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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Vista White Seedling Tree? Do you have One
« Last post by Pouteria_fan on April 15, 2024, 07:34:43 PM »I have one from Exotica nursery. It's about 5ft tall, couple of years old, no fruit yet.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: April 2024 seeds - Takini, Fusea longifolia, Parinari, Talisia, etc...
« Last post by Mick Mick on April 15, 2024, 07:32:38 PM »Hi mate
I’m interested in some kukumwy seeds please
Mick
I’m interested in some kukumwy seeds please
Mick
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Temperate Fruit Buy, Sell, & Trade / ISO grape rootstock varieties
« Last post by SanDiegoCherimoya on April 15, 2024, 07:21:12 PM »Seems hard to find. Only available online overseas. Anyone have grape vine rootstock scions?
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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: F2 citrange winter hardiness trial
« Last post by kumin on April 15, 2024, 06:36:38 PM »Did you do anything to speed up flowering?
One occurrence that appears to relate rather directly to earlier flowering and fruiting is the orientation of the branches. Tetraploid Conestoga 011 branches that have a portion of the branches descending below horizontal have been the first to flower in almost every case.
Upright branches exhibiting no flowers.
Branches descending below horizontal were the first to flower in every case I detected. I assume this could be artificially induced as well as occuring naturally.
Tetraploid Conestoga 011 flowers are short and squat with a prominent pistil.
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Temperate Fruit Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Iso low chill pear scions/Chickasaw plum scion
« Last post by Galatians522 on April 15, 2024, 06:22:18 PM »We also have a bunch of Bradford pears over here too. I've been curious if I can graft a European pear to one of those that are already established. I'm still doing research so I haven't came to a conclusion yet. I know they're invasive but theres quite a few or here. I've even killed a few too.
Bradford is a selection of callery pear. Yes, they make excellent rootstock. That is why they were originally imported from China. It is possible that some varieties of pear might be more compatible, but I think most pear varieties work. You will find lots of information about grafting to callery and even info about hybrids with cultivated pears.
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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Frosthardiness experience with citrusvarieties in zone 7, down to 3,2 F
« Last post by Perplexed on April 15, 2024, 06:19:07 PM »don't know, but I bought one to test out in zone 8a.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Looking for wild canistel seeds
« Last post by subtrop on April 15, 2024, 06:05:58 PM »Long time lurker, first time poster. Was wondering if anyone could help with sourcing these and mail them to NZ?
These are the smaller fruiting variety, about the size of a longan or lychee.
I previously purchased them from the below link but they haven't been back in supply
https://www.tradewindsfruit.com/pouteria-campechiana-wild-canistel-seeds
Many thanks
These are the smaller fruiting variety, about the size of a longan or lychee.
I previously purchased them from the below link but they haven't been back in supply
https://www.tradewindsfruit.com/pouteria-campechiana-wild-canistel-seeds
Many thanks
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Figs vs kumquats
« Last post by Rispa on April 15, 2024, 06:03:36 PM »nice, I'm growing some meiwa seeds to graft to poncirus to replace my dead meiwa
Do they grow better grafted? Had there been any experimenting to see if they grow more vigorously a couple years in on own root stock
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: 22+ Variety Multi-grafted Citrumelo Tree
« Last post by gordonh1 on April 15, 2024, 05:59:00 PM »This will be an interesting experiment. Do you have plans to grow it outdoors?
I think the challenge will be keeping all the varieties over time, as the ones that grow more vigorously tend to become dominant, leaving many other branches more or less suppressed and maybe not continuing to grow or bloom and fruit. Are you planning to keep pruning/pinching the growth of the most vigorous scions to try to achieve more equal growth structure?
I think the challenge will be keeping all the varieties over time, as the ones that grow more vigorously tend to become dominant, leaving many other branches more or less suppressed and maybe not continuing to grow or bloom and fruit. Are you planning to keep pruning/pinching the growth of the most vigorous scions to try to achieve more equal growth structure?
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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Germinating hawthorn seeds
« Last post by gordonh1 on April 15, 2024, 05:50:31 PM »Yes that is the yellow-fruited form of the dotted hawthorn native to the Eastern U.S.
I got the seeds from Sheffields.
https://sheffields.com/seeds-for-sale/Crataegus/punctata///aurea////5564/Dotted-Hawthorn,-Yellow-Dotted-Hawthorn/Dotted-Hawthorn,-Yellow-Dotted-Hawthorn
I got the seeds from Sheffields.
https://sheffields.com/seeds-for-sale/Crataegus/punctata///aurea////5564/Dotted-Hawthorn,-Yellow-Dotted-Hawthorn/Dotted-Hawthorn,-Yellow-Dotted-Hawthorn