Are Tangerine seeds true to seeds? If they are is it worth planting them? What I'm getting at is does it take years for the tree to fruit? Thanks

I think some of them are and some of them aren't depending on which tangerine they come from. They will take around 5 years to fruit if they are given the right care. Even if they are not true to type, they will fruit. And it will be a completely new type of citrus. But it could be of a much lower quality.

If you want to plant something from seed and have fruit sooner, go for key limes. The fruit in around 2 years.

All mandarins (tangerines) come true to type except the varieties King and Clementine. Actually, if you have a greenhouse that is kept warm (70 F+) year around, so that the tree continues to grow 12 months of the year, you could get a mandarin to fruit in 2.5 to 3 years time. - Millet

Hey thanks guy's for the quick replies I know Millet had stated this in a post somewhere but I figured this would be quicker. I don't know what type of Tangerine it is but the sticker says "Florida Sunburst 4449". I do have a greenroom. or sun room. It has all my citrus in there now. I maintain a temperature of at least 70 all winter. With pretty good sun exposure. I enclosed my front porch. I used sliding glass door inserts, which are a standard size. I think they were 80 bucks apiece. Has worked out nice. And cheap. Back to the seeds, do I scratch them and plant now? Or let them dry then plant?

The PLU code says: "Tangerine  Sunburst"


Don't let your seeds dry, plant them now.

You got it! As soon as I get home tonight. I'm working right now. Well a little goofing off. But I'm the boss, so a little here and there is ok.

I have an in ground Marisol Clementine tree planted inside my greenhouse. Even though a greenhouse tree receives a lot of light, I still gave the tree extra light from sundown until 10:00 PM at night. This gave the tree 15 hours of light throughout the winter. I also put a extra large heating mat on the soil surface, and covered the mat with insulation to keep the heat in. This kept the tree's root zone at 80F all through the cold Colorado winter. By doing all of the above, the tree had 5 growth flushes each year. I with held all fruit for the first three years, then on the fourth year (this year) I let the tree bloom and fruit for the first time. It produced a 100+- fruit. Being a young tree, the fruit was not quite as sweet as an older tree would produce. I thought they were great, and ate them, my wife thought they were still a little too sour and ate just enough to make me feel good. - Millet