kvc
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Post by kvc on Feb 6, 2021 14:46:00 GMT -5
Laaz kindly provided some Swingle seeds with the fast flowering trifoliata seeds I picked up from him back in October. I've been growing them under LED grow lights this winter to hopefully get them to a graftable size later this year. After 3 months the largest of these is about 10 inches tall and just above 1/8" diameter. I've transplanted them to tall 3.5" pots, 3:1 standard potting mix and perlite.
One of the seedlings come up variegated as well! Not sure what variegated rootstock is good for except as a curio, but it's a nice looking plant so far and I plan to hold on to it and let it grow up. So far it's definitely less vigorous than its siblings, less than 2" tall at this point. |
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Post by millet on Feb 6, 2021 14:56:23 GMT -5
The variegated tree is less vigorous due to the reduced area of green foliage. It is the green colored chlorophyll part of the leaf that is generating nutrients for the tree. The Yellow portion provides no nutrition.
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Post by Laaz on Feb 6, 2021 15:59:08 GMT -5
I would let that grow out & not graft anything on it. If it retains it's variegation it will make a great ornamental plant.
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Post by Laaz on Feb 7, 2021 11:18:13 GMT -5
I would be interested in some budwood from this.
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till
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Post by till on Feb 8, 2021 7:57:34 GMT -5
What a luck, Kvc, to get a variegated seedling! Gratulation.
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kvc
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Post by kvc on Feb 11, 2021 21:43:30 GMT -5
I would be interested in some budwood from this. Looking forward to sharing budwood once it gets large enough! |
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Post by citrange on Mar 7, 2021 15:42:40 GMT -5
You may be lucky, but usually variegated seedlings either die or revert to normal colouration.
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Post by steffengot on Apr 4, 2021 11:21:32 GMT -5
Looks very interesting. I however also heard that variegated seedling usually are hard to keep alive. We stay tuned and good luck.
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Post by Laaz on May 22, 2021 13:54:20 GMT -5
How is this seedling progressing?
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Post by Laaz on Aug 28, 2021 8:07:17 GMT -5
No word?
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Post by Laaz on May 16, 2022 13:41:44 GMT -5
Any news on the variegated swingle?
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