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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Citrus IBERO
« on: January 04, 2021, 10:18:02 AM »
Todd, Mike, Millet, thank you for your suggestions. I am confident, the issue is solved. Originally labelled as Citrus maxima, plants were propagated, distributed and named as Pomelo Ibero. Leaves, flowers and the fruit fit the description of C. limonimedica 'Maxima' or C. medica 'Maxima'.
 https://flora-obscura.de/portfolio-item/die-zitronatzitrone-citrus-medica-maxima/
I am very happy to grow this plant.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Citrus IBERO
« on: January 03, 2021, 06:42:38 AM »
This season, my Citrus Ibero produced. The fruit is ripe and looks good.  The weight is 400 grams (14 oz). It measures 10 X 13 cm (4 x 5 in). The pulp is pleasantly sweet. The juice tastes like a lemon. May I ask for your suggestions? Is it a variant of citron or a citron cross?







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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pomelos
« on: December 25, 2020, 04:18:50 PM »
These days, we had the white pomelo. It was alright, but not as excellent as the red pomelo. Not as juicy, and not as sweet. Maybe it wasn´t ripe enough, at harvest time. Also, it was the first fruiting and fruit quality may improve in the following years.



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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pomelos
« on: December 02, 2020, 05:05:17 PM »
Frank, I grow three pomelos. The third pomelo flowered the first time this November. All are unnamed. I reckon, the fruits took about 12 months to ripen. In winter, the plants are kept just above freezing.

Eric, I don’t have hot nights. In 2020, all nights went lower than 18°C (64 °F). In summer, my citrus plants enjoy an unheated hoop house, open on both ends. On sunny summer days, it becomes quite hot inside.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pomelos
« on: December 02, 2020, 02:58:01 PM »
Brian, store bought Sweeties/Oroblanco vary a lot in fruit quality. A good fruit is a pleasure. I like the kind of sweetness, which is very different from the sweetness of sugar. My red pomelo doesn´t have this kind of sweetness. Never the less, it is an excellent fruit. Separate from the sweetness, the aromatic taste steps forward.
Many years, I was hesitating to grow pomelos, being the opinion, it wouldn't be worthwhile. Now, I am very happy to have this tree.

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Citrus General Discussion / Pomelos
« on: November 30, 2020, 04:53:48 PM »
Last week, before the first severe frost, my citrus trees were moved to the winter habitat. On this occasion, I harvested two pomelo fruits. A red pomelo and a white pomelo. Less than 2 meters or 6 feet high, each tree produced a single fruit. Now, the red pomelo served as desert at Sunday dinner. An excellent fruit. Juicy, slightly sweet and pleasantly acidic. Besides, surprisingly crisp. A feature, I didn´t expect in a citrus fruit. Taste wise, the closest similar fruit, known to me, is maybe Oroblanco (Sweetie).

Red pomelo on the left.




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Citrus General Discussion / Re: My Marumi kumquat tastes so good.
« on: October 27, 2020, 06:15:50 PM »
It was grafted by Eugen Schleipfer.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: My Marumi kumquat tastes so good.
« on: October 26, 2020, 04:35:57 PM »
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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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Kumquat varieties update
« on: November 02, 2019, 05:39:14 PM »
Countryboy, thank you for your very exciting taste report. Did you eat the fruit fresh out of hand or did you juice it?
My limequat Lakeland bears the first time. I am not sure, when to harvest and how to use it.



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Citrus General Discussion / Re: My Marumi kumquat tastes so good.
« on: September 20, 2019, 02:34:33 AM »
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.



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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Jackson grapefruit
« on: September 13, 2019, 03:41:12 PM »
A nucellar seedling doesn't necessarily give a plant, exact like the mother plant.
Howard B. Frost, James W. Cameron, Robert K. Soost,
Diversity among nucellar-seedling lines of Satsuma mandarin and differences from the parental old line.
Hilgardia, Volume 27, October 1957, Number 7.

http://hilgardia.ucanr.edu/Abstract/?a=hilg.v27n07p201

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Jackson grapefruit
« on: September 09, 2019, 06:38:13 AM »
A nucellar seedling doesn't necessarily give a plant, exact like the mother plant. There is also a change, it is seedy like the original Triumpf grapefruit, from which the limb sport originated.

I regard the second plantlet as a zygotic seedling, because it is different.

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Citrus General Discussion / Jackson grapefruit
« on: September 08, 2019, 12:25:12 PM »
Last summer (2018), I found a Jackson grapefruit in the supermarket. The fruit contained one seed and tasted pleasant and sweet. This single seed gave two seedlings. Last year, both plantlets were thornless. However, since this summer, one of the plantlets develops thorns.





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Citrus General Discussion / Citrus IBERO
« on: August 15, 2019, 06:52:26 AM »
There was already an inconclusive discussion about Citrus maxima Ibero in the French citrus forum. https://www.agrumes-passion.com/pamplemoussiers-pomelos-f6/topic3091.html

Since 3 years, I grow a plant, labeled as Pomelo Ibero, and it is in flower now. Propagated by Eugen Schleipfer. All he knows, it came from a citrus trading company, called IBERO. It is either a citron or a pomelo X citron cross. Anybody knows more about this plant?









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One germinating seed, out of ten, doesn’t give strong support for the theory of cold treatment. Now, I think other factors are more important for the germination in Campomanesia. Also, Guabiroba, Campomanesia xanthocarpa, treated the same way, didn´t give any germination.

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One seed germinated in April, from the batch 2018, treated the same way as 2017. Now, I grow three sete capotes.

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Yellow and red Muntingia calabura. Seeds from achetadomestica. Fruits were packed in wet vermiculite. At arrival on my place, the pulp, seeds and vermiculite were a somehow slimy mass. This mass was spread evenly on top of seeding trays, filled with peat. The seeding trays were well watered, bagged and put on a warm place with indirect sunlight. After a week, the trays were taken out of the bag and put in full sun, for 4 days. The peat was kept wet and watered twice a day. Thereafter, the trays were taken out of the sun and bagged again. Seeds germinated a few days later.

After taken this picture, I have potted 50 seedlings. For me, that’s more than enough. However, with colder temperatures in autumn and winter, a high mortality may be expected.

Mike, thank you for the seeds. I appreciate very much, your help and your advice.



How long to reach that stage?
Mine from last year never passed 1mm, some are still alive but same height.
The batch from this year slightly better, around 2mm(only a few) in 2 months ....
In case I can't get even this batch to grow, would you sell me a yellow muntingia seedling next year?


The seedlings are 4 weeks old. If I still have some after the winter, we can trade.

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Yellow and red Muntingia calabura. Seeds from achetadomestica. Fruits were packed in wet vermiculite. At arrival on my place, the pulp, seeds and vermiculite were a somehow slimy mass. This mass was spread evenly on top of seeding trays, filled with peat. The seeding trays were well watered, bagged and put on a warm place with indirect sunlight. After a week, the trays were taken out of the bag and put in full sun, for 4 days. The peat was kept wet and watered twice a day. Thereafter, the trays were taken out of the sun and bagged again. Seeds germinated a few days later.

After taken this picture, I have potted 50 seedlings. For me, that’s more than enough. However, with colder temperatures in autumn and winter, a high mortality may be expected.

Mike, thank you for the seeds. I appreciate very much, your help and your advice.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Achacha from Guatemala
« on: July 01, 2019, 01:25:11 PM »
METRO Deutschland GmbH

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Achacha from Guatemala
« on: June 24, 2019, 04:18:03 PM »
Recently found in the supermarket.
Price per unit (fruit): 80 Eurocent (0.8 €).
The taste: Pleasantly aromatic and sweet.
The disappointment: Not much to eat. Even very little in fruits containing two large seeds.





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Slow growing plants
« on: May 29, 2019, 10:17:06 AM »
Growing plants from seeds, often, there are some plants, which grow faster than other plants. Also, sometimes there are plants which grow exceptionally slow. Previously, I thought these slow growing plants are somehow a special form and gave extra care. However, perhaps, the only exceptional feature of these particular plants is the slow growth rate. Did you experience the same? Did you coddle such a plant for many years? Was it worthwhile? Does grafting normalize the growth rate?

Plinia pithrantha ESALQ. The fastest and the slowest plant (10 cm square pot). Germinated in January 2016.



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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Eremomandarine
« on: May 09, 2019, 05:34:55 PM »
I bought this hybrid of Citrus (Eremocitrus) glauca and a mandarin from Eugen Schleipfer, three years ago.

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Citrus General Discussion / Eremomandarine
« on: May 05, 2019, 04:52:46 AM »
As announced in the untraceable Eremolemon thread, here are pics of my flowering Eremomandarine. The flowers are small and the plant has a few fine prickles.
According to   https://www.agrumes-passion.com/agrumes-oceanie-f90/topic3092.html
Eremomandarine is not the same as Eremocitrus X Shekwasha.





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cerrado Cashew (Anacardium humile)
« on: April 29, 2019, 03:47:36 AM »
Wikipedia tells about the climate of Puerto Rico. Even in the coldest months, January and February, the temperature minimum is 21 °C (70 °F).   A wet autumn is followed by a somewhat cooler season with considerably less rain, from January to April. Caesar, this may have helped your plants to survive. Very interesting to know, that your plants survived continuous watering throughout your cooler season. However, Luc reported, his plants didn´t survive continuous watering on cooler places, like Puerto Vallarta.

Thank you to all, who have supplied information. Now, I believe to know, what caused the death of my plants. Certainly, the soil was not too wet. Further, it is unlikely, it was the drought. Responsible is the cold. As a tropical plant, roots are incapable to sufficiently supply the shoot at temperatures below about 15°C (59 °F). After 12 weeks of persistent temperatures, not much above 10°C (50 °F), hardly ever exceeding 15°C, the shoots withered and the whole plants deceased. The room was kept a few degrees colder, than the year before.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: My Marumi kumquat tastes so good.
« on: April 22, 2019, 04:29:43 PM »
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.




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