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Citrus => Cold Hardy Citrus => Topic started by: Blondie70 on May 26, 2022, 08:05:39 PM

Title: Nippon Orangequat
Post by: Blondie70 on May 26, 2022, 08:05:39 PM
Am wondering about my plant. It's about 5 years old and growing straight up...thick with branches but straight up about 15' high. Not a flower yet. This thing has some wicked thorns on it...dangerous.  Does this sound like a Nippon Orangequat to y'all ?   Thanks for any info.
Title: Re: Nippon Orangequat
Post by: brian on May 26, 2022, 10:34:23 PM
Is this a grafted tree or one you grew from seed? 
Title: Re: Nippon Orangequat
Post by: poncirsguy on May 26, 2022, 11:04:38 PM
A picture would help.  Nippon Orangequats are slow growers.
Title: Re: Nippon Orangequat
Post by: Blondie70 on May 30, 2022, 07:42:22 PM
I bought this tree. Should be able to find who I bought it from. Will get pic of it later. Thanks
Title: Re: Nippon Orangequat
Post by: Blondie70 on May 31, 2022, 06:35:44 PM

(https://i.postimg.cc/4mrcsP88/Resized-20220531-095631.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4mrcsP88)

(https://i.postimg.cc/PN7pQKkt/Resized-20220531-095732-0.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PN7pQKkt)

(https://i.postimg.cc/DW5mJPg3/Resized-20220531-124121.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/DW5mJPg3)

Here is my Nippon Orangequat. The size, leaf and a thorn are pictured. What y'all think? Still need to find out how old and where I got it. Don't think it's grafted. This thing never has made a blossom.
Title: Re: Nippon Orangequat
Post by: brian on May 31, 2022, 07:05:36 PM
It must be a seedling, my grafted orangequat was fruiting at 2ft tall and yours is huge.   I am not sure exactly when to expect fruit, the only seedling citrus I have grown are rootstock.  You have a very healthy looking tree, though.
Title: Re: Nippon Orangequat
Post by: Millet on June 01, 2022, 01:20:15 PM
A tree that size without bloom must be a seedling grown tree.  Normally 7 - 9 years from planting to bloom for your seedling tree.
Title: Re: Nippon Orangequat
Post by: Blondie70 on June 01, 2022, 07:22:29 PM
Thanks for your inputs, gents. I reckon it's a seedling then. Hope I live long enuf to actually eat an orangequat !!! ha ha ha
Title: Re: Nippon Orangequat
Post by: SoCal2warm on July 06, 2022, 11:53:30 PM
If it's that tall, it should be producing blooms by now. My guess is it's a combination of both being a seedling tree (by that I mean growing on its own roots, no dwarfing effect from being on grafted rootstock) and the climate (recovering after the winter making it more reluctant to bloom).