The Tropical Fruit Forum

I have decided to wait to start my rooting test using the potato method shown the above video.  The three citrus varieties that I wanted to use in the test are presently budding out.  Rooting is ALL ABOUT ENERGY.  When attempting to get roots to develop on a piece of live wood, one needs to insure that the wood's endogenous inherent energy level is at its highest.  This is not the case when a branch has already begin to flush or flower, as it has expended much of its energy to produce the new growth.  The best time for success is when the wood has re-built its  maximum energy level, and that time is the period just before the start of any new growth.  I will do my potato test at that time.

BajaJohn your grapefruit could be one of  many, however looking at it, it looks like a variety called  Marsh.   Zafra, a long time ago Dr. Malcolm Manners who is the chair of the citrus department at Florida Southern University, told me no grapefruit should be picked before March (for trees growing in the northern hemisphere).   When left hanging on the tree until then grapefruits sweeten up and the acid content reduces. 

Choose whatever method you wish, there are many ways to kill grass.  Personally I would use Round UP, but each to their own. One caution, citrus roots grow VERY close to the surface of the soil,  digging out the grass is not an option.

I have used Round-Up (glyphosate) around and under trees, along fence lines etc. without any problems.   The cautions, what Tom wrote about in the above post should be followed, such as spraying on windy days.   It works very well killing grass.

This machine eliminates expensive hand picking of oranges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av17eM1Ruyo

Betray, yes the orange  (Washington Navel) colored fruit is sweeter.  Taste like a good Washington Navel.

Ilya, I agree with you that it would have been helpful if they showed the cutting all the way to the end, but they did not.  That is one of the reasons I'm going to do the experiment myself.  The other reason is that it is known that roses root very well using the potato method. I plan to stick the cutting tomorrow (Saturday 2-11-2017).  It could take some time for all of the cutting to root, but when ever it does or does not occur I'll post here.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2017/02/683_223557.html

Florida is looking to have one of the worst citrus crops in a long time due to the worsening effects of citrus greening. Crop disease continues to threaten what used to be a signature industry in the sunshine state. The state’s orange crop is poised to shrink to what could be the smallest harvest in five decades.  If I lived in Florida, and planted a new citrus tree, I would put a protective screen around the tree to keep out the psylllid that transmits the greening disease.

I  am going to try a Dekopon cutting, Valentine pummelo and a Saint Teresa lemon.  In addition to the video after I place the potato in a 1-gallon container I plan to cover the container with a plastic bag.

Like I wrote, I'm going to try it and will post what happens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEFyzaFr-OQ

AND

https://coopandhome.com/2013/04/02/growing-citrus-and-other-cuttings-with-potatoes-another-experiment/

If you try this post back and tell us how you came out.  I will also try it.

here is another thanks to the customs inspection officials at the US boarder:
Us Customs and Border Protection officers in Pharr, Texas found 3,947 pounds of marijuana which was hidden inside hollowed out limes on January 30. The drugs were found in a produce truck crossing the Texas Mexico border near the Gulf of Mexico and was found thanks to an imagining inspection system and a K-9 team.

Evidently, the K-9 dogs know the difference between marijuana and limes.