The Tropical Fruit Forum

Does anyone have any mature flowering trees US 1279, 1281, and 1282 that they want to sell?

I have several 15 and 20 gallon trees available for sale in Portland, OR. Too big to ship. Fukushu and Nagami Kumquats, Moro Blood Orange, Washington Navel, and Trovita Orange. All are around four feet tall, with fruit, around five or six years old. $200 each.

I'm looking for A bunch of cuttings from the "Nancy Garrison" Passiflora Passion fruit vine.

I just came across this article, and it says "The desert lime is the only pronounced xerophyte in the orange subfamily, is extremely drought tolerant and able to withstand extremes of hot (45ºC) and cold (-24ºC) temperatures (Swingle and Reece, 1967)"

http://www.ausbushfoods.com/bushfoodsonline/backissues/Issue16/Issue16_4.htm

That obviously seems insane, but it would explain why the "razzlequat" or Eremolemon grows outside in Southern Oregon at the house that used to belong to the Oregon Exotics Nursery owners. It's zone 8a, gets into the low teens regularly in winter.

https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/eremolemon.html

What do you think is the best foliar spray fertilizer? Are there citrus specific ones? Have you tried Neptune fish fertilizer? all of my berries love it, but I haven't used it on citrus.

Just noticed the account a few days ago.
https://www.instagram.com/citrusvarietycollection/

About a year ago, I had a small finger lime that had some shock, and I decided to try it in a Deep Water Culture bucket Hydroponic system. I've been using them for peppers/greens/herbs in the winter. and peppers and tomatoes in the summer.
I thought why not, so I tried to find info on growing citrus in hydro. A few people doing it, but not much info. It flowered a little last fall, produced a few fruit, but it was a chilly winter, and it's in my greenhouse. It never got below freezing, but most winter night's in the greenhouse were in the mid 30's.
I've been feeding it with general use hydro feed and a little citrus feed, but pretty much ignored it all winter. I just moved it today and changed the water. You can see it's blooming, and it's three times the size from a year ago.
 

Just saw these fall off of two different trees, they didn't have this two days ago. Any ideas of what it is? They are in a greenhouse that doesn't drop below freezing. Watered a little and fertilized two days ago, both are starting new growth and flower.

I think I successfully crossed a Yuzu with a green finger lime. Last spring I removed the petals and anthers from a flower on my Yuzu, and collected pollen on a paint brush from a green finger lime, and  got a fruit. In Nov I planted the seeds. 11 have sprouted. 8 have two sprouts and 3 are singles. all of the 8 look just like a Yuzu developing the double leaves of a Yuzu within three or four leaves growing. Of the 3 singles one is very different. It's leaves are longer and skinnier than a Yuzu or a finger lime, it has two leaves but the inner one is very very small compared to a Yuzu, and the pattern of the thorns are like a finger lime, not a Yuzu. Also is sprounted about three weeks later than the others, and is slower growing.  Here are some pics, also this is under a grow light so the color is crazy, they are all very healthy and green.
From what I can gather from reading from all of you, Yuzu are about 15% Zygotic right? and Finger limes cross fairly easily, or better than many other citrus?
I really hope it works. I want to call it an F.Yuzu

I have read here a couple of times that a seeds from a variegated fruit rarely lives, but even more rare would be true to parent. But does anyone know what might happen if you crossed two variegated fruits? or one variegated with a regular fruit?