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Skeeter
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Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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I tried some FD seeds from Trade Winds last summer with no luck. I did get 1 meyer lemon and a couple key lime seeds from Trade Winds to germinate.
My preferred way to germinate citrus (and many other seeds) is to wet a folded paper towel and put it on a saucer, put the seeds on the paper towel and then cover with plastic wrap and set the saucer on my hot water heater.
I have tried planting them directly in soil and the baggie method, but the saucer works best for me.
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Laaz
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Wed 10 Jan, 2007 2:09 am |
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Skeeter Meyer does not come true from seed. |
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Skeeter
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Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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| Posted: Wed 10 Jan, 2007 4:36 pm |
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Thanks for the info Lazz-- now I'm really glad I got a meyer but to take on my lisbon lemon!
I can graft a meyer bud on the seedling later.
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Ned
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Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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Location: Port Royal, SC (Zone 8b)
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| Posted: Wed 10 Jan, 2007 11:24 pm |
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Phillip, In SanDiego it seems to me like you could just plant the seeds in a community pot and wait for them to come up. I keep pots of seedling sitting around which have been grown this way, ready for use when needed. If you do this, the seeds might not come up until spring, but they almost always come up for me. Expecially trifoliate seed.
If you want some more seed contact me on the message board.
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STEELVIPER
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Location: Riverisde, CA Zone:9B
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Does anyone know that avg. life(viability) of citrus seeds kept in cold storage? |
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jjp
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STEELVIPER
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| Posted: Mon 15 Jan, 2007 12:42 am |
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Sorry. cant read that. |
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Laaz
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| Posted: Mon 15 Jan, 2007 1:09 am |
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It 's a image file so a translator will not work. jjp can you please post the results in English language. |
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jjp
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Laaz
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dauben
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Location: Ramona, CA, Zone 9A
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| Laaz wrote: | trade winds has a reputation for poor seed quality. As Phil said, if you harvest the seed fresh - add a fungicide and put them in the refrigerator they will last a while. If you harvest them & let them dry out at room temp, they will be useless in a matter of days...
In California the only place I know of to purchase Trifoliata rootstock & seed is http://www.citrustreesource.com/pricing/ |
Well, here's the latest update. None of the citrus seeds that I received from Tradewinds germinated. Even the butternut squash seed that I got from them had limited results. However thanks to the generosity of Ned (THANK YOU NED!!), I have several flying dragon seeds starting to germinate. I'm still on the look out for Sour Orange seeds though. Since Trade Winds is just up the road from me, I should see if I can pick fruit off of their tree. 
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STEELVIPER
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Location: Riverisde, CA Zone:9B
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| Posted: Wed 07 Feb, 2007 2:14 pm |
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Dauben, what does the trade winds fruit place look like? Do they have like greenhouses,groves,etc? I to have had no success with there citrus seeds.
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dauben
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Location: Ramona, CA, Zone 9A
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| STEELVIPER wrote: | | Dauben, what does the trade winds fruit place look like? Do they have like greenhouses,groves,etc? I to have had no success with there citrus seeds. |
I've never been there. When I say they're up the road, I was figuratively speaking. It's a 30 minute drive from Santee to Encinitas where Tradewinds is located. I know there area a lot of greenhouses in Encinitas (many are now being converted to residential housing), but I'm not sure of how their operation works. I just know that their operation doesn't work well with the results that I got. I ordered other garden (non-citrus) seeds from Parks Seed and all of those seeds sprouted so it wasn't my technique.
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STEELVIPER
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Location: Riverisde, CA Zone:9B
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| Posted: Thu 08 Feb, 2007 6:21 pm |
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Well seeing how their citrus seeds are of poor quality. I would like to go over to there facility and see what the deal is.
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dauben
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Location: Ramona, CA, Zone 9A
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| Posted: Thu 08 Feb, 2007 6:33 pm |
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| STEELVIPER wrote: | | Well seeing how their citrus seeds are of poor quality. I would like to go over to there facility and see what the deal is. |
Yea, problem is that they hide behind a PO Box. I should check the yellowpages.
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here the complete page if you want to try to use the translator :
