NEW Cold Hardy Citrus Hybrids & Grafts
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- With all the different seeds we're growing, we've inevitably stumbled across interesting variations, mutations, and unexpected hybrids!
Personally, I think Sacaton Citrumelo x Ten Degree Tangerine has a lot of potential to be a great tasting hybrid.
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Awesome discovering new varieties from those seedlings, get to naming them ✍️🌱👨🔬 soon
Time to brainstorm! I'm excited for the possibilities - we germinated some open pollinated Smith fig seeds too so we're hoping to have a whole line up of new fruit tree varieties in the future!
Doing some serious work over there
You bet! Investing a lot of hard work into our hardy citrus this year!
@@themulberries 💪
1 got some fruit from stan last December and noticed a lot of leaf variation in seedlings of Dunstan and sacaton. Also had nagumi qumquat seeds and one grew All trifoalate leaves
That could end up being really Cold Hardy
That sounds very cool! Grow them out to fruiting age and you may have some very worthwhile hybrids!
Cool, I like the variegated .. I will be growing out the X-639 and Rich 16-6 seedlings I recently received from your online store. Also growing out a US-852 seedling from McKenzie Farms and a US-942 tree from Madison Citrus Nursery
That sounds like a great assortment already! What is your growing zone? Happy to have added to your collection, and thank you for your business 🙏
@@themulberries I am in NC zone 8a, halfway between Raleigh and Fayetteville
@@tdhomestead That's perfect, all those varieties should sail through our mostly milder Winters.
Very cool! I’m learning a lot from your videos. Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks Brian! Happy to share whatever knowledge we gain as we keep learning too!
Thanks for info, being in Canada it seems hard to get citrus by mail. I am building a zone 4b greenhouse in BC high desert soon. Wood heated of course and geothermal should be a good challenge.
That sounds awesome! I've seen greenhouses in colder zones that were sunken too to take advantage of the Earth's constant temperature during the Winter. There may be hope for you this coming Winter, we are looking to expand to selling hardy citrus seeds as well for those who are in quarantined states or even other countries like Canada!
@@themulberries Cool! LOL! If your going to keep an Airstream warm in winter I may as well attach a big greenhouse. My 6 year old trees are getting to big for the city greenhouse.
Really need citrus that is resistant to greening. (Huanglongbing) Unfortunately, I don't see the commercial citrus industry here in Florida making a comeback due to it and urban sprawl.
@@ryanmatthewcreel1617 Unfortunately I think you are right. There is maybe a chance for finger limes and their hybrids since they have resistance to greening, but I doubt they will ever reach the same scale.
This is fantastic! Cool to see how your seedlings are doing! I also have a few Sacaton that I grew out from Stan last fall. Some definitely have yuzu or clemyuz characteristics…the long slender leaves, sometimes new growth that is red in color-like yuzu though I never have seen that on my larger clemyuzu, and more unifoliate leaves that look very clemyuz like. Do you fertilize your seedlings? Mine have slowed growth but they might just be pot bound
It seems that Stan's Sacaton citrumelo is great for supplying open pollinated hybrids! Once I saw how the ten degree tangerine seedlings were growing trifoliate as well, I confirmed they must be cross-pollinating.
Typically I like fertilizing with Jack's citrus fertilizer, or more recently, their 25-5-15 liquid fertilizer (diluted 50%). However the seedlings in our bed this year are being grown in Soil3 Veggie Mix which has been surprisingly effective and hasn't needed any supplemental nutrition! The air prune bed also helps with oxygenating the soil and pruning the roots so they don't become bound. Our larger citrus trees that are fruiting are growing in fabric pots with 50/50 top soil and compost and loving it.
Awesome, I think I might have to check out some of the soil mixes and fertilizers!
So the 10 degree tangerine, does that mean it can tolerate 10 degree cold? Not suitable for zone 5?
Yes they have been confirmed to survive as low as 8°F, so not enough for zone 5. Your best bet is trifoliate orange which might still die to the ground and resprout after a very cold Winter.
We're are you guys located?
We are in central North Carolina zone 7b/8a.