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  • From: David W Hausmann <wizard2468@juno.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] indoor citrus
  • Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:22:40 -0600

'Ello, All!
I am also interested in indoor citrus, but I like everything as
sweet as possible, so are there any really sweet possibilities?
Also, I don't think it is a citrus, but I actually put some
pomegranate seeds in a terrarium and one survived in a western window
until I think I overwatered it.

Wizard
Saint Louis, Missouri


On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:56:49 -0500 "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
writes:
> 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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