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["Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch_mnd@dataone.in>]

Dear young fruit lover,

Citrus fruits are propagated by budding.  The budded plants come into 
bearing much earlier than the seedlings.  Then the budded plants are also 
less thorny and easier to handle.

In my opinion, you should let you seedling grow for one year and then take 
buds from it for budding it on rootstock that has been found good for your 
area.  Get advice from some local expert.

Best of luck.

Chiranjit Parmar
India
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Sherman" <brazoshomestead@gmail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:21 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] How do I hasten results from cross pollination?


> Hi to all,
>
> I'd like to cross pollinate two varieties of citrus trees. Once these
> trees bear fruit, I'll plant the seeds from this fruit in order to see
> the results of the cross pollination, but is there any way to see
> results faster than waiting many years to see fruit from the
> seedlings? Could I graft a bud from the seedling onto mature rootstock
> and get results faster?
>
> In other words, is it the age of the scion or the rootstock that
> determines when the tree will produce fruit?
>
> THANK YOU!
>
> Josiah Sherman, age 16
> Central Texas, Zone 8
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