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Bomand

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Swingle
« on: May 17, 2019, 12:22:08 PM »
Looking for 25 swingle seed or seedlings. Changing up rootocks experimentally. Some combinations in my environment have got to be faster growing than poncirus & FD.

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Re: Swingle
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2019, 04:06:55 PM »
I don't have any Swingle to offer you, but my 2 biggest and prettiest trees out of the 50 or so that I have, are on US852.  I am looking for seeds for them.  I am in zone 8a in west central Ga, and all my trees are in the ground.  I have many cultivars on different rootstocks in trial, and so far US852 looks the best. I don't know about productivity yet, as they have only been in ground for 2 years.  The two trees on US852 are at least twice as big, if not more, than any of my other trees.  Hope this helps.  BTW, I think Stan McKenzie has seeds for both.

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Re: Swingle
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2019, 05:02:33 PM »
I gave my spare seed to Stan this past winter as he needed them.

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Re: Swingle
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2019, 05:18:37 PM »
Thanks gentlemen. I shall call on Stan to see if he has any
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Re: Swingle
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2019, 05:37:05 PM »
I hate to order a quart of seed. But if that is what has to happen....then so be it.

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Re: Swingle
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2019, 06:41:46 PM »
I hate to order a quart of seed. But if that is what has to happen....then so be it.

If you do order a quart I might be interested also in some

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Re: Swingle
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2019, 08:09:41 PM »
I hear you & if I have to order a quart I will keep you appraised. I surley can not ues a whole quart. I only produce 50 to 100 trees since I can no longer sell.

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Re: Swingle
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2019, 12:55:38 PM »
I think that some nurseries propagate citrumelo rootstocks by rooting the cuttings.

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Re: Swingle
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2019, 12:59:12 PM »
I do that when I cleft graft, Just take the top I cut off & stick it in a container of dirt. Most root out.
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