Citrus Growers Forum

nicky · Posted: Thu 08 Aug, 2013 11:50 am

Before I joined this forum I was unable to obtain Poincirus Trifoliata seeds for rootstocks. I had previously planted Calamondin seeds and then cleft grafted some of my other citrus varieties. After 2 years, those varieties that were cleft grafted onto calamondin rootstocks have grown with excellent results. For those of us who have potted citrus and that live outside the citrus belt, what is the advantage of using PT versus calamondins as rootstocks? Calamondins fruit year round and the seedlings take less time to mature versus PT.

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Enjoy growing dwarf citrus indoors&outdoors. Currently learning to graft.

skinn30a · Posted: Thu 08 Aug, 2013 4:24 pm

GREAT resource here:

http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/links/documents/Bitters.pdf

you will be interested in pgs. 54-58.

Best,

Skinn30a

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nicky · Posted: Thu 08 Aug, 2013 4:37 pm

Thanks, this is great.

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Enjoy growing dwarf citrus indoors&outdoors. Currently learning to graft.

Millet · Posted: Thu 08 Aug, 2013 5:54 pm

Actually, this is a first for me. I have never heard of anyone ever using Calamondin as a root stock. - Millet

TRI · Posted: Fri 16 Aug, 2013 12:26 am

I had a kumquat grafted to calamondin root stock.