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ivica Moderator
Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 658 Location: Sisak, Croatia, zone 7b
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Posted: Sat 14 Jun, 2008 1:22 pm |
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Kumquat (Nagami) was not grow as expected this spring. Closer inspection showed root rot. Every bit of old soild has been removed using hose, roots trimed, tree top hard cuted, repoted. Here is how it looks as of now:
(all photos taken today)
New growth:
Rot artifact:
What made situation worse is that my wife is 'kumquatoholic' and that my winter search for other kuquat varietes was not succesfull.
Panic attempts to save something resulted in,
rooted cuttings
grafting on inground Poncirus (I'm low with rootsock)
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Lemandarangequatelo Citruholic
Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Posts: 466 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun 16 Jan, 2011 9:53 am |
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Ivica, did your kumquat cuttings successfully take root? If they did could you describe your method please? Thanks. |
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ivica Moderator
Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 658 Location: Sisak, Croatia, zone 7b
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Posted: Sun 16 Jan, 2011 10:40 am |
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Lemandarangequatelo wrote: | Ivica, did your kumquat cuttings successfully take root?... |
No, they did not. A year later cutting was still live but w/o even single root developed and I tossed them. Seems that cutting needs a lot of time. A hormone could help, I had nothing at the time.
BTW: Graft lived till -12 C happened. _________________
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Karoly Citruholic
Joined: 27 Dec 2010 Posts: 227 Location: Hungary, Europe, Zone 6
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Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 8:08 am |
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Hi! Even if you use hormone will not take root. I have tried already few years ago but without success. The mandarins and orange also take root very hard with very low success. |
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Lemandarangequatelo Citruholic
Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Posts: 466 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 9:26 am |
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Thank you Ivica and Karoly for the useful information. It seems kumquats and other citrus are very hard to root. Only lemon is easy to root it seems from what people report on here. |
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GT Citruholic
Joined: 11 Jul 2010 Posts: 393 Location: Beaumont, TX (zone 9a)
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Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 3:13 pm |
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Folks,
I have successfully rooted a mandarin last summer. I got bud wood for grafting and once I was done (graft did not take ), there were two 3"-long twigs that I submerged in a hormone and stuck in the ground. One has rooted. No plastic or any other fancy things... The cutting is in a pot now growing very slowly with 4 or 5 small leaves. I am not very impressed but the plant is alive. |
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Karoly Citruholic
Joined: 27 Dec 2010 Posts: 227 Location: Hungary, Europe, Zone 6
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Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 3:41 pm |
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Yes, it is possible with some variety of mandarins and orange but you will be very disappointed later. Growing very slow and sensible to diseases. I have also rooted Citrus Deliciosa but after one and half year I give it to my friends.
I have no ideea if are still alive or not. |
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ivica Moderator
Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 658 Location: Sisak, Croatia, zone 7b
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Posted: Wed 19 Jan, 2011 1:12 pm |
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Karoly,
can you give us more info about citrus which you grow there. This forum have members from more-or-less any country surrounding you. Welcome!
Going to Adriatic sometimes maybe ? _________________
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Karoly Citruholic
Joined: 27 Dec 2010 Posts: 227 Location: Hungary, Europe, Zone 6
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Posted: Wed 19 Jan, 2011 2:17 pm |
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Hi ivica,
Thank you for the welcome!
I have been there last summer!
So, these is are the varieties what I'm growing at the moment:
1 orange + 1 clementine from Portugalia (unknown variety because I couldn't read it, it's hand wrote) grafted on 2 different rootstock's (the root is Poncirus and the trunk is aurantium) - these 2 are big ones (1,5 m tall).
These are young:
2 grafted + 1 rooted citrus lemon Florentina
2 unknown variety of lemon
2 citrus lemon 'Lipo' (Imperial Lemon)
2 citrus deliciosa
2 meyer lemon
1 Rangpur lime
1 Mexican lime
few Pomelo, aurantium, grefruit, calamondin, orange, lemon's from seed growing for rootstock's.
Now, I'm germinate around 40 sour orange and 40 PT seeds. |
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GT Citruholic
Joined: 11 Jul 2010 Posts: 393 Location: Beaumont, TX (zone 9a)
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Posted: Wed 19 Jan, 2011 9:49 pm |
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Karoly wrote: | Yes, it is possible with some variety of mandarins and orange but you will be very disappointed later. Growing very slow and sensible to diseases. I have also rooted Citrus Deliciosa but after one and half year I give it to my friends.
I have no ideea if are still alive or not. |
Karoly,
Sorry did not notice your reply... Yeah, I figured out that this method is not excellent for commercial growing. I was just curious and did not fill like trashing budwood. Guess, I will keep the plant in a pot and see what will happen with it. Perhaps, I will use it as budwood again?
An impressive collection you have! Congratulation and good luck! |
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ivica Moderator
Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 658 Location: Sisak, Croatia, zone 7b
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Posted: Thu 20 Jan, 2011 11:58 am |
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Thanks Karoly, great collection.
Ah, those citrus fellows makes winter warmer. _________________
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Karoly Citruholic
Joined: 27 Dec 2010 Posts: 227 Location: Hungary, Europe, Zone 6
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Posted: Thu 20 Jan, 2011 2:07 pm |
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GT, thanks a lot!!
ivica, yep, that's right!
Folks, what about you? What kind of citrus are you growing at the moment? |
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ivica Moderator
Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 658 Location: Sisak, Croatia, zone 7b
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Posted: Thu 20 Jan, 2011 2:48 pm |
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Ok, let's do some inventory process:
Inground:
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Poncirus Trifoliata "Siscia" - Only mature tree of all cold hardies.
Troyer Citrange
Morton Citrange
Poted:
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Flying Dragon
Ichangensis Papeda
Ichang Lemon
Meyer Lemon, Variegated Meyer Lemon, Lisbon Lemon, a Lunario Lemon, Siscia Lemon
Chahara Unshiu Mandarin, a very early Unshiu Mandarin (Zorica Rana ?)
W. Navel Orange
Nagami Kumquat
Calamondin
Mexican (Key) Lime
Faustrime, Fingerlime
bunch of small seedlings
9 years ago I brought my first citrus (Meyer lemon) home.
I can still hear myself "One is enough, MORE than enough". _________________
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Karoly Citruholic
Joined: 27 Dec 2010 Posts: 227 Location: Hungary, Europe, Zone 6
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Posted: Thu 20 Jan, 2011 3:02 pm |
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UUuaaaauu! Cool!
I know this feeling with 'I swear, this is the last one'!!! |
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GT Citruholic
Joined: 11 Jul 2010 Posts: 393 Location: Beaumont, TX (zone 9a)
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Posted: Thu 20 Jan, 2011 9:55 pm |
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Karoly wrote: | GT, thanks a lot!!
ivica, yep, that's right!
Folks, what about you? What kind of citrus are you growing at the moment? |
Karoly,
Let us wait till spring. I will list what survives. All mine are in ground. Seedlings in pots are to be grafted and planted later. |
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