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Citrus General Discussion / Re: flying dragon seedling death
« on: July 31, 2014, 08:10:09 AM »
i put about 30 FD seeds in one pot of potting mix for house plants got about 20 to grow ... have pull out the two i need if you wood like the other i have let me no .... i live in Michigan so i think im safe to send out....    but i have one question is it safe to send then bear root????
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Grafting citrus
« on: July 15, 2014, 12:34:03 PM »
try  (((( Citrus Growers Forum))) you will have more input there ...
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: The looks of my trees after winter
« on: June 14, 2014, 07:39:51 AM »
i live in Michigan so i have to bring my tree in for the winter ... the leave fell off for ether to munch water or not a nuff water..  i have all most kill mine more time then i can count ... i put it out side in the sun and see that happen then cut off the dead wood in the fall when i bring then back in ...
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Citrus General Discussion / fd seeds
« on: June 12, 2014, 09:05:37 AM »
i got some fd seeds from some one on here ... i planed them in one pot and pull the first two that came up and put each in new pots...  then let the other stay in the pot ...   here is the odd thing i have one in the big pot that  is a smaller and more compact then the other shood i dig that one up and put it in pot my its self????
thank for your time and input...
swimmingfree

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: How do you keep varieties straight ?
« on: May 20, 2014, 10:06:03 AM »
i use stainless steel and a set of stamp i got from Harbor Freight Tools (1/4 size) and copper wire i was looking at dog tags as well thay make them out of stainless steel..
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: rootmaker pots
« on: May 16, 2014, 10:53:46 AM »
found these today..
swimmingfree
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Superoot-Air-pot-2-gal-equivalent-7-5-L-/171312431199?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item27e304405f

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: meyer lemon losing its fruit
« on: May 07, 2014, 08:51:22 AM »
not sure how the big citrus growers do thing ...up here in Michigan are apple trees get spray to make them drop some of the apple  it make the other apple bigger and is not so hard on the tree...  i feel that wood work on the meyer lemon  tree as  well the autumn  bloom .... how meany meyer lemon  can you use at one time ???
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: rootmaker pots
« on: May 04, 2014, 09:15:13 AM »
superoots i no its spelled wrong but if you put in in e bay you get 48  hits ...all size and you can get just one///
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: rootmaker pots
« on: May 03, 2014, 07:46:09 AM »
Millet that what i was thinking just a wast of time drilling all the holes ... did look up Superoots Air-pot and Amazon.com‎ had a nice price on them in 6 packs....
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: rootmaker pots
« on: May 02, 2014, 05:12:46 PM »
i seen some growing bag on the net just not sure i like the look of them at all ... dont look like thay wood hold up for long ...
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: rootmaker pots
« on: May 02, 2014, 04:01:09 PM »
when did some a lot of reading on what you guys posted.. good read :) been to the spot bad reader go  youtub buy it looks to be a sweet thing....   i did look on line there not cheep pots but as youtub is some one on there drill a lot of holes in a cheep pot and said it wood do the same ...me im not so sure ...  did see a pot that was for sale that had a hell of a lot of hole in it ...   looks like a grate thing...
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: rootmaker pots
« on: May 02, 2014, 11:41:54 AM »
boy that a good looking root lot of fine roots ...   wood like to no more about the rootmaker pots???
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Cat outhouse
« on: May 01, 2014, 10:54:35 AM »
the thing i question about  chicken wire is the galvanized  on the wire ????  is it bad for the tree ????   i seen some thin that was put on a garden hose and wood come on when when some thin got close to it .... dont no if it works but its my input....
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Citrus General Discussion / grafting in Michigan....
« on: April 28, 2014, 10:17:16 AM »
did 13 cleft graft on my root stock  and have watch them turn black day by day ...( cry and wine ) so today i unwrap them its  been 30 days on the grafts  ...  11 were all black  and dead as hell  1 had a little green by the graft end  and one is good ... as of now i know i have Bearss lime , Marisol clementine and Genoa lemon growing on one tree, and maybe Cara Cara as well don't hold munch hope on it doe ... i feel that doing graft in the house at this time of year is not good became of it being so dry in the house ...yes i wrap the bud wood all the way up ...   wood like some input from you guys and gals ...  do not know how to post photo yet on here so here is what i see.... some die all the way back to the tree and some open up were i split the for the cleft graft ...  when i did the graft shood i have put a rubble band on the graft then the tape???
please help ...
thank for your time...
swimmingfree

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: The Fruit Hunters DVD Available Now! NOW ON NETFLIX!
« on: April 27, 2014, 11:24:24 AM »
 The Fruit Hunters is a good watch  ;D well worth the time...
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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: caution
« on: April 26, 2014, 11:11:50 AM »
Florida, Texas, Arizona, California are they allow to send scion wood to other state like Michigan??? been doing a lot of reading  and fond  the Nordmann Seedless kumpuat and this fall wood like to see if some one wood send me a couple of  stick for grafting...
thank for your time
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