it refuses to grow leaves, only pushing out suckers. I’ll take a pic tomorrow with some light. Thanks for the input!