I couldn't help it. I discovered a sole Yuzu citrus tree at a gardencentre hundreds of miles away at the other end of our North Island of NZ and made a spur of the moment decision based on it's scarcity down here...
As I live in a temperate good citrus growing area it was probably the wrong decision but I intend to grow it in a large tub as an ornamental.
If it's as evil tasting as some internet sites make out at least no one will detract from it by harvesting the fruit.
Besides ornamental value what other uses are there here for a Yuzu if any?

It's big in Japanese cooking. They use the juice and rind. Ponzu is a soy based sauce featuring Yuzu. It's becoming more popular among chefs in general. The Japanese even use it for baths. If I were to stumble upon one I would pick it up myself. It's an interesting tree. To the right people the fruit could be valuable where you live, if it's rare. I think Millet uses it for rootstock!

It is anything but evil tasting. What it is is seedy. Nonetheless, I think it flavors lager better than a lime.

The main problem, in my estimation, with using Yuzu for juice is, that the fruit contains so many seeds (filling 95 percent of the fruit's volume), that one requires many fruit in order to obtain any usable juice. On the bright side, Yuzu makes a good under stock for grafting. - Millet (867-)

Not much pulp in a yuzu or juice either. Seedless one would be pretty empty! There are other sour citrus similar to yuzu with more juice, sudachi maybe(I've never seen this one)?

How long does Yuzu take to mature from seed?

Yuzu has wonderful rind with many culinary uses. The wine has superb citrus aroma. Not much juice but there are some variants out there that are rumored to have excellent juice content. I managed to break down the rinds into sugars releasing more flavors for the unique wine that won silver award but just 1 pt shy of gold medal.

Yuzu is worthwhile to have. The rinds when used in food will impart anti inflamatory responses which is good for you.

I did see some pics of a low seed Yuzu var in a Japanese agriculture catalog.
Sudachi is much smaller, and different flavored to Yuzu. There are other "YU" types of Citrus, some are quite large.

Yuzu, is a very sought after fruit in our large Japanese Canadian community here in Vancouver. They sell Yuzu fruit for $3 +(each!) at the Japanese markets when they can get them. If Joe Real is correct regarding how quickly they flower, then I will by one for the seed's.

I have 3 Yuzu and 3 Sudachi. with one Sudachi in the ground. I have only had a few Sudachi fruit develop - they are much like a golf ball size key lime.

Greg

I have both in the ground & both are loaded with fruit. Great citrus if you ask me.

Also look for Yuko.

On Friday, I saw a pack of 3 Sudachi for sale for $3.95 CDN (about the same in US$$) according the the store owner the fruit is imported from Japan. It looks like I could have a market for my fruit in a few years

Greg

I just picked a few more Sudachi. 5 & 7 gal pots. Still have a few more on the tree.