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  • From: "philip sauber" <mrxtexas@lycos.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Potted citrus
  • Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 16:16:10 -0600

I'd like to know where there is low humidity in Texas where citrus will grow?
It is like a steam bath here near Houston all summer! Citrus from
California definately has thicker skin than from Florida or Texas. It also
has to do with variety. White grapefruit has thicker skin than pink or red.

I grow citrus from seed as well as grafting onto seed grown rootstock. The
price certainly is right (free) in comparison to a grafted tree for $25-$30.
I mostly give away the seedling trees. They tend to be tall, thorny, and
take a few to many more years to bear. Most come true from seed, most
mandarins except clementine. Satsuma certainly does. I've had them fruit in
1-3 years grown outside in the ground. An advantage of seedlings is that
they come true from the roots after being frozen out. I have a nice seedling
sour orange I grow for marmalaide that grew to 15 feet high in 3 years. As I
was budding bearing sour orange budwood on three branches to get fruit
faster, I noticed that the fourth branch was blooming! The seedling part is
quite thorny with thorns as long as 2 inches. I got budwood from the top of
a bearing tree and it has grown branches that are thornless.

A friend has a mature seedling kumquat in the ground that has thorns as big
as a 12 penny nail on the trunk and at the top is thornless!

I live in a place that has had zone 9b weather since 1989 (low of 25-30F).
However, in Christmas of that year, we had a zone 7b day(10F) that killed all
unprotected citrus. We are on the line between 8b/9a. Every 5 years or so
we get 18-20F for a few hours.
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On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 11:05:54
miekal and wrote:
>This is what I was thinking since these fruit were set outdoors, but
>they have been ripening indoors in a quite dry house since Oct 1. But
>I guess there are a lot of variables to consider.
>
>mIEKAL
>
>
>On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 10:56 AM, Richard O'Barr wrote:
>>
>> My observation of citrus from TX where the humidity is low seem
>> to run
>> with thicker skins than those from FL with a higher humidity. Just a
>> thought
>> there.
>> TG
>
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