The Tropical Fruit Forum

I am going to guess tha Prague ripens later than first frost.  Changsha satsuma on Flying dragon might have a chance.  I will need a cover below 10F

It is much easier to get an early spring start than to keep them growing in the fall.  It still may be very difficult to get the spring jump for fall ripening before frost.  Have you considered much earlier cold hardy satsuma varieties.  I am stuck with the same need for an early start for my citrus trees in Cincinnati.  I have not been successful for any of my citrus trees for early pre-frost fruiting.  My best guess would be to provide heat and extra light in mid winter to induce flowering and growth.  Even under 4 layers of glass heating would be very costly for me.  Lighting is cheep with these new LED lights.

There would be a lot of air gaps that may let the trunk get to cold.  I have not.  bubble wrap may work a lot better.

"Poncirsguy:  How would you rate the difficulty of your graft at 7 months?  How old do you normally let them get before grafting?  was there a reason you grafted that one at that age?"  I was new to grafting so I spliced a bud to the side of a seedling then cut off the top.  I now do T-Budding only.

My more modern grafts are T-Buds to more developed seedlings

Meiwa kumquat on Flying dragon

3 year old Fukushu kumquat on Flying dragon.


1.75 year old Fukushu grafted on Poncirus trifoliata which is grafted to sour orange.


2 year old Fukushu kumquat on Flying dragon.

Once your tree leaves the store It can't pass out of Florida.  Mail order it at the store to your home.

with the full word I was able to look it up.  Thanks

I used a flying dragon rootstock to replace an incompatible kuharski citrange for my Meiwa kumquat.

My potted PT went down to -12F with no problems and it was out in the open.   it can go a good bit colder.

I put my rootstocks up high on a pedestal.

Own roots In ground Meiwa kumquat tree with flower buds.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32d7Cn6iRQ

Where’s the nutrients???



Perlite is useless and expensive as a potting mix additive IMO.
Better add a bit of zeolite or other clay that actually can hold on to some cations and anions.

I am with you on that.