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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: NYC In-Ground Satsuma Success
« on: November 18, 2023, 12:39:15 PM »
Quote from: BorisR on November 18, 2023, 12:07:48 PM
Congratulations! Great fruit. Do you have a temperature of 4 F not often?

Thanks! 4F is not unheard of, we get below 5F maybe 1 in 4 winters here. Below 0 is very rare, only once in the last 30 years.

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Cold Hardy Citrus / NYC In-Ground Satsuma Success
« on: November 18, 2023, 11:51:39 AM »
Wanted to share this on this forum as well. My in-ground Brown Select made it through 4F (protected) in NYC 7b, flowered and ripened great quality fruit. You can read more here:

https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/blueberry-home/1442860-nyc-in-ground-satsuma-orange-success

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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: NYC Citrus
« on: April 28, 2020, 10:53:27 PM »
They are sold out too :( Yuzu is still in stock but I don't think it'll be hardy enough here.

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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: NYC Citrus
« on: April 27, 2020, 10:27:48 PM »
Thanks everyone for the information. Unfortunately, it looks like I'm out of luck with Stan for the year. He says he had an unusually high number of people purchasing from him due to more people being at home on lockdown and taking an interest in gardening.

People are surprised to hear how mild our winters here are in NYC relative to the rest of the NE, but we have an urban heat island effect here coupled with being right on the coast that gives us a nice microclimate. In fact, if you visit certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn or the Bronx, you'll see many large fig trees growing unprotected that were brought by immigrants many years ago. We also actually lie only at 40 degrees latitude, which is further south than parts of NoCal and cities like Rome or Barcelona, though they have much warmer winters. Drive 45 mins out of the city though into rural parts of New Jersey and it's significantly colder during winter.

https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/

From what you guys have suggested, I think a Dunstan Citrumelo and US-852 would be the best choices. Is there anywhere these are available to purchase or trade? I haven't been able to find a source for either.

Thanks again!

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Cold Hardy Citrus / NYC Citrus
« on: April 27, 2020, 02:23:06 PM »
Hi Everyone,

My name is Chris and I'm new to this forum, but I've been growing subtropical plants here in NYC for a few years and have become very interested in experimenting with cold hardy citrus in the ground. I already have Poncirus Trifoliata, but want to test some hybrids or other species. I'm located in Zone 7b, right near the coast with an average annual low just above 5F. We rarely hit 0 here, maybe once a decade or less.

Some of the potential candidates I'm considering are:
Morton Citrange
Rusk Citrange
Thomasville Citrangequat
US-852 Citrandarin
Ichang Papeda
Dunstan Citrumelo

I've reached out to Stan McKenzie, but unfortunately he's out of stock for most of these. However, I've found a source offering Morton Citrange and Ichang Papeda. My only concern is that they are on their own roots and this might affect hardiness, which in my climate, I'll need every bit of additional hardiness I can get. I don't believe Ichang Papeda is usually grafted onto PT, but I think Stan grafts most of his citrus to this rootstock. My question is, will this affect the hardiness enough that I should avoid buying the Morton Citrange? They also offer Troyer Citrange, but I couldn't find much information on this variety so any info is much appreciated.

Thank you all for your help!

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