Citrus Growers Forum

Boca_Joe · Posted: Fri 10 Jan, 2014 11:14 pm

I planted this 8" high RUSK seedling in mid summer. Left it completely unprotected, exposed to the wind and our 2 mornings of 3f and 7f. Looks great. One leaf fell off and that may have been physical damage. One tough little tree.

Boca Joe

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Tim MA z6 · Posted: Fri 10 Jan, 2014 11:47 pm

Nice test Joe. Did you have any other small citrus out?

What was your seed source? I received some Rusk seed from Todd last year.......I'll be planting them outside in spring. Great results.

How does your large Citrumelo look? Mine is wind protected and the leaves are blasted.

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Tim MA z6 · Posted: Sat 11 Jan, 2014 12:03 am

This year I gave a Citrumelo 'Swingle' seedling and a Citrange 'Rusk' seedling to a gardener just east of Philadelphia, PA.........and I know he planted both in late September. I'll check in with him to see how they are performing. It will be interesting to see if the Citrange performs better than the Citrumelo.

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Boca_Joe · Posted: Sat 11 Jan, 2014 12:20 am

Tim MA z6 wrote:

Nice test Joe. Did you have any other small citrus out?

What was your seed source? I received some Rusk seed from Todd last year.......I'll be planting them outside in spring. Great results.

How does your large Citrumelo look? Mine is wind protected and the leaves are blasted.

Tim,

My friend grew them from seeds given to him.He gave me a seedling that I planted.

The citrumelo looks a bit tattered. It's defoliated partially before no big deal, every bud pushed out new leaves.

Joe

Citradia · Posted: Sat 11 Jan, 2014 10:04 pm

I have some 1yr seedling dunstans and Ichang lemons that I've only covered with plastic buckets this winter up until the voted hit, and the dunstans actually defoliators and lost half the years growth, but the ichangs are green and leaves only drooped some.

Tim MA z6 · Posted: Sun 12 Jan, 2014 11:12 am

Nice test that Ichangs seem hardier than Dustan Citrumelo!

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ivica · Posted: Sun 12 Jan, 2014 11:56 am

I'm not sure which Citrumelo I have (Swingle ?),
but that variety performs as more cold hardy than Papeda (Ichangensis & Ichang L.) I have/had.

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bussone · Posted: Mon 13 Jan, 2014 9:18 pm

Tim MA z6 wrote:

This year I gave a Citrumelo 'Swingle' seedling and a Citrange 'Rusk' seedling to a gardener just east of Philadelphia, PA.

Is that a polite way of saying "Camden, NJ"?

Tim MA z6 · Posted: Tue 14 Jan, 2014 3:04 am

No........just that most people won't know the town of lawnside, NJ.....it's just east of Philly. Kinda like the Providence, RI weather station is really in Warwick, RI at the airport. People don't know Warwick so they call it Providence.

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bussone · Posted: Tue 14 Jan, 2014 5:32 pm

Tim MA z6 wrote:

No........just that most people won't know the town of lawnside, NJ.....it's just east of Philly. Kinda like the Providence, RI weather station is really in Warwick, RI at the airport. People don't know Warwick so they call it Providence.

The joke was more for the foreign audience here. You can't go east from Philadelphia without leaving the state. It's like describing Windsor (Ontario, Canada), as being "just southeast of Detroit (Michigan, United States)."