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Stan McKenzie
Citrus Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 314
Location: Scranton, SC USA
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| Posted: Sat 04 Oct, 2008 5:16 pm |
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I have a 3 yr old seedless kishu tree planted in ground that has borne fruit this year for the first time. I noticed the fruits were changing color yesterday and decided to try one. They truly are seedless and the flavor is great too! Im sure that with a little more time and some cooler temps, they will develop even more flavor.
On a seperate note, I was in my local Super Walmart the other night and saw some small mesh bags of clementines. The price was $3.98 for 7 fruits! I told a friend of mine that if that is the going price for a small bag of fruit, I should be a millionaire in just a couple more years when my satsuma grove really starts to pour out the fruit! All of you wish me luck with the fruit business since my 401 K really took a nosedive in the bailout fiasco! Im going to need a backup plan in place!  Selling satsumas may be just the ticket! LOL
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Laaz
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Joined: 12 Nov 2005
Posts: 5679
Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Sat 04 Oct, 2008 6:09 pm |
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Stan you should try growing some Clementines. I have two in the ground that are doing very well. I pulled all the fruit off this year. They are the Clemenules Benny sent me budwood of.
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Millet
Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005
Posts: 6656
Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Sun 05 Oct, 2008 12:38 am |
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Stan, besides the excellent fruit that a Seedless Kishu supplies, I think the tree is one of the easiest and good looking citrus trees a person can grow. They make a great container tree. Good luck with your farm. - Millet |
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JoeReal
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Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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Location: Davis, California
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| Posted: Sun 05 Oct, 2008 1:04 am |
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In addition, Seedless Kishu is the one citrus fruits that I can easily peel off in one stroke, and then the contents fall over into my mouth for chewing and enjoying whole. As my kids say, it is definitely a very easy to unwrap candy fruit! I have about 4 pcs of seedless kishu fruit growing on my 81-n-1 citrus tree. I grafted it last year. Next year, I may have more than two dozen fruits of seedless kishu. |
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Millet
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Sun 05 Oct, 2008 2:36 am |
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Joe your 50 -n- 1 tree is now up to 81-n-1. How high is the graft number going to go? - Millet |
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Laaz
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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That has to be one huge tree, or very cramped. How about some recent photos of the tree Joe ?
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JoeReal
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Location: Davis, California
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| Posted: Sun 05 Oct, 2008 12:31 pm |
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| Millet wrote: | | Joe your 50 -n- 1 tree is now up to 81-n-1. How high is the graft number going to go? - Millet |
i promised to stop at 60-n-1 but then as some branches grew more vigorous than others, I cut them back for balance and why not graft some new budwoods over them?
My neighbor at the back cut their tree, so my citrus tree expanded some more, and I can't resist grafting over the new growth that resulted from the freed up space. |
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JoeReal
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Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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Location: Davis, California
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| Posted: Sun 05 Oct, 2008 12:34 pm |
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| Laaz wrote: |
That has to be one huge tree, or very cramped. How about some recent photos of the tree Joe ? |
The tree is not huge, just have more interesting branches. The fruits are just starting to change colors, and there's plenty of fruits. Will post pics as soon as the fruits become very beautiful. That would be around Thanksgiving Day. |
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dauben
Citruholic
Joined: 25 Nov 2006
Posts: 963
Location: Ramona, CA, Zone 9A
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| Posted: Sun 05 Oct, 2008 1:23 pm |
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The Seedless Kishu was one of my two choices when buying my tangerine tree. I settled for the Gold Nugget tree, but I still have my eye on getting a Seedless Kishu. I'm now fighting with the kids over the Gold Nuggets so I need another tree. I'll have to keep an eye out for some budwood.
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