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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Banana passion fruit in San diego
« on: July 25, 2022, 02:33:56 AM »
I have some banana passion fruit plants 3-4 feet in pots. Looking to trade for other tropical fruits plants. Local only in San Diego.

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I have extra a bit of Asian pear scionwood left.
Korean Giant
Hosui
Shenseiki
Local pick up in San Diego only
Free

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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Want to buy fingerlime scions
« on: July 24, 2021, 09:17:40 PM »
red pulp available from CCPP

697   AUSTRALIAN RED PULP FINGER LIME (CRC 3672)

https://ccpp.ucr.edu/variety/index.php

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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: WTB Yuzu
« on: July 24, 2021, 09:13:42 PM »
They have budwood of this hybrid at CCPP but not available till later this year.

619   YUZU ICHANDRIN (PAPEDA HYBRID)(unavailable until Oct/2021)

https://ccpp.ucr.edu/variety/index.php

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Citrus General Discussion / Citrus bud grafting
« on: July 24, 2021, 08:43:26 PM »
After having dismal success rates grafting citrus using cleft grafts, I switched to chip/bud grafting and am having much better success.  I’m still only at about 50% success but it is much better than before. I’ve done plenty of successful cleft grafts on apple and pear so I think my technique is not too bad. I am also surprised at how fast bud grafts grow once they take. It’s counterintuitive but my citrus bud grafts from last year have grown incredibly and have significantly surpassed my previous years’ citrus cleft grafts in overall size.  Thought I’d post this for anyone who has been discouraged by their citrus grafting results.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pomello leaf drop
« on: July 24, 2021, 08:31:38 PM »
My cara cara orange did the same thing the last two years after pushing out large numbers of flowers. And my black sapote just did the same after pushing out lots of blooms. Your citrus appears to be flowering. If it produces a super bloom of flowers you may be seeing a similar phenomenon. I don’t know what causes this but it appears to have something do with a superbloom of flowers.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Orange leaf deformation
« on: July 24, 2021, 08:24:36 PM »
It’s hard to make out clearly from the photos which appear low resolution. If you look on the under side of the leaves do you see little track marks weaving through the leaf?  Some flies lay eggs on néw growth citrus leaves and the larvae burrow around in the leaves and cause the leaves to curl. Aphids can cause a similar leaf curl but aphids are easy to spot.  I spray need oil on new growth which prevents it to some extent but you need to do it before the problem starts for the best effect….once a week or every other week. I’d also check the tree for ants which will cultivate and farm various insidious invading organisms which is especially commonly seen in California.

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Santa Rosa plum, royal apricot, Seckel pear scions
Pomegranate cuttings Kara gul, Phil’s sweet, pink ice, salavatsky, golden globe
Rooted cutting of pink ice
Baht dates grown from seed about three years old
Loquats from seed various sizes 2-4 feet

Available for trade



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