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Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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Sat, Apr 28, 12 at 13:46
| Just wanted to let everyone know that my Thomasville Citrangequat, grafted on trifoliate, now 10 years old and about 10-12 foot high, originally purchased from Stan McKenzie, has over 100 blooms on it and I just noted that fruit is set. I cannot wait for it to reach edible size. We had a really mild winter, which I am sure helped, but still it is amazing to me that this tree has survived, without ANY protection in our Zone 6a climate here and has seen a low of -3 degrees. It took forever, but finally there is success. |
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RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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He recommended against it for me but now I want to try it anyway :)
I would love to see photos! |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| That's so wonderful, will be fun to watch them grow through the season, fingers crossed for you! Keep us up to date! |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| Don't get your hopes up as to the fruit being edible. |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| Why was it grafted to the trifoliate? The T.C. is good on it's own roots.I am currently germinating T.C. seeds for future r/s use. If you use limes, you may be content substituting green T.C.s. If you can enjoy/endure citrus as sour as grapefruit, the T.C.s are milder when orange/ripe. Certainly not in the top 40, but the top 40 won't grow there.......Congrats on the patience and results...... |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| I will post pictures as soon as I can. I am not a good photographer so bear with me. My understanding is that it is grafted on trifoliate to increase hardiness and to shorten the time to bear(which it certainly has - to anyone contemplating getting one). Cuttings are fine, but they may take much longer to bear. BTW, Stan is a great guy if you are contemplating getting any hardy citrus. I harvested from pot culture, over 20 Satsumas from a tree I got from him (also grafted on Trifoliate). I will keep you all posted. |
How did it turn out?
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I'm curious how the fruit were. Did they get ripe? How was the taste?
(I have a citrangequat from McKenzie's too, but it is still young) |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| I also have a Thomasville from McKenzie. I kept it in a pot at first, but then stuck it in the ground (Maryland 7A). No protection at all. It fruited last year. I harvested the fruit and bit into a slice of one. Quite frankly, it tasted almost exactly like a lime. If someone gave it to me and told me it was some kind of lime, I would have believed it. I did not wretch, choke, foam at the mouth or turn green. I generally do not eat limes out of hand, so I made a pie out of them. I am no cook or baker and have no culinary skills to boast of. None the less, that pie was so good that it did not make it through the weekend. I should also mention that mine grows next to a Citrumelo and comes through the winter with much less damage. |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| Thanks so much for reporting this. How exciting! I've really wanted this plant ever since seeing a big one loaded with fruit at a garden in Athens, GA (8a). My last concern would be the taste, since I am not dissuaded by the comments of Mr. Texas, but I have to say that a wait of ten years will probably keep me from trying. I don't really understand why the so-called hardy citrus seem to take so long to fruit, as all the grafted citrus I've grown in containers went from spindly little things to fruiting in 2 years or less! |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| Hi fabaceae Zone 6B gives good growing conditions for 3 months of the year. They have a mediocre spring and fall growing time. Tree in containers however have good spring and fall as well as the 6 month through winter to grow roots if not leaves. The citrus trees in the ground do not the perfect soil or care that potted citrus tree are given. My citrus put on 2/3 of its growth starting 10-20-12, after bringing the tree in for the winter. The picture is of my Meiwa after 7 75 months from seed sprout. |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| This shows 4 months 1 week from 10-20-12 through the winter to 3-1-13. notice the differences in size |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| I don't really understand why the so-called hardy citrus seem to take so long to fruit, as all the grafted citrus I've grown in containers went from spindly little things to fruiting in 2 years or less! This is because citrus grown from seed have a very long juvenile period...up to ten years or more. Grapefruit (and their hybrids -- like citrumelo) seem to take especially long. Now if you were able to obtain a grafted hardy citrus (grafted from mature budwood), your hardy citrus should bloom in a year or two just like any other grafted citrus. |
RE: Thomasville Citrangequat Zone 6b SUCCESS
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| Just agreeing with Dave in Nova- grafted trees have a "mature" top. Many cold hardy citrus are grown from seed though, so they have to reach maturity the normal way- with time. I have some grafted satsuma mandarins that fruited at 2 foot tall, and I have a 7 foot tall trifoliate orange grown from seed that still hasn't flowered |
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