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["Bassem Samaan" <bassem@gardener.com>]

Ginda,
Your potted meyer is grafted on Trifoliate Orange. It usually has 3 leaves (hence the name Trifoliata). Trifoliate orange is hardy in your area. If you like, you can cut off the peice of the rootstock, and root it. Cuttings of trifoliate orange take about one year to take.

Bass
zone 6, pa

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ginda Fisher"
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] rootstock under meyers lemon
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:25:26 -0400


My potted meyers lemon has a sprout from below the graft. It looks
completely different: the leaf is long and has three leaflets, and the
stem has more, thinner spikes.

I plan to remove it, but I'm curious what it might be. Any guesses?

The plant is hardy to about 20F, and the mature bark on the stock looks
just like the mature bark on the lemon.
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Ginda
eastern mass. Zone 6
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