Hello. Sometimes the market is selling citrus fruit with leaves or leaves parts of the branch, and is it possible to tackle such a plant cutter? Possibly if you use rooting gel? Here where I live is hard to find a popular citrus varieties

It would be better to graft the stem to a root stock if possible. It would also be possible to root a stem and then graft or bud it to a root stock when one was available.

Yes, it's possible. I managed to root a couple of mandarins this way. It took some time though to look through the various fruit for ones with pieces of leafed stem long enough and fresh enough for rooting. It helped to have an understanding and cooperative produce person at the market.

Warning: Don't assume the material is pest free. The ones I rooted came with scale (as I later found out) even though I took the precaution of washing it before planting.

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I guess the branch will have to be very fresh for this to work. When I find citrus fruits with leaves at the market, they are already kinda dry. It probably won't work then...

I used rooting powder but gel should work just as well. Leafed stems are preferred but even those without would work if the stem itself looks fresh, not desiccated, and have enough nodes on them to produce both roots and leaves.

important thing is that I breathe the courage to try! as they say attempts do not count is an important outcome Another option is to order citrus trees online store, but delivery to Bulgaria cost me a lot, so I try to began thus some citrus varieties. Thank you for your attention

I have managed to T-bud from an unknown variety of Spanish mandarin using one of these twigs. However, it took several attempts before I had a successful result.
I think the trouble is that the twigs have often dried out. Also, the fruits are sprayed or dipped to provide a wax coating which makes them store better. It doesn't seem to help the viability of the cutting.
I am sure that export/import between citrus growing areas or countries will undergo further treatments to ensure insects and diseases are eliminated. This will also probably 'kill' any leaves and twigs.

It will take a lot of patience and a bit of luck to come upon fresh material.

citrange wrote:

Also, the fruits are sprayed or dipped to provide a wax coating which makes them store better.

That's true; I had forgotten about that.

I just ate a few mandarins (type unknown) that had 1 or 2 inches of twig on with leaves. I'll try to root them using the baggy method and see what happens.