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["Harrick, Barbara" <b.harrick@ilslaunch.com>]

Hi Josiah and all. I have several mandarin oranges and a Meyers lemon in
pots (here in Northern Virginia)that stay in their pots (unlike Ginda).
I put them on the porch in the warm months and bring inside for the
cold.  I believe they are all on trifoliate rootstock. Every couple of
years, I pull them out of the pots, trim back roots and top of plants,
add new soil and right back I the same pot. My oldest mandarin is about
7 years old.

I don't know about nurseries in Texas, but this link to a nursery in CA
has some really good info about growing citrus in pots.
http://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/

Also, have you talked to your local Cooperation Extension folks--they
will have lots of info for your area. Their citrus webpage is:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/citrus/

Barbara Harrick

Barbara Harrick
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:55:40 -0500
From: Linda Sherman <brazoshomestead@gmail.com>
Subject: [NAFEX] Citrus Trees in Pots? & Texas Citrus on Trifoliate
        Rootstock
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Hi to everyone,

Does anyone have experience keeping citrus trees with trifoliate  
rootstock in a pot? I'm too far north to plant my citrus in the  
ground. They are potted so I can move them into the greenhouse for the  
winter. I know flying dragon is preferred for pot planting, but wonder  
if anyone has had success with trifoliate.

Also, I am looking for a good source (in Texas) to purchase citrus  
trees on trifoliate and flying dragon rootstock and trifoliate crosses.

Thanks!

Josiah Sherman (age 16)
Central Texas
Zone 8