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lemons (and other citrus) on own roots

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quinoah:
hello!

it seems I have good success rate at rooting some lemon cuttings  :) are there any downsides to grow them on their own roots? beside maybe less cold tolerance.
are there some kind of citrus which are not recommended to be grown on own roots?

thanks!

Millet:
There are some advantages obtained by utilizing various  rootstocks.  However, especially lemons on their own rootstock is absolutely fine.

Johnny Eat Fruit:
I would be inclined Not to use Lemon Seedlings as rootstock for Lemon Trees. Not because of incompatibly but because of the size of the tree. Lemon trees are in general large trees, Meyer is the exception. Dwarfing rootstock is preferred by virtue of smaller size and far more manageable maintance in the long term. I am now grafting all of my citrus trees on Flying Dragon. I don’t want 12-18’ tall trees that are much more maintenance intensive.

I made a error over a decade ago by planting my Yosemite Gold mandarin tree on C-35 rootstock. Now it is about 15 feet tall and requires contestant trimming. Lesson learned, don't plant on standard rootstock.

Johnny

Millet:
I have a 8 year old inground Dekopon tree grafted on C35 and it is only 6 feet tall.   C35  rootstock is a cross of Ruby orange X Webber Fawcett trifoliate orange.

poncirsguy:
I have grafted a Mature New Zealand Lemonade bud to a seedling New Zealand Lemonade


I have 4 other NZL's on sour orange.

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