Hi,

My name is Angela and I live in Pensacola (NW panhandle), FL.

I am new here and found the forum as I was looking for ways to propagate/grow citrus. Over the last 2 days I have read a bunch of entries here just trying to glean info on where to start. I have learned quite a bit, but I have some basic beginner questions. The answers may be on here somewhere but I have already used too much time sitting here wading through it all (It's been fun though.)


Currently, I have a kumquat tree, bearing fruit in a about a 15 gallon container that is about 6 ft tall with about a 3 ft spread. It was given to us last spring and we dug it up and it was prolific in fruit this winter. We have no idea what the rootstock is.

1. I am wondering if it would be feasible to graft onto that tree since it is already mature and bearing fruit. I'd like to do some lemon, satsumas, and grapefruit at least. I have a source for meyer lemon and maybe another type as well. I am still looking for a source for the satsumas and grapefruit. Unfortunately, most of my friends with satsumas are over the border in Alabama so those sources are not available to me.

2. So I am also wondering if anyone knows of any sources for cuttings available in Florida, especially in NW Florida.

I maybe overlooking the obvious so please understand that this is brand new to me. Most of my experience is in propagating non-fruiting plants and trees from cuttings and seeds.

Thanks.

Welcome to the Citrus Growers Forum. The chances are very, very high that the rootstock of your Kumquat is Poncirus Trifoliata. Kumquat is graft or bud compatable with other citrus varieties. - Millet (1,429-)

Thanks Millet!

I'm still getting the terminology down, but I take that means that yes I could graft on to it. That is very exciting to me and I am looking forward to getting started.


No need to respond, unless I interpreted it wrongly

Just to clarify, do you want to bud/graft new types on to the fruiting kumquat part, or do you want to bud/graft on to the rootstock part ; ie the lower main trunk BELOW the bud/graft union ?

Ummm, I'm not sure


Okay, I just went and looked and the original graft is right at the soil level so there isn't any room to graft onto the root stock. Is it okay to graft on the fruiting kumquat part?

According to Millet's post above, "kumquat is graft or bud compatible with other citrus varieties", so you should do ok.

Okay, thanks for replying.