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[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi All,

All this talk about citrus got me thinking, and I remembered a citrus seed 
that I took from a
clementine (or a tangerine) about 60 days ago.  I rinsed it, wrapped it in 
damp paper towels and
put the whole thing in plastic bag, sitting it on the back of the stove 
shelf.  Then I promptly
forgot about it till these recent posts.

Good thing too, as that little seed need soil.  The root was about 3/4" long 
and the first leaves
were beginning to push.

I know it will never be more than an ornamental house plant, but I like to 
have my kids watch
things grow.

It is funny...  no matter how many times you promise yourself that you will 
not forget the
variety of something, you always do, unless you label things carefully.

redherring@tnaccess.com wrote:

> Citrus hate the heat and dry air indoors in winter.  I have simply put a
> plastic bag over mine before to try to keep a bit of humidity trapped in
> with it.  But the best my citrus trees ever did in winter was when we lived
> in a house that was in a dreadful state of disrepair, the owner was simply
> waiting to sell the lot which had been rezoned for biz.  There was a back
> bathroom with a roof that leaked and the heat really didn't get to it very
> well.  My citrus looked beautiful all winter in there.  Right now I have a
> Meyer lemon at the top of an unheated stairwell at our office, the temps
> have been down around zero and I guess the stairwell must have come close to
> freezing, and the lemon looks much better than it would have if it had been
> in a well heated room.  Unfortunately the kumquat just inside the door at
> the bottom of the stairs seems to have gotten a bit too cold, the sour
> orange part of the plant (a poor graft, and no I didn't do it) has dried up.
> But maybe that was someone forgetting to water it while we were gone.  The
> kumquat part looks fine though, and that part should be some 5 or more
> degrees hardier.  Donna
>
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