oh yeah.. induced juvenile growth.. I remember reading somewhere about too much something (I think it was rooting hormone type chemical) can cause a tree to produce juvenile growth.. i.e.. more thorns etc.. I also recall reading about someone having spontaneous juvenile growth..
maybe be these were related in a thread.. my memory is rather faulty.. but It makes me wonder.. if a plant can be reduced in age can't it be possible to progress age at a faster rate or something??
I know that growing my seedlings at full growth temps and not wintering them will get them to put on more leaves branches and nodes.. but could there be another way to fool a plant in to thinking it is older than it is???
I'd like to try some experiments eventually with putting juvenile buds on adult trees and measuring the length of time it takes for the bud to mature to fruiting age and have donor plant on hand to see how it compares.. but that is down the road..
thanks for all the interesting input..
Gina *BabyBlue*

Gina, the chemical that you are thinking about which can cause a mature tree to revert back into juvenility is an over dose of Gibberellic Acid. I'm sure placing juvenile buds onto mature trees in order to hasten the times to maturity, has long sense be evaluated by citrus researchers. - Millet

Did you consder (micro)citrus papuana aka citrus wintersii.

This is the neareat relative to eremocitrus glauca and is much more leafy with the long type leafs with crenulate margins.

Possibly shared a common ancestor with glauca moving west into desert areas and papuana north into the mountain euclypt woodland edge.

May try and cross them.