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Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« on: December 23, 2021, 02:45:07 AM »
My Sanbokan grafted branches are going wild with fruits this year. Last year I had many 8 fruits this year the same branches have a lot more (20 fruits). I like the taste of this lemon/sour orange, it has a sweet taste so you can eat it like an orange, maybe not as sweet but still good.

My fruits are getting so large this year I had to tie ropes on the fruiting branches so it wouldn't break off. One branch has 10 fruits hanging from it. I wait until the fruit turns yellow (end of Jan) to eat it. It tastes better than my New Zealand lemon and has much more flesh/juice per fruit.

Interested in hearing what you think about this fruit. I noticed the UCR budwood program isn't offering this budwood this year.

https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/sanbokan.html
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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2021, 03:03:51 AM »
Here's some photos I took of one grafted branch with 8-10 fruits hanging on it.











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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2021, 01:24:04 PM »
 I used to have a Sanbokan tree.  However, the fruit on my tree had a bumpy rind.   I no longer have the Sanbokan, I replaced it with a variety that I preferred better.

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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2021, 03:43:17 PM »
As I can get plenty of the classic Citrus around here from farms, (Oranges and Mandarins), the Sanbokan is a standout for me. I really enjoy the sweet lemon flavour.
It also has a fragrant element that you can't get from just adding sugar to Lemon Juice.

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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2021, 04:57:42 PM »
I agree pagnr, it does have a different taste that you don't get from lemons or other citrus. Also I noticed the tree is vigorous and grows very strong with lots of branches. My 3 year old NZ lemon grafts are so small (2-3ft branches with 6 frutis) compared to the Sanbokan which is 3 x more larger now and they were grafted at the same time.

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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2021, 07:26:47 AM »
I've had one for 15+ years, I really like the large sweet fruit.
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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2021, 07:09:38 PM »
I bought my first tree this year. What color is it supposed to be when it is ripe?

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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2021, 07:54:24 PM »
Yellow.

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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2021, 03:48:02 PM »
I have a young potted sanbokan. Has anyone had any experience with it tolerating light frost?

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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2021, 07:45:08 AM »
The fruit will be fine down to 27F the plant itself is ok down into the teens if it's in the ground. A container tree I would not leave out below 32, you don't want the rootball to freeze.

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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2022, 11:22:55 PM »
My Sanbokan fruits finally ripened, and it tastes pretty good.
I'll post some photos once the rain stops here.

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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2022, 04:06:33 AM »
I read recently that Sanbokan is closely related to Taiwanica, Nansho Dai Dai, i.e. a very hardy Citrus. How do they compare in cold tolerance ??

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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2022, 05:15:37 AM »
pagnr, sorry I live in sunny CA so I couldn't give you the answer to your question.


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Re: Sanbokan - Anyone else growing it ?
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2022, 05:23:10 AM »
Here's what these same fruits from 12-22-21 looks like today. Finally getting yellow. Taste is pretty decent, not sour like a lemon.