The Tropical Fruit Forum
Citrus => Cold Hardy Citrus => Topic started by: poncirsguy on July 21, 2022, 08:46:16 PM
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My in ground seed grown Fukushu Kumquat tree has flowered and some of the fruits are growing.
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Very nice, how big is it? I have a bunch of small seedlings sprouted from spitting seeds back into the pot, and I was wondering if they are even worth giving away. If it takes a decade to fruit I don't want to get people's hopes up :)
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The tree is 8 feet tall and about 5 feet in diameter. It is 7 years old. It is in ground in Cincinnati, Ohio zone 6b and therefore has a short growing season with a long hostile cold season. I would say grow them then graft a mature Fukushu bud on them and you will have a Mature Fukushu on its "own" roots. I have a mature New Zealand lemonade grafted to a NZL seedling that is doing fine.
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Seven years is probably enough that I'd recommend buying grafted. Everybody I know is in a non-citrus climate anyway... growing in containers and/or greenhouses.
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My potted Fukushu was grafted to flying dragon 8-28-2020 It is flowering profusely but dropping many fruits
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The Fukushu on flying dragon lost all of its fruits then flowered heavily again. It then dropped everyone of its second flowers and is going into a 3rd flowering frenzy.
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It dropped a 3rd set of flowers. I am preparing to bring it in for the winter. This tree just turned 2 years old. Its Flying dragon rootstock was 1.5 years old at the time of grafting.
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