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- From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
- To: "mrtejas@lycos.com, North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:27:17 -0700
Title: Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus Bob Duncan in B.C., a member of the B.C. Fruit Testers, has gone one better. He has a dwarf citrus orchard in the ground, inside an unheated greenhouse. He gets quantities of citrus you wouldn't believe. He grafts everything on P. trifoliata, but high up on the trunk.
-Lon Rombough
Your citrus dwarfing rootstock is flying dragon trifoliate. It is only slightly dwarfing. You can see pictures of a pink grapefruit on trifoliate(25feet) and flying dragon trifoliate(8 feet) on my web site. Both trees are about 10 years old. I haven't found flying dragon to be very dwarfing. I have 4 satsuma trees that are 4 years old. The one on flying dragon is as big as the 3 others on trifoliate. All are about 6 feet tall. They are in the ground outside. Flying dragon rootstock bears excellent fruit and bears early.
I would recommend for your potted citrus a potting mix of 50% washed sand and the rest can be store bought potting mix. I have killed many potted citrus in 100% commercial potting mix because it doesn't drain well enough. But it sometimes rains here 6 inches in a day and 24" in a week!
SE Texas near Houston z8b/9a but 9b since 1989
http://members.fortunecity.com/pjsauber/
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[NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
gorgon zolla, 10/24/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus, list, 10/24/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
philip sauber, 10/24/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus, Lon J. Rombough, 10/24/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
Kristina & Bruce, 10/26/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus, Hector Black, 10/27/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
Kristina & Bruce, 10/26/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
Lucky Pittman, 10/27/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
Richard O'Barr, 10/27/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
rob hamilton, 10/27/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus, Lucky Pittman, 10/27/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus, Lucky Pittman, 10/27/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
rob hamilton, 10/27/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
Richard O'Barr, 10/27/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
Lucky Pittman, 10/27/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; dwarf citrus,
philip sauber, 10/27/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Potted culture; pinaapple guava, Mike Levine, 10/28/2003
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