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Sanguinello · Gest

I meant :

Are they really so hardy and tasty as that funny guy says ?
Don´t know why, but I can´t trust his words so much .. Wink

Well, nice for you US guys, but I am in europe and Stan won´t ship to me ... Sad

I know his homepage for many years .. but all I can do is watch ...

SteveK · Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 5 Location: North Carolina 7b

I messaged him a couple of weeks ago. He said he had fruit now, so I asked if I could buy some of the fruit to try. I told him if I liked it I would buy some seedlings and cuttings if he didn't mind. His reply was.. I think you should buy some seedlings off my ebay page. hmmm

Laaz · Posted: Sat 24 Nov, 2012 3:48 pm

OK, enough of this nonsense. $50 a seedling of my special Chinese grapefruit. It takes 10 years to fruit & another 10 years before the fruit produce the special raspberry coloring.... Wink

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Sanguinello · Gest

CROOK !!!

Where is the tar and the feathers .. ? Razz

Laaz · Posted: Sat 24 Nov, 2012 4:27 pm

OK, I lied... Mine is the ONLY citrus known to survive in Antarctica! I picked it from a tree there when I was on a expadition a few years ago. Very Happy

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citrusguy · Citruholic Joined: 30 Oct 2012 Posts: 31 Location: 7a

SteveK wrote:

I messaged him a couple of weeks ago. He said he had fruit now, so I asked if I could buy some of the fruit to try. I told him if I liked it I would buy some seedlings and cuttings if he didn't mind. His reply was.. I think you should buy some seedlings off my ebay page. hmmm

Haahaha, im dying just reading this.

GregMartin · Posted: Sat 24 Nov, 2012 8:15 pm

Laaz wrote:

OK, I lied... Mine is the ONLY citrus known to survive in Antarctica! I picked it from a tree there when I was on a expadition a few years ago. Very Happy

Don't forget to explain how you had to get past the penguin gardian army first Laaz bullwhip

....after driving your dog team for days to get to the secret pass. rk01_cavalchiamo

Dang...these sound great. I'd like to put a down payment for the ticket to get in on the drawing for a future seed.

When I have my future hybrids living outside year-round in Maine thumbsup

I'll be sure not to advertise them on eBay!

Radoslav · Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 3:24 pm

I look at that ebay store - He was able to sell 132 pc of "Cold Hardy Chinese Grapefruit Tree Seedlings" 9 USD each and 56 "Taichang Lemon Tree seedlings" 12 USD each so far- not a bad busines for this nonsence. BTW taichang seedlings on his ebay page have trifoliate leaves. Question

MarcV · Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 3:28 pm

Laaz wrote:

OK, enough of this nonsense. $50 a seedling of my special Chinese grapefruit. It takes 10 years to fruit & another 10 years before the fruit produce the special raspberry coloring.... Wink

I think this fruit is radio active. Be careful!

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Boca_Joe · Posted: Sat 26 Jan, 2013 12:42 am

Roberto wrote:

Citrumelo for zone 6 to 5 is not realistic. I don't even believe in zone 7a. Even in zone 7b Citrumelo needs protection.

Roberto

several of us here in the Maryland, VA suburbs of Washington DC have planted citrumelos in 2006 or so. Most have seen near 0f and in single digits several times during that time, no loss yet. Some defoliation, butg all leafed back out. Waiting for blooms and fruit. Seems very tough for us , no problems. We are a solid zone 7a.

Boca Joe

Laaz · Posted: Sat 26 Jan, 2013 12:02 pm

From my experience Swingle will fruit from seed in 3-4 years. Mine started fruiting in it's 3rd year with 5 fruit. The following year it had almost 80 fruit.

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Laaz · Posted: Sat 26 Jan, 2013 12:25 pm

Also as far as this Ebay seller goes... I would bet he bought a tree grafted to swingle & the scion froze back. Now all he has left is the "Hardy grapefruit"... Laughing

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ilyaC · Posted: Sat 26 Jan, 2013 5:00 pm

Boca_Joe wrote:

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Roberto

several of us here in the Maryland, VA suburbs of Washington DC have planted citrumelos in 2006 or so. Most have seen near 0f and in single digits several times during that time, no loss yet. Some defoliation, butg all leafed back out. Waiting for blooms and fruit. Seems very tough for us , no problems. We are a solid zone 7a.

Boca Joe

In Europe you can have every other year -15C (5°F) and frozen ground for two weeks and still be in zone 7A.
You probably agree that it is not good climate for citruses.

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frank_zone5.5 · Posted: Tue 29 Jan, 2013 9:26 pm

Boca_Joe wrote:

Roberto wrote:

Citrumelo for zone 6 to 5 is not realistic. I don't even believe in zone 7a. Even in zone 7b Citrumelo needs protection.

Roberto

several of us here in the Maryland, VA suburbs of Washington DC have planted citrumelos in 2006 or so. Most have seen near 0f and in single digits several times during that time, no loss yet. Some defoliation, butg all leafed back out. Waiting for blooms and fruit. Seems very tough for us , no problems. We are a solid zone 7a.

Boca Joe

you really get to 0, or 5f there? In Maryland?