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martweb

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Solved: Lemonquat/Sunquat seed
« on: January 14, 2023, 10:48:31 PM »
Who can help me with a bunch of seed of Lemonquat/Sunquat?
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Re: Wanted: Lemonquat seed
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2023, 03:48:45 AM »
Do you mean Sunquat?

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Re: Wanted: Lemonquat seed
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2023, 08:14:02 AM »
I am still not 100% sure. Some say, Sunquat and Lemonquat are the same, others they are a bit different. So Sunquat seed is welcome as well.

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Re: Wanted: Lemonquat/Sunquat seed
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2023, 12:06:21 PM »
Sunquat is an open pollinated cross between Satsuma and Kumquat.
It was found in Jamison’s PYO Citrus Orchard in Pearland Texas.


I was good friends with the guy who found it and grew it, Louis Walden of Brookside Village, Tx.
He recently passed away.

Sunquat fruit is slightly smaller than a tennis ball, rind is edible like a kumquat, fruit bears on ends of branches.

Unfortunately I didn’t cover my very large Sunquat in the Texas Feb 2021 freeze and it froze to the ground. It was a seedling and is coming back.
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Re: Wanted: Lemonquat/Sunquat seed
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2023, 01:53:05 PM »
Could you describe the taste of rind and flesh?

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Re: Wanted: Lemonquat/Sunquat seed
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2023, 12:51:20 AM »
Rind tastes like Meiwa Kumquat rind.

Flesh is very juicy, good balance of sugar and acid tending to be tart.
Very refreshing when it is hot.
Fruit does not segment, usually eaten as a whole fruit in bites or sliced in half.

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Re: Wanted: Lemonquat/Sunquat seed
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2023, 02:27:50 AM »
So, the rind has not lemony flavor?

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Re: Wanted: Lemonquat/Sunquat seed
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2023, 11:30:52 AM »
So, the rind has not lemony flavor?

Yes, only the juice has a significant lemon taste.  The rind is rather bland

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Re: Solved: Lemonquat/Sunquat seed
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2023, 04:07:05 PM »
Anyone have any of these sunquat seeds or small plants?
Trying to grow it all!

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Re: Solved: Lemonquat/Sunquat seed
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2023, 04:45:56 PM »
I have a Sunquat, it has fruit on it right now that should be ripe soon, I can send you some seeds when they are ready if you would like

Anyone have any of these sunquat seeds or small plants?