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| Someone tried to tell me that I can grow a kumquat tree from seed and have fruit in one year, is this outrageous or am I crazy?
Also will Kumquat seed from a store bought fruit produce a fruiting tree/bush? Thank you very much for any help |
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| It's my understanding that kumquat does very poorly on its own root stock and will not fair well for very long. Like most citrus crops, they are grafted onto a preferred root stock. |
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| It is outrageous, and you're crazy if you believe it! Any citrus seed will, if well grown, eventually produce a fruiting tree. But it can take up to ten to fifteen years. Some varieties in ideal conditions, if you're lucky, may fruit in as short as around five years. |
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- Posted by poncirusguy none (My Page) on Sat, Jan 19, 13 at 17:06
| That is simply not possible. My meiwa kumquat tree is 10 months old from seed. They grow slowly. I am growing mine under perfect conditions IE 90 deg f, 16 hours light 70% humidity, and High grade compost an coarse sand. see pics |
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- Posted by poncirusguy none (My Page) on Sat, Jan 19, 13 at 17:27
| That is simply not possible. My meiwa kumquat tree is 10 months old from seed. They grow slowly. I am growing mine under perfect conditions IE 90 deg f, 16 hours light 70% humidity, and High grade compost an coarse sand. see pics |
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- Posted by poncirusguy none (My Page) on Sat, Jan 19, 13 at 17:29
| That is simply not possible. My meiwa kumquat tree is 10 months old from seed. They grow slowly. I am growing mine under perfect conditions IE 90 deg f, 16 hours light 70% humidity, and High grade compost an coarse sand. see pics |
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| From what I understand key limes will produce in a just a few years 2-3 I believe. That's the fastest I've seen. Mike |
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| From what I understand key limes will produce in a just a few years 2-3 I believe. That's the fastest I've seen. Mike |
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| "But it can take up to ten to fifteen years. Some varieties in ideal conditions, if you're lucky, may fruit in as short as around five years." Don't know much about Kumquats, but Key Limes will regularly fruit at 2 years old (from seed) and there are several strains of Trifoliata that flower and fruit around the 1 year mark. |
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- Posted by poncirusguy none (My Page) on Sun, Jan 20, 13 at 12:57
| I Got 2 questions for anyone who knows. Since citrus does not flower until set number of vertical leaf nodes and when that is reached it sends a message though out the tree it is safe to flower and the tree does so. Could I grow a key lime from seed and when it flowers I could graft it to my kumquat tree so that the safe to flower signal is sent though out my kumquat tree. This could greatly decrease the time the kumquat tree would take to flower. The key lime twig would then die at frost leaving me with a fruiting kumquat tree. My Meiwa tree is just finishing up its growth spurt and I want to now promote root growth. I am currently using 5300 kelvin light. should I use a different temperature rated bulbs. No new pics but if you click on the picture on my last entry, it should open up my Photobucket slide show. Thanks |
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| Never say never. I planted a ponderosa lemon seedling about a year ago and it has flowered and set fruit. And I even headed it to make it branch since I wanted to keep it compact. So it certainly doesn't have a large number of nodes. I have since cut the fruit off since the poor tree has maybe 30 leaves and trying to produce a lemon is impossible at this stage, of course. |
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- Posted by foolishpleasure 7b (My Page) on Mon, Jan 21, 13 at 14:10
| I have a question but don't laugh what is kumquant/ how the fruits lokk like? Another question does any one ever heard about a fruit tree called Hana Gosho I think it has another name called royal flower. It supposed to an Italian cultivar the fruit is reddish yellow and look beautiful but I never tasted it. I am thinking to plant one of this tree and I want to know if it is best suited in the garden or into a pot. I can buy 3 gallons tree from a nursery but wondering if it will survive in my climate. (cold) |
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- Posted by poncirusguy none (My Page) on Mon, Jan 21, 13 at 19:39
| Hi foolishpleasure A kumquat is an orange like fruit that is about 1 inch to 1.5 inches in size. the biggest difference is the kumquat has a sweet peal that you eat along with its flesh. The two kumquats seen at grocery stores are the tart flesh Nagami and the sweet flesh Meiwa. I am growing the Meiwa and I just started some Nagami from seed. People who live north of zone 9 should consider a grafted tree on Poncirus Trifoliata. or if north of zone 8b use flying dragon in a container to be brought inside during cold snaps. I plan to use 55 gallon drums. There is a lot more info if you internet search "What is a kumquat"Than I can begin to tell you hear. The reason I am growing from seed is because I live on a shoe string budget and I cannot afford live trees. See Picture. Kumquats are the best choice because the fruits can be store on the tree for months as live storage, They ripen all winter when my other trees are bare, Its fruit provides a nutrition over other citrus as the peel is also eaten, and kumquat are out of my price range at $6/lb. I can get other citrus for $1/lb at the grocery, so why grow citrus. Plus Kumquats taste good and make no mess. If money is not a problem get a grafted tree on flying dragon for a container tree. You can get one on flying dragon on Ebay listed by mgmg9495. Any other citrus does well from seed but kumquats. If I had known this I would not have started mine. Now that I have it I will work with mine as a hobby as long as it is alive. As for a Hana Gosho, I believe It is a type of persimmon, Ediblelandescping.com caries them. I have never tasted one. Good luck Steve |
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- Posted by foolishpleasure 7B (My Page) on Tue, Jan 22, 13 at 0:41
| Thanks steve it sound like a good fruit I look into it. As for Hana Gosho I like it because I was told it does not need winter protection in my zone. I have 4 Citrus trees and I spend a lot of time caring for it. Rolling it out in the morning that if it sunny and rolling it back in the evening. Abe |
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- Posted by poncirusguy none (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 22:12
| My Meiwa kumquat tree is now 11 months old and is setting its final leaves in its last growth spurt. The tree is now 17.5 in tall with branches + branch-lets totaling 13 in in length for a total of 30.5 inches. The roots had just hit the bottom of its clear plastic, 4 in diameter by 6 in deep pickle jar. I transplanted it into 6 inch diameter by 12 in deep translucent bottom container. click on picture to see all the Meiwa pictures in photo bucket.
To see the equipment and a description of how it's used to grow the kumquat trees click on the picture below.
The end result is. |
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| Grapefruit can take up to 10 to 15 years to produce fruit. (I know 2 people who have tried it and waited 15 years with nothing to show for it). Oranges, mandarins, clementines, can take 8 or so. I think the kumquats wont' take nearly that long, since the trees are much smaller. |
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- Posted by poncirusguy none (My Page) on Sat, Mar 2, 13 at 14:18
| HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEIWA HAPPY BIRDAY TO MEIWA HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEIWA KUMQUAT TREE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO M E I W A Yup! The Meiwa kumquat tree is one "1" Year old!
click on the uncropped picture above |
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- Posted by poncirusguy none (My Page) on Sat, Mar 2, 13 at 14:21
| I forgot to note that there are no flowers or fruit on the 1 year old Meiwa tree |
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