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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

I germinated a clemintine seed a couple of years ago.  It grows very  
slowly in a terra cotta pot.  It is only about 8" tall after 2 years.   
Spends the entire summer outside in the full sun, and the winter in a  
sunny window.

I do not think it will ever bear fruit.  Do they allow clemintines in the  
US?

About the size of a tangerine, easy to peal, and about 1 in 10 will have a  
seed or two in it.  Very sweet eating too.

I guess they are a finicky fruit trees, and are economical to grow in  
Spain which has the climate they need.

http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC030278/clemintine.html

It fuels my fruit experimenting during the winter.  I just put the seed in  
a baggie with a damp paper towel and put it atop the fridge.  When a root  
appeared, I planted it in soil.

But as I said, I never expect fruit.

Later,
Tom


On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:31:17 -0500, Pat Meadows <pat@containerseeds.com>  
wrote:

> On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:38:10 -0800, you wrote:
>
> > There are dwarfing rootstocks that can control plant size.  Citrus are
> > commonly grown and sold in containers in Southern California, but the
> > long term growing of citrus in even a 15 gallon container will involve
> > root pruning and repotting and a sun room or greenhouse.
>
> I'm not sure you'd need an actual sun room or greenhouse.
>
> I've grown citrus trees indoors (in the north) fairly long
> term (five years or so), and they bore fruit.  They were in
> front of a large bay window.  But you wouldn't have called
> it a sun room.
>
> Pat



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