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poncirsguy

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Kumquat trees
« on: April 21, 2022, 03:16:10 PM »
The 3 trees in ground are seed grown Meiwa kumquat trees and the 5 gallon are Grafted Fukushu kumquats












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Re: Kumquat trees
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2022, 04:02:06 PM »
Poncirus Guy,  the Fukushu  shown in the last picture, does the picture's description mean that Pt was grafted on a sour orange root stock and then the Fukushu was grafted onto that combination ?

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Re: Kumquat trees
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2022, 07:44:10 PM »
Yes.  I used the Poncirus to serve as an inter-stock to bridge between incompatible sour orange and kumquat scion.  My previous direct graft of kumquat to sour orange all died quite quickly.

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Re: Kumquat trees
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2022, 08:46:05 PM »
Poncirusguy, I wish you every success.

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Re: Kumquat trees
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2022, 10:20:53 PM »
What is the desire for sour orange rootstock instead of poncirus rootstock only?

I have been grafting everything I have onto Flying Dragon lately as my trees all grow too fast.

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Re: Kumquat trees
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2022, 12:20:46 AM »
Seville sour promotes extra sweetness needed to sweeten the pulp of the Fukushu.  I am going to try Flying dragon for my New Zealand lemonade and valentine pomelo.

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Re: Kumquat trees
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2022, 05:41:26 PM »
Seville sour promotes extra sweetness needed to sweeten the pulp of the Fukushu.

Interesting, thank you