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Hilltop
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Joined: 16 May 2009
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Location: Signal Hill (near Long Beach / LA), CA
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| Posted: Wed 16 Jun, 2010 4:28 am |
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Where can I find Flying Dragon that is ready for grafting? I looked around Home Depot and Lowe's but didn't see anything resembling it. I also went to a large local nursery and they didn't know what I was talking about. I am not looking to grow from seed or order online. Is it known under a different name at local nurseries?
If I wanted to drive around in Los Angeles and pick up a FD plant, where would I go? |
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mrtexas
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Joined: 02 Dec 2005
Posts: 1029
Location: 9a Missouri City,TX
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| Posted: Wed 16 Jun, 2010 8:44 pm |
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I've never seen a rootstock for sale in a citrus state in a retail nursery. Demand is too low. I grow a few citrus trees every year and sell the occasional rootstock. I'm in Texas so I can't help you. |
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drunkenmonk
Joined: 20 May 2010
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Location: IL zone 5
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| Posted: Wed 16 Jun, 2010 10:19 pm |
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Flying Dragon is a cultivar of Poncirus trifoliata
trifoliate orange
Poncirus trifoliata Flying Dragon
Citrus Trifoliata Monstrosa
Try out these other names for it.
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Millet
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Wed 16 Jun, 2010 10:40 pm |
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My strong guess is that you will not find Flying Dragon for sale as a tree anywhere. In all the years that I have been growing citrus, I have never seen a Flying Dragon tree offered for sale at a nusery. Later on in the fall, there should be a lot of Flying Dragon seeds available on this forum. If you want the root stock, you will probably have to grow your own, unless a member of this forum has a few graftable sized trees they would sell. Good luck. - Millet (943-) |
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Hilltop
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Location: Signal Hill (near Long Beach / LA), CA
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| Posted: Thu 17 Jun, 2010 1:35 am |
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Thanks for the responses.
I wanted to create a Frankentree but I was hesitant to use an established fruiting tree because I am always reluctant to cut off fruiting branches.
I'll have to buy a citrus tree and suck it up and cut cut cut.
What would the be the best tree to use for this? I'm thinking something that's very vigorous. I see a lot of Eureka Lemon trees that are very vigorous. Or maybe a Navel?
I'm not looking to graft a particular variety but rather as many different kinds that I can get my hands on.
What would be your opinions to use as a base tree? |
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David.
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Joined: 09 Nov 2009
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Location: San Benito , Texas
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| Posted: Thu 17 Jun, 2010 11:06 am |
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I did multiple budded trees that were sour orange stock with eureka interstem then I budded on the eureka. In my opinion if you are hesitant to cut off limbs just do t budding. You can t bud and if it works good if not try again.
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cjconover
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Joined: 12 Jan 2010
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Location: Illinois Zone 5
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| Posted: Thu 17 Jun, 2010 6:39 pm |
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One Green World does sell the Flying Dragon for $16.95.
Here is their number if you want to call with questions, 877-353-4028 |
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fred
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| Posted: Thu 02 Sep, 2010 1:39 am |
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| Millet wrote: | | My strong guess is that you will not find Flying Dragon for sale as a tree anywhere. In all the years that I have been growing citrus, I have never seen a Flying Dragon tree offered for sale at a nusery. Millet (943-) |
They are for sale-- you just have to look-- don't know about Cali-- but there is a Nursery in Jacksonville Fl. that will sell them |
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Darkman
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Joined: 20 Jul 2010
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Location: Pensacola Florida South of I-10 Zone 8b/9a
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| Posted: Thu 02 Sep, 2010 7:45 am |
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I don't think any Florida nursery will ship out of state now but maybe they will.
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fred
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| Posted: Thu 02 Sep, 2010 8:38 am |
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| Darkman wrote: | | I don't think any Florida nursery will ship out of state now but maybe they will. |
They won't-- that wasn't my point. A previous poster stated the he had never seen any for sale anywhere--ever, thats why I used the "quote "box |
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Darkman
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Location: Pensacola Florida South of I-10 Zone 8b/9a
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| Posted: Thu 02 Sep, 2010 8:00 pm |
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| fred wrote: | | Darkman wrote: | | I don't think any Florida nursery will ship out of state now but maybe they will. |
They won't-- that wasn't my point. A previous poster stated the he had never seen any for sale anywhere--ever, thats why I used the "quote "box |
Sorry Fred,
I didn't mean to offend, belittle or step on your toes. 
I am really quite ignorant to all this Citrus stuff having just recently became more interested in growing Citrus. 
Imagine my surprise when I was told I couldn't drive five miles over the state line and buy an orange tree to bring home and plant or that my mother in law couldn't give us a cutting to graft since she lives in Alabama or that I can't pick grapefruit off my tree and give her one. 
These rules are just over whelming and sometimes I forget that everyone else already knows these things. As you can see from where you quoted me I wasn't even sure, that is why I said "maybe they will" 
Again my apologies, 
I think I'll have that Bourbon now!!!
Charles
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fred
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| Posted: Fri 03 Sep, 2010 2:24 pm |
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| Darkman wrote: | | fred wrote: | | Darkman wrote: | | I don't think any Florida nursery will ship out of state now but maybe they will. |
They won't-- that wasn't my point. A previous poster stated the he had never seen any for sale anywhere--ever, thats why I used the "quote "box |
Sorry Fred,
I didn't mean to offend, belittle or step on your toes.
Again my apologies,
I think I'll have that Bourbon now!!!
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No need to apologize-- for anything- No offense taken here
Hopefully my point got across to whom it was intended for, and no offense is meant there either
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SusanB
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Location: Tennessee, USA
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| Posted: Mon 20 Sep, 2010 5:27 pm |
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I have some Flying Dragon plants that I could sell, they are about 5 ft tall and would have to be trimmed to fit in a shipping box.
I don't think I can send them to California, though.
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