If I learn how to do bonsai, would I be able to keep/maintain a fruiting Calamondin in a 6" pot?

Thanks Steve but I actually like unripe/green Calamondin (Citrofortunella microcarpa, Citrofortunella mitis) not for directly eating as they are but as added flavor to a lot of dishes (instead of lemon, too bland sometimes).

Thanks for the nursery recommendations.

I don't have one now but have in the past. In fact, grew one from seed as well as buying one. I kept mine to size with pruning and in a ~ 4 gallon pot, and harvested lots of fruit.

A six inch pot seems awfully small - can't you go larger? I am not sure that that size roots would support fruit production. But I am not familiar with bonsai techniques.

I agree with you, I like calamondin for the sweet edible peel + sour inside.

You can still try one of these and pick them green. You can do bonsai but that is more about miniature trees with lots of tine limbs all in a tight bundle. I suspect fruiting would be minimal. The tree below is a Meiwa kumquat under 4 feet tall alowed to grow loosely.

Steve

Steve, I am so envious. I love Kumquats and have spent a fortune trying to grow them. My last one has given me 3 delicious ones, but that's it. What can I do to give me more. It sends out a lt of leaves. It's a Nagami. I also have a CDFA #3007061 Produced by Ca Nursery B1273.003. Does anyone know what kind it is. It started out as variegated, but now the leaves are all green. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

soosi

• B1273.003 Appears to be the license number for Four Winds nurseries.
• CDFA=California Department of Food and Agriculture #3007061. The number is probably an in house number for record keeping with the CDFA.
• Tree variegation is caused by a pathogen that doesn't kill the tree but discolors its leaves. These trees are weaker as a results. Your tree has thrown off its pathogen so consider yourself and your tree as "very lucky".
• I have 2 Fukushu Kumquat trees that have flowered very lightly with no fruit set. The seed grown Fukushu is 6 years old 6.5 feet tall and 3 foot diameter dense bush. The other is gafted to C35 and is 46 inches tall and a very dense 3 foot diameter too.
• I have a grafted Meiwa on Kuharske Citrange from Harris Citrus that is not compatible to the rootstock and it just barely holds it's own. It is the same size it was 5 years ago when Cory gifted it to me. It produces about 10 - 30 fruits ranging from a 1/4 inch to 3/4 inch in diameter. I have 4 seed grown Meiwa kumquats 3 years old each. One tree produced 2 fruits by 1.75 years old then produced another 30 fruits ripening from 2 years 11 months to 3 years 1 month. A second tree produced 1 fruit at 3 years age and the other 2, one of which flower profusely with no fruit while the 4th, just a few fruitless flowers.
• Feed 5-1-3 NPK. Lots of light. I don't know what else to do. I have only 1 out of 7 kumquat trees doing anything worth mentioning.
• Since the grafted Meiwa was a gift from Cory and the other 4 were grown from seeds from Cory's tree I can say I am only out money spent on fertilizer. My time spent is a hobby and no regrets with a lot of enjoyment.
• Steve

Thank you, Steve for your answer.

I found the picture of my grafted Fukushu on C35

Nice! Thank you. I can't stop looking at the Meiwa kumquat. Did you grow this, and was it from seeds?