sorry about the bad spelling im dyslexia and have a hard time posting ...
i live in Michigan (zip 49444 ) and have two trees i grew from seed there 5 years old ..
wood like to try grafting a mandarins as well as a seedless kumquat to them my want to try other as well let me no if you can help me out ..
thank for your time ...
swimmingfree

If you have never grafted, go to the "Tutorials Grafting and Budding" section of this forum. There you will find the various methods of grafting & budding. The tutorials will give you all the basic methods of grafting, and procedures to be successful. If you feel intimidated about practicing on your citrus trees, you can practice on any tree or bush on your property. - Millet

i have read your stuff on here as well as a lot of youtub vid just need some good stuff to bud grafted on to my root stock ...
swimmingfree

kind you tell what kind of tree these are by the leaves i think there lemons but my be grapefruit...

tree 1


tree 2


heres my lemon tree..
thank for your time
swimmingfree

The first one looks like a yuzu to me, although it may be something else... The second one should be a grapefruit or its close relative, hybrid. Btw, do I see a paintbrush stuck into the soil? I have pretty much the same one, which I use in the lack of bees.

Take care,
Igor

your right im the bees back up ..lol.. thank for the input ... all help is grate help ...
swimmingfree

why have i not been offer some cutting to graft to my root stock????
swimmingfree

We have MANY members on this forum with cuttings that they can share with other members of this forum. Not a single person offered to help this member. I offered him the cuttings that I could give. How about a little help from our long time members to others?? - Millet

thank for thee help i have no ideal what kind to ask for i live in Michigan so the only citrus i see is the stuff in the stores ...
thank you millet for your help

swimmingfree

swimmingfree, I would offer you cuttings, but those of us in "citrus" states are under quarantines, so we cannot ship out any citrus products. Just wanted to mention that, so you didn't think all of us were ignoring your request We do, however, have many forum members why live outside the citrus states under quarantine (like Millet), who can provide some nice budwood for you. also, don't forget about UC Riverside's CCPP program, too. The budwood isn't very expensive, and this is also an option, epecially if you're looking for a specific cultivar that none of our forum members have offered up.

The first thing to do, is read up on propagation. Certain types of citrus are not compatable with others. Figure out what you want to graft & make a list...

Laaz
i did read some on here about grafting need to read more there lot to read on the net i no not ever thing you read on the net is right .... as for my root stock im useing a tree a started from seed (photo above ) so with out knowing the true root stock all i can do is try a graft to it and hope it take... im going to try what ever you guy think is is a good fruit just no grape fruit i feel thev tree wood need to be to big .... cuties citrus which is a mandarins or Clementine i think wood be nice to have ii if i get anuff bud wood in going to try grow one on its roots...
thank all you guy for your input
swimmingfree

getting some cutting next week order some grafting tape and getting some alcohol to clean the tools is there inn thing else i need ?????
after grafting going to move the tree to the north side of the house till new sprouts show up ... here the tree i,m going to graft to what kind of graft wood you guys do to the tree .... hoping to put 3 or 4 graft of each on this tree
thank for your time ...
swimmingfree

hay guys will Flying Dragon root from cutting ??? if so dose inny body have some thay can send me???? ill pay for shipping
swimmingfree

Flying dragon does not root very easy. Lemons & citrons are the easiest to root.