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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Weeping Dragon
« on: October 04, 2024, 12:07:21 AM »
Looks good, where did you get it? Wondering how cold hardy it is
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: How to use seedless gene from Kishu
« on: September 29, 2024, 03:04:03 PM »
The tree and fruit look good! Color on the inside is very inviting. But how is the flavor?
Have they ever gone fully orange? In north NJ zone 7a I don't get temps too far below 32 until mid November for a couple of hours in the morning before the sun comes up. This is typically when I pick pomegranates. They've touched frost down to 28f for a couple of hours without damage, I think satsuma fruit can handle a little lower
Have they ever gone fully orange? In north NJ zone 7a I don't get temps too far below 32 until mid November for a couple of hours in the morning before the sun comes up. This is typically when I pick pomegranates. They've touched frost down to 28f for a couple of hours without damage, I think satsuma fruit can handle a little lower
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Is this a healthy rootstock? It's a tree that come with the house
« on: September 27, 2024, 04:59:54 PM »
Pull the mulch back and expose the root flare. The wound will stay damp under the mulch and soil, inviting more rot as well as insects to bore into it.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: How to use seedless gene from Kishu
« on: September 26, 2024, 04:48:05 PM »
Congrats on the hybrid
Can you post pictures of the tree and fruit? Are you growing it outdoors in zone 7a?
Can you post pictures of the tree and fruit? Are you growing it outdoors in zone 7a?
I do not have Kishu, but I do have an "Early St Ann" Satsuma which I pollenated with Poncirus pollen. I only got two seeds from several fruits, one of which produced a trifoliated hybrid seedling. That hybrid is now mature and regularly produces many fruit, most of them seedless, despite having several pollen bearing neighbor trees of a different type of hybrid. I've planted every seed that I can find in those hundreds of fruit, and they mostly produce very uniform looking seedlings that resemble the mother hybrid, but I have gotten just a couple of those seedlings that were unifoliate, so there is at least a small percentage of zygotics.
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Temperate Fruit Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Looking for someone who sells fresh pawpaw
« on: September 25, 2024, 10:01:11 PM »
cooking pawpaw including dehydrating causes GI issues in some people, ask me how I know haha
I'm not sure if freeze drying will have the same effect
I'm not sure if freeze drying will have the same effect
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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: WTB Citrus rootstock for pomelo grafting
« on: September 22, 2024, 08:24:48 PM »
Worst case I've heard of people buying a cheap tree at Walmart, Home Depot, etc sometimes on clearance and top working it to graft scion to it. The tag will display what the rootstock is
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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: first crosses of limequat Eutis x poncirus (will they be resistant?)
« on: September 20, 2024, 01:34:36 PM »
Lauta_hibrid does very good work 
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I did this cross with Fast Flowering Trifoliate but the fruit fell off as the plant is still small. Seeds were not usable
(maybe with embryo rescue but too late now lol)
! I did this cross with Fast Flowering Trifoliate but the fruit fell off as the plant is still small. Seeds were not usable
(maybe with embryo rescue but too late now lol)
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Buddha's Hand with "big" fruits?
« on: September 12, 2024, 05:33:37 PM »
Some Buddha's hand fruit I saw in Vietnam last summer, big meaty claws
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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: prague citsuma
« on: August 30, 2024, 09:36:24 PM »
Hi Wahl, I follow you on youtube (raregrowsNJ). All of your seedlings are interesting, you def have some trifoliate crosses in there my uneducated guess was probably from some of the Prague flowers producing trifoliate pollen but I'm not sure if that is the process. Only way to find out what the satsuma or mandarin is, would be to grow out the pure seedlings to get a better idea of what it is but without some genetic testing you probably won't know the exact plant.
My zone used to be 6b but at some point it was updated to "7a" even before the new zoning map, it didn't go up from that most recent update. The coldest so far has been 1f, Prague and Taitri (taiwanica x trifoliate) sailed through just some sun scald on the Prague, the Taitri was not harmed.
My zone used to be 6b but at some point it was updated to "7a" even before the new zoning map, it didn't go up from that most recent update. The coldest so far has been 1f, Prague and Taitri (taiwanica x trifoliate) sailed through just some sun scald on the Prague, the Taitri was not harmed.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: how common are fruit trees in the wild
« on: August 30, 2024, 06:24:19 PM »
timing would be imporant, research what grows there and when it's expected to be ripe
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Will Commercial Citrus Potting Soil Mix work for other various genera . . . ?
« on: August 29, 2024, 08:24:35 PM »
Just anecdotal, I've used that exact miraclegro citrus potting mix and have had root rot on:
Varius short barrel/squat cactus, mango, various citrus including seedlings. So it would depend on climate. The soil mix doesn't dry fast enough for me. All it takes is one day of heavy rain followed by cool weather and the plants rot.
On the other hand, I use miraclegro potting mixes (not the citrus but the general purpose) on several other plants: passion fruit, feijoas, dragon fruit, guava and a few others without root rotting. These plants are more vigorous so the roots quickly use up the water.
Varius short barrel/squat cactus, mango, various citrus including seedlings. So it would depend on climate. The soil mix doesn't dry fast enough for me. All it takes is one day of heavy rain followed by cool weather and the plants rot.
On the other hand, I use miraclegro potting mixes (not the citrus but the general purpose) on several other plants: passion fruit, feijoas, dragon fruit, guava and a few others without root rotting. These plants are more vigorous so the roots quickly use up the water.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Looking for condo fruit suggestions
« on: August 21, 2024, 01:10:45 PM »
I do actually, my potted edulis are blooming now and holding fruit, I give all of the pots 0-10-10 Alaska fish as well as miraclegrow all purpose in the spring at half doses. The banana one seems to be stubborn. It hates to be cut back, I did it last year and it died to 1 single shoot. I grafted it over onto a spare edulis cutting, which thankfully saved it because the single shoot one died shortly after.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Looking for condo fruit suggestions
« on: August 21, 2024, 11:42:11 AM »
Doesn't seem to mind the heat, next to it is the banana passion vine
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Looking for condo fruit suggestions
« on: August 20, 2024, 10:28:15 PM »
I have mollissima in a pot, it never bloomed in 3 years not sure if it's the climate or what. I am in zone 7. It just grows vines forever!
Is alata self fertile? I don't have experience with it. I am growing a giant granadilla cutting that I got from a member here, we'll see if it can bud in my short climate.
Any feijoa would work, mine are unnamed seedlings but if you go for a variety make sure it is self-fertile such as Nazemetz so you only need one. Put them outside in late March or early April, and move them back if you go below freezing since they are in a pot. They will flower in June or July if you do this.
Is alata self fertile? I don't have experience with it. I am growing a giant granadilla cutting that I got from a member here, we'll see if it can bud in my short climate.
Any feijoa would work, mine are unnamed seedlings but if you go for a variety make sure it is self-fertile such as Nazemetz so you only need one. Put them outside in late March or early April, and move them back if you go below freezing since they are in a pot. They will flower in June or July if you do this.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Looking for condo fruit suggestions
« on: August 20, 2024, 07:29:50 PM »
Replace the incense/maypop/incarnata with an edulis the fruit is way better and sets easily. I grow in pots and get plenty of fruit!
I would also suggest a kumquat, any, but citrus has a learning curve (considering the various mix options) otherwise root rot will eventually kill it
Feijoa fruits for me in containers and I like the fruit better than any guava
I would also suggest a kumquat, any, but citrus has a learning curve (considering the various mix options) otherwise root rot will eventually kill it
Feijoa fruits for me in containers and I like the fruit better than any guava
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New Cold Hardy Loquat?!
« on: August 18, 2024, 05:37:59 PM »
When do you estimate the Chinatown loquats flowered?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Approach grafting sugar apple on cherimoya
« on: August 18, 2024, 05:35:30 PM »
Here is that graft, the fabric pot is ~3 gallons
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New Cold Hardy Loquat?!
« on: August 16, 2024, 08:35:41 PM »
it could be an off season or spring blooming loquat, definitely propagate it
"‘Shambala’ and ‘Novak’ flower repeatedly..."
"Supposedly ‘Tanaka’ starts flowering in spring..."
"‘Rose Anne’ flowers once a year in the spring..."
"‘Shambala’ and ‘Novak’ flower repeatedly..."
"Supposedly ‘Tanaka’ starts flowering in spring..."
"‘Rose Anne’ flowers once a year in the spring..."
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: For sale rooted passiflora edulis cuttings
« on: August 16, 2024, 06:50:33 PM »
Blooms the last few days with fruit setting!
Very thirsty, watering pretty much every day
Very thirsty, watering pretty much every day
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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Trifoliate
« on: August 16, 2024, 03:21:34 PM »
Keep the rain off of them, I've lost a blueberry and 2 potted chestnuts from waterlogging and constant freezing/thawing all winter
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: any kadsura coccinea successfully planted ?
« on: August 16, 2024, 10:27:41 AM »
Nick anything happen with the flower bud? Fruit?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafted cherilata not looking good
« on: August 13, 2024, 12:17:22 AM »
Make your own grafting supplies. You can use tape, yarn, plastic bag cut into strips, rubber bands, etc as grafting material to tie the scion back onto the rootstock and join the pieces. Slip a ziplock bag over the remaining scion and seal the bag at the bottom, if you dont have parafilm, over the new graft to keep it from drying out. Out of the sun of course
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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Wonderful pomegranate seedling in z7 reached maturity
« on: August 10, 2024, 10:38:49 AM »
In this bed is where I usually discard seeds and see what pops up.
This 4 year old Wonderful pomegranate from seed just made a bud.
It's had severe dieback from very cold winters and no hope of getting a fruit to maturity this late if it even sets.
This 4 year old Wonderful pomegranate from seed just made a bud.
It's had severe dieback from very cold winters and no hope of getting a fruit to maturity this late if it even sets.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: ID this Citrus Rootstock
« on: August 08, 2024, 07:02:04 PM »
Looks great, I had a bud sport variegated citrumelo but it reverted once it grew out more unfortunately
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Approach grafting sugar apple on cherimoya
« on: August 08, 2024, 10:07:51 AM »
Not sure, I only have sugar apple which is annona squamosa. There is a chart somewhere on the forum showing compatibility between the annonas
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