grafting citrus

[Unicyclemike]

I have seen a youtube video of a man with over 200 varieties of apples on one tree.  I love to graft my apple trees but have never tried citrus.  Does anyone graft different varieties of citrus on one tree?

Mike Adams

[Mulberry0126]

Hey Mike, here's a post I made about my multi-grafted citrumelo: https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=54440.0
I do a lot of grafting and multi-grafting with figs and citrus. Citrus aren't too hard, they just take practice and a warm environment during the healing process. Some grafts are more vigorous of course but it's fun to see how many varieties can live on one tree.

[Unicyclemike]

Wow that is really cool.  i read the post of your multi-grafted tree.  Keep us updated.

Mike A

[Rispa]

Also you have to do research to check for graft and compatibility.

[Unicyclemike]

I always thought that any citrus could be grafted to any other citrus? 

Mike Adams

[drymifolia]

I always thought that any citrus could be grafted to any other citrus? 

Mike Adams

Definitely not! There are many weird incompatibilities. E.g., some types of lemon are incompatible with trifoliate and most trifoliate hybrids. Some kumquat varieties have compatibility issues too.

Some charts are attached here:

[Ilya11]

I read somewhere that these incompatibilities depend on the particular clones of lemon varieties due to the presence of virus infections in them.

[drymifolia]

I read somewhere that these incompatibilities depend on the particular clones of lemon varieties due to the presence of virus infections in them.

The UC germplasm is supposedly virus free, but I guess I don't know if that was the case when they produced that chart. I would love to read a study that discussed that issue though, if you can track it down.

There are many other citrus incompatibilities though. E.g., grapefruit/C-35. Are you suggesting that every single instance of incompatibility in citrus is due to virus issues?

[Ilya11]

I am not suggesting this.
On Riverside site I found the following  document:
https://iocv.ucr.edu/citrus-diseases/graft-transmissible-budunion-disorders

[kulasa]

I am not suggesting this.
On Riverside site I found the following  document:
https://iocv.ucr.edu/citrus-diseases/graft-transmissible-budunion-disorders

Thank you, Ilya11.

[Nick C]

Anybody have any idea what type of citrus this might be? I’ve been using it as my base tree for a multi grafted tree. I bought it a long time ago and it’s made like one flower all time with no fruits

So far I’ve gotten kinkoji grapefruit and cara cara to take, not sure if that helps for the ID

[Mulberry0126]

Anybody have any idea what type of citrus this might be? I’ve been using it as my base tree for a multi grafted tree. I bought it a long time ago and it’s made like one flower all time with no fruits

So far I’ve gotten kinkoji grapefruit and cara cara to take, not sure if that helps for the ID

Interesting, the leaves could be a few different non-trifoliate rootstocks. My guess would be sour orange or Volkameriana.

[BorisR]

Definitely not Volkameriana.