eyeckr
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Post by eyeckr on Jul 1, 2019 21:02:24 GMT -5
About 10 years ago I was lucky enough to get my first O.P. Nagami kumquat start from one of my citrus mentors Dr Bob Motyca. By the time I had met him he had huge, impressive citrus trees in his backyard here in Virginia Beach. He had been successfully growing hardy citrus way before anyone else thought of trying this far up north. Over the years I had helped him graft many more varieties in his yard that I had been collecting as well. I'm sad to say that he had passed away recently. His home was sold and the new owners cut all the remaining citrus trees (that survived the polar vortex winter) except one tree. All those years of work, dedication and care are now gone.
During the freeze of 2013-2014 I lost a lot of my trees including my OP Nagami. Dr Bob's tree looked like it would recover but never did also. I was pretty sad to think I would never have another one of these trees. Here is where I listed what survived and what died during that terrible winter:
On one of my trees out back I did an approach graft of the nagami near my original tree but it never grew out. After a few years most of the graft died off except a very small section but it still looked mostly dead. I totally gave up on it after about a decade and even forgot about it. This spring I was so happy and surprised to see that it finally woke up after all these years. It budded out and is currently growing out like crazy! I will definitely propagate this variety once I get enough graftable material.
About halfway down on this post you can see where I describe what OP Nagami is like and you can see a few pictures of the tree.
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Post by Laaz on Jul 2, 2019 19:16:42 GMT -5
Thanks G.
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Post by Sylvain on Jul 3, 2019 2:31:08 GMT -5
In the last link, about Nordmann seedless kumquat page in Citrus Pages you say "The first two pictures in the link are incorrect". Do you have it? If yes, could you (or anyone else) take pictures to replace these two pictures? Nordmann kumquat.
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eyeckr
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Virginia Beach, VA 8a
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Post by eyeckr on Jul 4, 2019 23:04:27 GMT -5
I do have Nordmann seedless also but no fruit currently to post. It is blooming now so I should be able to post pics later on this year.
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Post by Sylvain on Jul 4, 2019 23:32:15 GMT -5
I do have Nordmann seedless also but no fruit currently to post. It is blooming now so I should be able to post pics later on this year. OK, Thank you.
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eyeckr
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Post by eyeckr on Jul 4, 2019 23:32:47 GMT -5
This is where it grew from my old approach graft. The top of the graft never grew out and died off. It ended up growing backwards from the surviving small bottom nub of the graft.
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will2358
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Post by will2358 on Jul 13, 2019 12:11:17 GMT -5
Thanks eyeckr, I didn't know there were so many cold hardy citrus.
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Post by david on Jul 13, 2019 12:25:35 GMT -5
Congrats. I love it when one thinks all is lost.....then RESURECTION. Hope it does well for you.
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zap
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Post by zap on Sept 3, 2019 12:38:50 GMT -5
Hi Eyeckr; I just found this old thread. Please strap your branch off with some agro tape. I have lost so many shoots like that to the wind/birds/squirrels. I wait too long to strap 'em, and the wind breaks them off.
Think tons of fruit! Heavy, garden tie.
Zap
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eyeckr
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Post by eyeckr on Sept 8, 2019 21:52:57 GMT -5
Good advice Zap. I have lost new grafts because of birds, wind and storms before. Luckily this sprout was in a sheltered spot and hardened up fast. In the last couple months it grew out a lot and sent out branches.
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zap
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Post by zap on Sept 10, 2019 3:45:02 GMT -5
That looks like a lot of healthy new growth! Are you going to try to get a cutting, before winter comes?
I moved into an old house, and they appeared to have scraped an orchard to create the lot. The roots of the old trees were surviving by sending up suckers in the flower beds, and lawns. I grafted peaches plums nectarines all over the yard. It's all in the rear view mirror now!
Most people have what my Mom called "Black Thumbs" they can turn any plant black. -Sometimes people are cool, and you can get a few cuttings. -but it's best not to look back too much.
I'm at about 40 right now on the taitry seedlings. That's here and now. Be Happy, ZAP
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