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Citrus => Cold Hardy Citrus => Topic started by: Blondie70 on May 26, 2022, 08:05:39 PM
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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.
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Is this a grafted tree or one you grew from seed?
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A picture would help. Nippon Orangequats are slow growers.
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I bought this tree. Should be able to find who I bought it from. Will get pic of it later. Thanks
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(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)
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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.
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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.
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A tree that size without bloom must be a seedling grown tree. Normally 7 - 9 years from planting to bloom for your seedling tree.
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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
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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).