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Blondie70
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Poplarville, MS zone 8b
Nippon Orangequat
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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.
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brian
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Pennsylvania (zone 6) w/ heated greenhouse
Re: Nippon Orangequat
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May 26, 2022, 10:34:23 PM »
Is this a grafted tree or one you grew from seed?
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poncirsguy
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 6a/6b
Re: Nippon Orangequat
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May 26, 2022, 11:04:38 PM »
A picture would help. Nippon Orangequats are slow growers.
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Blondie70
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Poplarville, MS zone 8b
Re: Nippon Orangequat
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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
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Blondie70
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Poplarville, MS zone 8b
Re: Nippon Orangequat
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May 31, 2022, 06:35:44 PM »
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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brian
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Pennsylvania (zone 6) w/ heated greenhouse
Re: Nippon Orangequat
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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.
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Millet
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Colorado
Re: Nippon Orangequat
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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.
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Blondie70
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Poplarville, MS zone 8b
Re: Nippon Orangequat
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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
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SoCal2warm
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zone 10 and zone 8a
Re: Nippon Orangequat
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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).
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