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poncirusguy6b452xx

Tying up a citrus branch with a thorn

6 years ago

Rather than tying a knot around your tree you can use a strip of clothe and poke it over a thorn to tye it back to a pole.


Steve

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  • 6 years ago

    thorny plants under windows lowers home owners insurance

    Comments (18)

    • 6 years ago

      Good idea! Which one has that scary looking thorn?

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked hibiscus909
    • 6 years ago

      seed grown meiwa kumquat.

      Steve

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    • 6 years ago

      I would plant them close to house to discourage thieives

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked HOWARD Martin
    • 6 years ago

      Simple and efficient. Thanks Steve!:) I will use the technique.


      Michael

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked michael_europe_zone8b
    • 6 years ago

      why didn't you tell me that kumquats were japonica

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked HOWARD Martin
    • 6 years ago

      Kumquats are Fortunella and there are several 'Fukushu kumquat Fortunella Obovata', Meiwa Kumquat Fortunella crassifolia', Nagami kumquat Fortunella margarita' Marumi Kumquat Fortunela Japonica' The Marumi coan survive temerature to 0F degrees IF it is grafted to poncirus trifoliata orFlying dragon. I do not have that variety. The Meiwa kumquat is very dificult to grow. I know I have a Meiwa grafted to kuharski Citrange. They are not compatible.

      Steve

    • 6 years ago

      Steve you’re such a creative guy and always make me laugh! what a great idea!

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked Jan
    • 6 years ago

      I had been trying to find some japonica seeds or plants

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked HOWARD Martin
    • 6 years ago

      Howard, you need to start your own thread.

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
    • 6 years ago

      I don't think I ever thought of thorns as an asset before!

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked kcandmilo
    • 6 years ago

      few people do I found my information from gardening television programs

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked HOWARD Martin
    • 6 years ago

      Great idea Steve!!

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked Laura LaRosa (7b)
    • 6 years ago

      Steve, does it harm the tree if one rips them all off?

      My Lemon Meyer has so many, I get cut when trying to get around it in the greenhouse. Boy does it hurt!

      Greta idea by the way. Once a guineas always a guineas..Ha

      poncirusguy6b452xx thanked Meyermike(Zone 6a Ma.)
    • 6 years ago

      It does not hurt the tree and I don't go in the greenhouses at all. I don't fit. I use the thorns so that the wet strips after rain doesn't touch the bark or not much of it. I worry about wet bark pathogens. I don't seem to ever get stuck by thorns even when working closely in them.

      Steve

    • 6 years ago

      shape the tree different

    • 6 years ago

      When I was young, I used to mow around my mom's pyrocantha bushes. "pyro" means fire and "cantha" means thorns so you should get the picture. Those bushes were pretty but they would reach out and stab me when I had my back turned. I vowed I wouldn't have landscaping with thorns in my yard when I grew up. Fast forward 40 years and here I am with a half-acre yard with 20 Ponderosa lemons (talk about some sharp thorns!), a seed-grown calamondin (huge thorns), and a teacup rose bush (of course it has thorns) among my collection. Where did I go astray??

    • 6 years ago

      not knowing you plants but planting them under windows can help lower your home owners insurance

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