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Mon, Nov 8, 10 at 12:00
| I have a Calamondin citrus tree that I planted in January and it's doing great! It's covered with small orange fruit ready for picking. So here's my question, what do I do with the fruit. It's fairly sour, but very pretty. :-) The tree is a cross between a Mandarin & a Kumquat. Anyone familiar with it? |
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| I've heard its mainly used for cooking. A man at HD told me he cuts them in half and puts them inside the chicken and bakes it. |
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- Posted by grant_in_arizona USDA Z9 Scottsdale, (My Page) on Mon, Nov 8, 10 at 19:25
| Neat! I've had a variegated leaf one for quite a few years and would love to hear of a good way to use the fruit (I grow and use a ton of other citrus). I've sliced it in seltzer water and have used the rind in a pinch as a substitute for orange rind, but I'd love to hear more. They're fun trees for sure. Here is a pic of some foliage and fruit on mine last month (embedded and at the link below).
ps: I love that you call it calamondin citrus instead of the misnomer "orange". I may mimic you. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Grant's variegated calamondin
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- Posted by turtleman49 AZ (My Page) on Mon, Nov 8, 10 at 23:07
| I'd love some bud wood off that Grant.. |
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- Posted by az_pamperedchef 9 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 8, 10 at 23:49
| Very nice Grant! I read on the 'net that you can slice some up with cranberries for a nice sauce. I'm thinking of doing that for Thanksgiving. |
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- Posted by az_pamperedchef 9 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 9, 10 at 11:18
| Here's a photo of my Calamondin. Sorry it's sideways, but don't worry I didn't plant the tree sideways! It's about 4.5 ft tall. That is a lemon cucumber growing up the side.
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- Posted by grant_in_arizona USDA Z9 Scottsdale, (My Page) on Tue, Nov 9, 10 at 14:03
| Yours looks great! Nice and happy and totally full of fruit! It looks like it's not on a dwarfing rootstock? Very pretty either way. Hopefully you or someone reading along will find a good recipe for them. Turtle, just email me how to get you some bud wood and I'll see what I can do. Let me know the best time of year too. Take care, |
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- Posted by turtleman49 AZ (My Page) on Tue, Nov 9, 10 at 18:59
| With the shade houses and greenhouse I bud just about year around.. anytime you have your always welcome to come over and poke around, just call my cell phone before dropping by to make sure I'm here. |
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| This is my little 15 to 20 ft calamondin.I'm in deep south texas by the coast and the property came with 2 of these trees, this is the biggest and has over 100 fruits on it now,i also wanted to know what else i can make with this fruit.i make calamondinaid now, but any other sugestions would be great. Ivan |
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- Posted by darthtrader 10 SoCal (My Page) on Tue, Jan 15, 13 at 1:53
| Old thread, but no one's answered so I thought I would. My mom's Filipina and what's typically done is there is they make a lemonade type drink out of it. It's also used to zing up a savory dish, much like how we use lemon here to squirt on seafood. |
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