Nice looking trees. Why the cage?

Keep me from stepping on it when I take care of the plants farther back.

I am off with friends for deep woods survival for the next week. Hope I come home alive

They are looking good Steve. Have fun on your deep woods survival week!

A Fukushu kumquat grafted on grapefruit seedling rootstock in 2014 (exactly 2 years ago). Graft point is painted white, the 5 leaves under the graft area are rootstock leaves (in fact the first ever 5 leaves of the rootstock).

This is the first flowering after grafting, and during winter it stayed in a warm room, without cold rest.

Pot is now 5 liter, made from polypropylene non-woven fabric.

Soil is generic potting soil + perlite + cheramzit + earthworms :D.

eSilviu I missed your post while I was gone. Your tree looks very nice. Now that I just saw your tree how did the fruit turn out and how is your tree today.

Seed grown Fukushu just un glassed for the winter

Seed grown Fukushu #1 that I gave to a friend has flowered.

Wow Steve! Great job and great gift to!!!! :-D Happy plant!

Beautiful tree, well done, Steve! Your friend must be very happy. How old is the tree?

The tree is just under 4 years I got the tree from Cory on 6-1-15.

The flower fell off but the tree has now put on 50 more flower buds that are about to open. Pictures later

I noticed you said your soil has earthworms. by that do you mean worm poop or actual worms and if so what kind? Common garden, red wigglers, etc. I find worms washing out of my outdoor year round containers (not citrus). So they either get there naturally or because I threw some manure or compost in and eggs followed, don't seem to do harm.

Common garden worms. They are in the compost I use to make my container mix. My soil is a healthy living organic mix with worms and microbes.

If you opened this thread, I will add the evolution of my fukushu kumquat grafted on rio red grefruit seedling in 2014.

It is now in 15-20L airpot, with generic potting soil amended with perlite, keramzit and bark. It is in the new location for 2 months, and this week flowered nicely. New little branches grew from the vertical stem (the last watersprout), growth that stopped now (right after full moon).

I am glad to see another Fukushu doing so well. I have a Meiwa on Kuharski Citrange and it produces a lot but struggles to hold onto leaves or grow new wood. I will try putting the Meiwa in ground to see if it will start growin

Mary and Paul now own Fukushu #1 so I started a New thread to show their tree's progress.

[Paul and Mary's tree[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/paul-and-marys-seed-grown-fukushu-kumquat1-dsvw-vd~5427993)

[Fukushu #2[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/fukushu-2-is-bursting-out-with-new-growth-dsvw-vd~4861630?n=44)

Steve

Seed grown in ground Fukushu kumquat tree completing 4 winter outside.

Steve

Flower and solar acclimation

Steve

Fukushu#1 is back with me.

Steve

I found 2 fruits

Steve