I want to extend the tangerine/satsuma/mandarin season at the house by planting a late variety. We typically (not this year though) get our coldest weather in late January and February so I want to make this one a container tree so as not to run the risk of having the fruit frozen off the tree.

Murcotts are the tangerines one finds in the stores around here this time of year and we like them so it's the one I'm considering going with. In looking for Florida sources I find that Jene's carries them (http://secure.cartsvr.net/catalogs/index.asp?category=293592) as well as a "Williams Seedless Murcott" which I am not familiar with. Does anyone know if it has to be kept away from other citrus to remain seedless like many of the other tangerine and hybrid varieties?

Anything out of the ordinary to consider about these as container plants? They'll go into the same CHC mix that I keep all of my container citrus in.

.....Alan.

Hey Alan,
Many years ago (early '80's) when I did lawn maintenance down in Polk county I was privileged to have access to a Murcott's fruit in Lakeland.The owner of the tree managed a number of hotels and was away for most of the winter-he told us that we could pick all of the citrus that we wanted as long as we promised not to use any ladders!Unfortunately the Murcott had strong upright branches-so much of the super sweet fruit remained unpicked From my memory his tree did not have many seed in the fruit-unlike those I purchase in the grocery stores-I didn't realize that there was a seedless selection of Murcott-sounds good.This is one of my favorite citrus fruits.I am tempted to grow one of these crazy tangors myself in a container-I just hope it will not be a sky rocket like the tree I knew in Lakeland

This is interesting:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/dining/14seed.html?pagewanted=print

and
http://westernfarmpress.com/news/103106-tango-mandarin/

.....Alan.

Thanks for the eye opener.