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[David W Hausmann <wizard2468@juno.com>]

'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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