Cool Josh!

I only wish I could grow citrus in the ground as he gets to..

Maybe they will grow...I wonder how long before it even fruits from a seedling to mature tree?

The fruit was ok?

I 'll bet this type of tree is pest free...

Did you ever find out what was chomping your tree? Is the problem over?

Thanks for posting these pictures..I love it..

Mike..:-)

Hey, Mike!
Jon (my Marine buddy) has a great yard for citrus!
We've loaded him up with peppers....now we need to get him some citrus.
He'll be leaving for Russia at the end of the month, but maybe a welcome
home citrus would be nice - he really likes the Buddha's Hand citron.....

The fruit on this tree was decent...especially when we dipped it in sugar!
I can tell that the mild, foamy rind (pith) will be perfect for candying.
It'll probably take years to produce a fruit, so I'll content myself with
this as a simple experiment.

As for my Blood Orange....the problem is over....
But I never found the culprit. Never heard a word from anyone else, either.
Must be beyond the typical citrus-grower's ken.

Josh

Hey, everyone!
Well, the seeds took longer than I thought to sprout...no doubt due to this intense heat.
I've kept them outside, beneath one of my bonsai benches on the north-east side of the house.

I am wondering when I should introduce these seedlings to more sun? Should I keep them shaded
for the first season? I'd rather have a tall, etoliated seedling from low light than a dead
seedling cooked from too much sun.

Josh

"Grapefruit, pomelo, citron, hybrid?"

I think so, all the pomelo seeds I've come across have been elongated (like pumpkin seeds) with a bulge in the middle like it doesn't belong.

As for sunlight, I have great results keeping them in areas of the house with bay windows to get them started. Later, they seem to grow better with afternoon sun rather than morning sun. Put them in an area with slight covering but exposure to wind to build stem strength. For example, I have a grape vines protruding from my deck. I place the plants near the border of the shadow cast by the vines. Thus, the pomelo's have mosaic sunlight leaking on them and when the wind blows, they get bursts of extra light.

This method had given me (3) 9 ft. pomelo trees, (7) pomelo bushes, (6) bonzai pomelos, (16) 6-inch sprouts, and (4) 22-inch adolescents.

Oro Blanco grapefruit or Melo gold graprefruit would be my guess as these are quite common around here.

It will take some years for the tree to fruit. Maybe even 10-15 years, I'm not sure.

What you could do, is once the seedlings are 1/4" - 3/8" thick, you could graft a fruiting branch from the mature tree onto it.

My thought on the citrus is either pomelo, or ponderosa lemon. or even a hybrid of the two.

Thanks, everyone!
Hopefully these pics will shine a little more light on the fruit in question....
When we hacked this fruit open, it, too, had seeds that were sprouting inside.

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Josh

I'm thinking that it is a rootstock, possibly Carrizo (spelling?) Orange. Mine looks like that. (My Washington Navel graft failed.) It makes wonderful candied peel, the best I've ever had.
Cath

A rootstock?
This tree has a single trunk. I think I'll have to take a pic next time I'm down.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Josh

Josh,
So does mine. And you're welcome.
Cath

Josh,
I am new to garden web. I did start growing citron or etrog from seeds from an etrog.
However, what inrigued me in your mail were the pictures. How did you add pictures?

I would like to add pictures to my posting.
Yehuda

Yehuda,
pictures must first be hosted online. I use photobucket because it's free and easy.
Once your image is online, you select the HTML code that begins with "Interestingly, I first learned of Citron from the movie Ushpizin. I hope to learn more from you!

Josh

It's been a battle...!
The raccoons have been digging up my seedlings for about a month now...
but I just keep re-planting them....Hopefully at least one will survive!

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Hi Josh,
They look good considering the battle they've been through!

I hope they survive too! I've heard what stinkers raccoons can be!

Sounds like you need some wire cages .

My mom covers young plants with old bird cages, bottom tray removed, to protect her stuff from bunnies.

Wonder if something like that would work for you?

Good luck, and keep us posted. :)

JoJo