Great tour of your citrus trees, Mike. It's great to see most of your trees are in excellent health after the winter. It's fantastic to see that your Yuzu made it through the winter outside with no protection this year! I am planning to eventually plant one in my garden, I may use the one I propagated myself onto Poncirus or a rooted cutting from my tree, as I'm not sure what rootstock my main plant is on.
Thanks Peter. Your idea of growing inground using one of your Yuzu propagated onto Poncirus or a rooted cutting from your tree is an experiment worth making.
Yes Brett, I got used to growing the citrus on a bit of autopilot in the orangery, so I forgot about take off the fruits. I tasted a few back in February but it was not very sweet. I thought I would leave them on in the hope that they would sweeten up, but of course there was no sun to help with that 😆. I will be be doing some taste testing later on this week, so I will report back.
Wonderful video , Mike. So many amazing citrus plants you have. I really enjoyed taking us on a tour. Great to know that Meyer Lemon does so well on Poncirus rootstock. I have a Meyer and also many P.trifoliate so I look forward to doing a bit of grafting with them. Thanks for the update. 👍🏽
Meyer Lemon is known to be a drama queen. Grafted Meyer on trifoliate is hard to find, mostly rooted cuttings. I highly recommend grating it. Much less drama and more fruit. 😊
@@samMTL514 Thanks for the info, Sam ... I'm quite excited to try grafting it now 👍🏽 I hear Eureka Lemon does not like a Poncirus trilfoliate rootstock. Evidently this isn't the case with Meyer Lemon.
Thanks Dominic. I have about half a dozen Poncirus that I bought from Victoriana nursery that I will be using to practice developing my grafting skills.
@@MoebiusUK I have Eureka Lemon - Allen on C-35 rootstock. It’s two years old and fruited x4 lemons last year. It’s now flowering but it’s recovering from spider mites. I live in Canada, it’s cold and lots of rain in spring and fall. I always found trifoliate roots provide more protection again wet / cold conditions.
Dana, The plants are not in a Nursery pot. It is pot tray that I have placed around the trunk of the plant To remember to water beyond the edge of the tray and not directly on the trunk.
Hi Sam, the yuzu has survived in my garden without protection to around -8C for a short period of time, but -6C for longer during the winter of 2022-2023. The rootstock started to fail but survived with damage due to covering the rootstock with foam pipe sleeving and covering the container to guard against rain, frost and snow. There were reports of many grafted yuzu tree failures over the winter of 2022-2023 in the UK because growers were being supplied plants with rootstock that could not survive under the prevailing conditions. There were plants supplied as Yuzu (Conservatory) on a vigorous (C. macrophylla) rootstock, more suitable for indoor/conservatory growing, although they will tolerate short periods down to -3C. There were others called Yuzu (Garden) where the yuzu scion was on a Flying Dragon dwarfing rootstock, increasing their hardiness and making them suitable for garden culture and tolerating temperatures down to -10C for short periods. I searched to get a yuzu on Poncirus trifoliata rootstock, because I figured that was the best combination for growing outdoor in the UK.
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What a lovely Citrus tour. All your plants are doing so incredibly well!
Thank you so much.
Great tour of your citrus trees, Mike. It's great to see most of your trees are in excellent health after the winter. It's fantastic to see that your Yuzu made it through the winter outside with no protection this year! I am planning to eventually plant one in my garden, I may use the one I propagated myself onto Poncirus or a rooted cutting from my tree, as I'm not sure what rootstock my main plant is on.
Thanks Peter. Your idea of growing inground using one of your Yuzu propagated onto Poncirus or a rooted cutting from your tree is an experiment worth making.
Nice citrus collection
Thank you
Fabulous citrus tour Mike, shame you left the satsumas a bit too long, they definitely look a bit overripe now 😁
Yes Brett, I got used to growing the citrus on a bit of autopilot in the orangery, so I forgot about take off the fruits. I tasted a few back in February but it was not very sweet. I thought I would leave them on in the hope that they would sweeten up, but of course there was no sun to help with that 😆. I will be be doing some taste testing later on this week, so I will report back.
Wonderful video , Mike. So many amazing citrus plants you have. I really enjoyed taking us on a tour.
Great to know that Meyer Lemon does so well on Poncirus rootstock. I have a Meyer and also many P.trifoliate so I look forward to doing a bit of grafting with them.
Thanks for the update. 👍🏽
Meyer Lemon is known to be a drama queen. Grafted Meyer on trifoliate is hard to find, mostly rooted cuttings. I highly recommend grating it. Much less drama and more fruit. 😊
@@samMTL514 Thanks for the info, Sam ... I'm quite excited to try grafting it now 👍🏽
I hear Eureka Lemon does not like a Poncirus trilfoliate rootstock. Evidently this isn't the case with Meyer Lemon.
Thanks Dominic. I have about half a dozen Poncirus that I bought from Victoriana nursery that I will be using to practice developing my grafting skills.
@@myexoticfoodplants6727 That's good to hear. ... You can also try and root any of the Poncirus off-cuts to create more plants.
@@MoebiusUK I have Eureka Lemon - Allen on C-35 rootstock. It’s two years old and fruited x4 lemons last year. It’s now flowering but it’s recovering from spider mites.
I live in Canada, it’s cold and lots of rain in spring and fall. I always found trifoliate roots provide more protection again wet / cold conditions.
Why the citruses are in the nursery pots?
Dana, The plants are not in a Nursery pot. It is pot tray that I have placed around the trunk of the plant To remember to water beyond the edge of the tray and not directly on the trunk.
what do you feed your trees and how often? impressive.where in uk are you?
Hi Nahidkabir, I use ELIXIR SOLUBLE CITRUS FEED, Chicken poo pellets and a foliar feed from time to time with Epson salts.
Hi Nahidkabir, I use ELIXIR SOLUBLE CITRUS FEED, Chicken poo pellets and a foliar feed from time to time with Epson salts.
@@myexoticfoodplants6727 thank you for replying.
@@nahidkabir My pleasure and thanks for subscribing.
I just got a Yuzu tree. But mine is a rooted cutting, not grafted.
What is the lowest temp did the Yuzu survived outdoor without any protection?
Hi Sam, the yuzu has survived in my garden without protection to around -8C for a short period of time, but -6C for longer during the winter of 2022-2023. The rootstock started to fail but survived with damage due to covering the rootstock with foam pipe sleeving and covering the container to guard against rain, frost and snow. There were reports of many grafted yuzu tree failures over the winter of 2022-2023 in the UK because growers were being supplied plants with rootstock that could not survive under the prevailing conditions. There were plants supplied as Yuzu (Conservatory) on a vigorous (C. macrophylla) rootstock, more suitable for indoor/conservatory growing, although they will tolerate short periods down to -3C. There were others called Yuzu (Garden) where the yuzu scion was on a Flying Dragon dwarfing rootstock, increasing their hardiness and making them suitable for garden culture and tolerating temperatures down to -10C for short periods. I searched to get a yuzu on Poncirus trifoliata rootstock, because I figured that was the best combination for growing outdoor in the UK.
@@myexoticfoodplants6727 thank you