Attached clipping on mandarin

10 years ago

I everybody I need your help . Has anybody out there tried growing a clipping that was attached to any kind of citrus fruit and how did it work out for you ? A couple of weeks ago I was in the supermarket and there was a sign that said clementines from Spain they had these beautiful green clippings attached to them . I ended up buying 6 of them for a total of $ 1.50 they were on sale . I brought them home and removed the clipping and made a fresh cut on the stem then dipped them in rooting hormone and voila one of them I think took . I see a small leaf coming from we're the very last leaf fell . The other stems look still green but no leafs . I watched a video on growing cuttings with a plastic bag over the pot with an elastic around the bottom of the pot to keep the humidity in . It worked I hope because it was an extremely if not the best mandarin I have ever tasted. I just kind of wish I knew what type it was because I have tasted clementines before and definitely to me did not taste like that. To me it tasted like a cross between the old fashioned dancy and a honey mandarin . Is there such a cross? I am really excited . I just hope it makes it . Here is a picture of fruit and leaves. Fruit has a reddish orange skin and the leaves to me do not look like clementine leaves . I have a nules clementine and the leaves are very narrow. Any help would be appreciated in the identification and I am really curious if anybody else has tried this . Thank you

P.s they are extremely juicy an they peel easily and have no seeds.

Brian

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orangelime1
Original Author
10 years ago
Update I found a old flyer last night and it said the fruit was a nadocortt. I have to agree the description was the exact same as what I experienced the fruit colour , taste and smell . Even the leaves smell exactly like the fruit simply delicious. I really hope it survives .

BRIAN
BarbJP 15-16/9B CA Bay Area
10 years ago
Very cool! I never seem to get anything to root, so I'm impressed! Much better idea than planting a seed, (and as it's seedless, that's be tough to do, lol) Hopefully others who have grown cutting successfully will post for you.
Please share pics as it grows. Congrats!
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orangelime1
Original Author
10 years ago
Thx BarbJP it is very cool I am still in disbelief I always thought they were dead surprise. I would love to take a picture now but the plastic over them is so fogged up from the humidity the picture doesn't turn out well.I am also worried to take the plastic off to pick up the dead leaves I just don't want to disturb anything . I don't want to lose them the fruit are really delicious . I just hope they don't rot . The one that is showing signs of growth is about 5 inches long . You just have to love citrus there is always a surprise around every corner . Love it.

Brian
serge94501
10 years ago
This is the first I've heard of anyone trying to root a supermarket cutting (though I am sure someone has done it...)

Please keep us updated - very cool!
orangelime1
Original Author
10 years ago
Serge94501 I tried once in the past many years ago and it did not work . When I saw these beautiful fruit with their beautiful green stems I said to myself I have to give this a try . These stems were so green and healthy looking as if they were just cut . I kind of wish I never started this I am so nervous now that it might end up dying . Time will tell.

Brian
orangelime1
Original Author
10 years ago
Barb here is a picture if you look at the top of the branch you will see the growth , you will really have to zoom in the picture to see it . I am not sure if it will survive the branch is brown right right above it . If nothing it was a fun experiment . That's what it's all about.

Brian
hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
9 years ago
Well done, will cross my fingers for you it continues to grow. Very nice!

Patty S.
orangelime1
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks Patty always nice hearing from you. Hoping that mother nature is kind to you this summer I know you guys need lots of rain. Fingers and toes crossed .

Brian