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["Hector Black" <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

Hi Jim,
    My experience with calamondin and other citrus leads me to think that 
you may have to wait 8 years or longer for blooms on seedlings.  We usually 
bud them (chip bud onto Trifoliate orange) using mature wood from a bearing 
calamondin.  That speeds up the bearing considerably.  We've also seen 
cutting taken from mature wood start to bear much sooner.
  We put them out in summer.  They're wonderful plants to have - almost 
always in three stages at the same time - ripe fruit, green fruit and 
blossoms.  They have a periodic spurt of new growth and flowers.
  Hector Black, zone 6 middle TN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:41 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Calamondin question(s)


>    What can anyone tell me about growing Calamondins in pots.  Mine
> (seedlings) are 2-1/2 years old, about 30" tall and have doubled in size
> over the past few months.  Roots are coming out the bottom.  Their pots 
> hold
> about 2 quarts of soil.  I give them 1/4 teaspoon of 5-20-30 (includes
> micronutrients) per gallon of water, watering them once per one or two 
> weeks
> (depending upon my memory).
>    What an I doing?  What am I doing wrong?  When might they bloom?
> Anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
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