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Looking for rootstock seeds (US-942, US-812, C-57 or FA-5)
dpereira:
I'm very interested in rootstock varieties but the market for rootstock seeds for hobbyists in non existent.
I'm growing two FA-5 trees, following an old Japanese protocol where you grow a 3 meters mono-trunk as a method for accelerated fruiting. I'll move it to artificial lighting after summer so it grows all year, should break juvenility after 2-2,5 years and produce some seed after that I can provide.
steven92:
Thanks for the interest dpereira.
I believe that they're doing something similar at the University of Florida to analyze new citrus hybrids and they're calling it the 'rapid evaluation system'.
A plant nursery in Spain appears to be selling seedlings of FA-5.
https://vivergil.es/arboles-frutales/461-citrus-forner-alcaide-5.html
dpereira:
Thats awesome, I was not sure it would work but that's encouraging.
Yes my trees are from vivergil. I bought a batch and I'm growing 2 trees for seed production.
frutescent:
I am also interested in going in on any group buy for Furr, Carpenter, Bitters (C-22) or US-*** rootstock seeds. Arizona has notoriously calcareous soil (impenetrable hardened clay actually) that has driven the preference towards sour orange, which of course is unimproved. In particular, I know that Bitters has improved canopy, which would provide sun-fruit protection.
Please let me know! I'm pretty desperate to try at least one.
steven92:
I have managed to obtain and germinate FA-5 seeds since then, but I'm still looking for novel rootstocks adapted to calcareous soils.
Volkamer lemon can be an option, however, plants grafted on this rootstock produce fruit of poorer quality.
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