kumin
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Post by kumin on Jun 16, 2020 18:57:58 GMT -5
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ash
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Post by ash on Jun 16, 2020 19:10:59 GMT -5
Yes I saw that site but minimum quantity is 1/2 Kg. That's a little too much for me. But if I ever get desperate I might call them for a quote. Has anyone bought from them? Any ideas about price for half a kg. I don't want to call unless I'm seriously thinking about buying that much and at the moment I'm not
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zap
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Post by zap on Jun 17, 2020 0:41:01 GMT -5
I'll try but .. ....I think seville orange is my best bet since the seeds should be easy to get. I'm just an amateur citrus grower. -But I think you should hold out for Hybrid Poncirus rootstock. Especially in Ireland, just in case you get a broken panel during a snowstorm? I believe that's one of the reasons they have used Poncirus rootstock in Florida, and South USA. If the trees freeze & die back poncirus is deciduous, it can go dormant. Poncirus may come back from the roots. The rootstock could be re-grafted. It just gives you an ultimate sort of survivor rootstock + disease resistance.
But ask the big guys. There are V. knowledgeable breeders on this site.
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ash
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Post by ash on Jun 17, 2020 12:05:34 GMT -5
Snowstorms aren't really a risk in Ireland. They do happen but like once every 10 years. Most years it only drops below freezing for a few nights a year. Ireland doesn't get cold or hot weather like other countries.
I am looking for any types of rootstock seeds I can get hold of, the more different types the better then I can know what grows well here
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Post by ash on Jun 17, 2020 12:15:19 GMT -5
A snow storm or any big freeze is so rare that I'd be well prepared before it happened. A good blanket and candle inside two clay plant pots got my neighbours Meyer lemon though - 15c that was about ten years ago and I'd be shocked if we got such cold temperatures again in another ten yeara
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Florian
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Post by Florian on Jun 19, 2020 2:54:23 GMT -5
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Florian
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Post by Florian on Jun 19, 2020 3:08:25 GMT -5
Snowstorms aren't really a risk in Ireland. They do happen but like once every 10 years. Most years it only drops below freezing for a few nights a year. Ireland doesn't get cold or hot weather like other countries. I am looking for any types of rootstock seeds I can get hold of, the more different types the better then I can know what grows well here I was in Ireland in 2011 for a three month language stay and I remember seeing some dead Cordylines and Eucalyptus. The owners said there had been a freak freeze in 2010. But this was in the centre of Ireland, near Portumna.
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ash
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Post by ash on Jun 19, 2020 3:29:44 GMT -5
Yes that's the one I was talking about. The whole country shut down for nearly a week. You couldn't even drive a car. Winter tyres are unheard of in Ireland. And my neighbours Meyer was in an unheated greenhouse and he just used a blanket and a candle to keep it warm. Still got a perfect crop of lemons that year
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Post by ilya11 on Jun 19, 2020 7:54:59 GMT -5
I guess in the climate like this, with winter temperatures rarely going down to -5C but low summer heat, the better choice is later maturing varieties keeping fruit for more than one season.
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ash
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Post by ash on Jun 19, 2020 10:55:24 GMT -5
the better choice is later maturing varieties keeping fruit for more than one season. Can you explain. I just assumed that I had to grow in a greenhouse to give them the heat in the summer. I don't know of any citrus growing outside in Ireland. I don't think it's been tried. I know it's possible in England and the weather isn't much different so I intend to try once I have grafted a few plants.
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Florian
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Post by Florian on Jun 20, 2020 13:46:28 GMT -5
Citrus fruit typially only take around -4/-5C, if it doesn't go that low, they will continue to mature the following year.
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ash
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Post by ash on Jun 20, 2020 15:32:05 GMT -5
Oh so the fruit will just stay on the tree until its mature. That gives me hope. I can't wait to try.
A guy (on YouTube tropicalfruitUK) growing grapefruit outdoors in the UK said his grapefruit takes a year and a half to mature and ripen. Is that the reason or do all grapefruits take that long
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Post by sanguinho on Jun 20, 2020 18:04:51 GMT -5
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Post by ilya11 on Jun 21, 2020 4:58:09 GMT -5
Oh so the fruit will just stay on the tree until its mature. That gives me hope. I can't wait to try. A guy (on YouTube tropicalfruitUK) growing grapefruit outdoors in the UK said his grapefruit takes a year and a half to mature and ripen. Is that the reason or do all grapefruits take that long There are also some late orange varieties like Valencia Late, Lane Late and Navelate that keep the fruits for more than one season.
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ash
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Post by ash on Jun 21, 2020 9:31:09 GMT -5
Very interesting. I've been planning on build a fruit wall for a while but I just have so much that needs to be done on my land I think it will be a few years because I'll be able to build it
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