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bodavid Citruholic
Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 67 Location: kuwait
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Posted: Sun 06 Feb, 2011 6:10 pm |
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In the past five years i found that lemon, lime and etrog seedling are heat tolerant, disease risistant, surivive moderate salty soils and grows fast to become grafting size(etrog is best then lemon then lime). Could i know the pros and cons of such seedlings and if there is better types of seedlings that doesnt have frost threats? |
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pagnr Citrus Guru
Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 407 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sun 06 Feb, 2011 9:07 pm |
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Have you tried any of the better known commonly used rootstocks to compare ? All your selections are in the "Lemon relatives" group of Citrus,
which may drop the fruit quality of sweet scions??? It depends what you want to graft to them, and for what purpose, home or commercial? Are there any others in the "Lemon"group (rough lemon, cuban shaddock etc)which might be more vigorous, or "Lemon"XTrifoliate hybrids such as Citremon more cold hardy ?
Rangpur lime should be highly salt tolerant, and generally hardy. It may be worth trying out. |
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bodavid Citruholic
Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 67 Location: kuwait
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Posted: Mon 07 Feb, 2011 1:21 am |
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I havent tried the ones you recommended. I tried valancia, sour orange and mandarin seedling and found that the lemon relatives are more vigourous and heat resistant. Iam home grower which wish to graft juicy oranges to these seedling such as moro blood,valancia, torocco, and navels.
Cold hardiness is not an issue because the temperatures in winter doesn't go below 4c or 39 F. |
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Millet Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Mon 07 Feb, 2011 1:52 am |
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Lemon rootstocks produce big quantities of fruit, but the fruit quality is always poor. Lemon rootstock is for commercial juice production where they want to emphasize quantity. They then mix with smaller amounts of other juices to get the right taste. An advantage of the lemon stock is rapid growth, it being more vigorous than other stock. However, this also results in poor taste. If there is no danger of freeze or frost, Citrus macrophylla does very well in extremely warm climates, but the fruit it produces is just medium quality. - Millet (708-) |
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hydrobell Citruholic
Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 42 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Tue 22 Feb, 2011 12:01 am |
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The Meyer lemon is relatively sweet. Can it be used as a suitable rootstock for satsumas/mandarins?
Is there any compatibility issues with using Meyer rootstock? |
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pagnr Citrus Guru
Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 407 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed 23 Feb, 2011 6:54 pm |
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If you mean Myer Lemon seedling rootstocks, they can be fairly variable from seed, unlike commonly used rootstocks which are highly uniform.
You may find them more interesting to keep, as some variants are highly interesting. |
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hydrobell Citruholic
Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 42 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Wed 23 Feb, 2011 6:59 pm |
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My plan is to topwork a large Meyer lemon into a multi-satsuma/mandarin tree. _________________ Clayton
Northwest Houston, Texas
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hydrobell Citruholic
Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 42 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Thu 24 Feb, 2011 7:16 pm |
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When I was at the Citrus Center in Weslaco, I picked up some fallen fruit from what my guide called a "Trifoliate Hybrid". It turns out that it was the 'Bitters Citrange', which according to some, may replace sour orange in the Rio Grande Valley as the rootstock of choice.
Does anyone have any experience with this rootstock? I planted about 20 seeds when I got home. _________________ Clayton
Northwest Houston, Texas
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David. Citruholic
Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 400 Location: San Benito , Texas
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Posted: Thu 24 Feb, 2011 7:29 pm |
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If it's what I'm thinking it's called c-22. _________________ South Texas gardener |
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hydrobell Citruholic
Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 42 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Thu 24 Feb, 2011 7:31 pm |
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That's correct. (see previous post subject) _________________ Clayton
Northwest Houston, Texas
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