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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Crosses with lemon
« on: August 08, 2025, 09:16:54 AM »
My question is whether the hybrids form seeds that are a sexual combination with the pollen parent or 100% identical to the mother plant?
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Crosses with lemon
« on: August 02, 2025, 02:46:49 AM »True lemon or including stuff like Meyer Lemon?
Only with true lemons like Amalfi or Sorrento
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Citrus General Discussion / Crosses with lemon
« on: August 01, 2025, 03:18:58 PM »
Who made crosses with lemon (as father) and got zygotic seedlings?
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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Done: seed of Dekopon/Sumo/Shiranui
« on: June 05, 2025, 01:32:23 AM »
Seed no longer needed.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Giant kumquat & Nordmann seedless
« on: June 04, 2025, 03:04:33 PM »
My Nordmann Seedless I bought from Lubera is completely seedless. There was one exception. From all fruits I harvested till now I found one with a single seed.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Variegation in one small Calamondin branch
« on: May 30, 2025, 04:17:05 AM »
Maybe something similar like this:
https://www.flora-toskana.com/de/zitruspflanzen-citrus/163-citrofortunella-mitis-buntlaubige-calamondin.html
https://www.flora-toskana.com/de/zitruspflanzen-citrus/163-citrofortunella-mitis-buntlaubige-calamondin.html
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Giant kumquat & Nordmann seedless
« on: May 20, 2025, 12:28:08 PM »@martweb
Do your fruit also look like this:
Mine were a bit larger and a more assymmetrical. Taste was less sour than Nagami and maybe a tad sweeter.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Giant kumquat & Nordmann seedless
« on: May 19, 2025, 07:29:52 AM »I have recently bought a Nordmann "Seedless" from Lubera, but when tasting the fruit (many fell off during the transport) almost all of them had seeds. So I'm wondering if I got a Gigante or really a Nordmann Seedless, or could there be other reasons for the presence of the seeds. E.g. close proximity to other kumquat trees in the nursery?
Maybe you're right that something got mixed up. My Nordmann Seedless from Lubera was actally seedless. Only one fruit contained a single small seed. Ask Markus Kobelt for a replacement.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: New Zealand Lemonade EU?
« on: May 09, 2025, 02:40:01 PM »https://agrumilenzi.it/en/negozio/fingerlimesen/fingerlimesen/new-zealand-lemonade-citrus-limon-x-citrus-reticulata-2/
Thanks, I'm already keeping an eye on this one - sadly they don't have it available at the moment. I wonder when they will restock... Do you know if they update regularily? I've seen shops that claim to have certain species, but somehow they never seem to be available...
Sorry for my late reply. I was in contact with Agrumi Lenzi several times and I guess they already have some New Zealand Lemonades but still small. You could ask them to reserve one for you and maybe in 3 or 4 months you'll get a plant.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Crispy Honey Kumquat - Lunar New Year
« on: March 21, 2025, 07:37:08 AM »This is a place holder for some neat photos I will post here later tonight, just took them.
I have taken some comparison photos of the following so you can see the size, shape, and in some cases the brix readings I did.
- Crispy Honey, my last 2 fruits
- Nagami kumquat
- Nagami kumquat seedling, has larger fruits
- Nagami kumquat, weird one with mini size fruits
- Seedless Nordmann Nagami kumquat
Could not show the Meiwa, very low fruit productions on my trees and they ripen much earlier. I tried to ask anyone else who grows kumquat but no one had fruits now.
I would also be very interested in comparing yield, storageability and ease of growing.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Crispy Honey Kumquat - Lunar New Year
« on: February 03, 2025, 04:31:53 AM »I looked more into this, and found an article stating that the oil pores on honey crisp are smaller than other kumquats.
Can you share this article?
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Anyone tried Callie Kumquats?
« on: January 24, 2025, 03:24:09 AM »
I have heard NaMeiwa ist a shy bearer. Don't know whether that's the case with Callie.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Fukushu kumquat Brix vs Time
« on: December 13, 2024, 09:00:15 AM »
Many old me that Indio is relatively sour, but you do not share this experience.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Haruka vs. New Zealand Lemonade
« on: November 05, 2024, 11:37:29 AM »
Yes, but is it better tasting and more lemony flavor than NZL?
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Seedless Kumquats Nagami x Meiwa
« on: October 29, 2024, 12:24:53 PM »
But for seedlessness one parent has to be tetraploid.
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Citrus General Discussion / Seedless Kumquats Nagami x Meiwa
« on: October 27, 2024, 04:55:53 AM »
There are three seedless kumquat hybrids. Nameiwa, Nameiwa #1 and Puchimaru, that are derived from a cross between Nagami and Meiwa. How do those compare?
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Citrus General Discussion / Haruka vs. New Zealand Lemonade
« on: October 24, 2024, 01:21:47 PM »
How is Haruka compared to New Zealand Lemonade?
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Citrus General Discussion / Calamandrin
« on: October 20, 2024, 01:30:11 PM »
I always thought Calamondin and Calamandrin are synonyms, but they aren't:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM16poNa3v4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM16poNa3v4
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: How to make seedless fruit? I need suggestions
« on: October 15, 2024, 07:14:20 AM »
Next spring I plan to apply Oryzalin (Surflan AS) to kumquat seedlings. Hopefully I'll be able to get some tetraploid plants.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: How to make seedless fruit? I need suggestions
« on: October 14, 2024, 03:59:26 AM »
Kishu is female sterile, so can only be used as pollen donor for crosses.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Can Indio Mandarinquat have thorns?
« on: September 23, 2024, 06:12:26 AM »
My Indio had no thorns
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Kishu
« on: September 23, 2024, 05:46:48 AM »
So, might both varieties from France be the wrong ones?
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Citrus General Discussion / Nordmann Seedless triploid?
« on: September 23, 2024, 03:24:40 AM »
I am just wondering why Nordmann Seedless is seedless. It is a seedling of Nagami, has larger leaves and fruit. Could it be that it is triploid?
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Citrus General Discussion / Kishu
« on: September 23, 2024, 02:09:55 AM »
Quissac has two kinds of Kishu in stock:
https://www.jardin-ecologique.fr/boutique/toutes-nos-plantes/comestibles/agrumes/mandarines-et-hybrides/citrus-kishu-kinokuni-fa5-mandarine-kinokuni/
https://www.jardin-ecologique.fr/boutique/toutes-nos-plantes/comestibles/agrumes/mandarines-et-hybrides/citrus-kishu-nooka-fa5-mandarine-chinois/
I asked for the difference and the seedlessness and got the following answer:
Kisho Nooka becomes bigger as a plant.
Both can be seedless if no other citrus nearby.
Now I am confused. I thought Kishu has a female sterility, thus it should not matter other citrus nearby..
https://www.jardin-ecologique.fr/boutique/toutes-nos-plantes/comestibles/agrumes/mandarines-et-hybrides/citrus-kishu-kinokuni-fa5-mandarine-kinokuni/
https://www.jardin-ecologique.fr/boutique/toutes-nos-plantes/comestibles/agrumes/mandarines-et-hybrides/citrus-kishu-nooka-fa5-mandarine-chinois/
I asked for the difference and the seedlessness and got the following answer:
Kisho Nooka becomes bigger as a plant.
Both can be seedless if no other citrus nearby.
Now I am confused. I thought Kishu has a female sterility, thus it should not matter other citrus nearby..