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Post by david on Jul 15, 2019 11:32:55 GMT -5
Only an opinion....my BC1 and BC2 were uprooted during the storm. These were started from budwood used as cutting many years ago. Budwood secured from Bonnie. Upon observation the root system was smaller, shallow and lacked the large tap that seedlings make. I opine that cuttings never make a root system like seed planted does. I also opine that this is the reason they uprooted. Any other opinions?
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brian
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Pennsylvania zone6 w/ heated greenhouse
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Post by brian on Jul 15, 2019 12:01:02 GMT -5
I've heard the same but I don't have any personal experience. It seems logical to graft rather than grow cuttings for outdoor in-ground trees.
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Post by david on Jul 15, 2019 13:06:31 GMT -5
Yes. I think you are right. Rootstock grown from seed seem to have a much better rootsystem than cuttings.
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toofarnorth
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West Central Ga. USA. Z8a
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Post by toofarnorth on Jul 15, 2019 14:26:08 GMT -5
I've had to move a few trees after a year or so of growing and it was quite obvious which ones were on seed grown rootstock vs cuttings. The cuttings had few or no large roots for anchoring, just feeder roots. I tried to find BC1 and BC2 trees when I started my little orchard to no avail. How are the fruits? Compared to Owari? Ripening time? Cold hardiness?
TFN
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Post by millet on Jul 15, 2019 14:37:48 GMT -5
The BC in the above post stand for Bonnie Childress the founder of the trees.. The reason that rooted trees blow over is that they do not generate a tap root , as seed grown trees do..
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Post by david on Jul 15, 2019 15:01:57 GMT -5
The BC1 has all the attributes of a Fine satsuma. Taste is better or as good as Owari. Cold does not bother them. I understood from Bonnie that B C1 was a sport from the Armstrong satsuma. Its easy to peel and seedless for all practical purposes. Some years a few seeds. I do not know where to get one with the exception of Bonnies yard.
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Post by david on Jul 15, 2019 15:10:09 GMT -5
Ripe in November latter.
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Post by david on Jul 15, 2019 15:20:05 GMT -5
I have information that BC1 and BC2 are available from Treesearch farms in Texas. Saxon Becnel also has an operation that encompasses Louisiana and Texas. I am passing this on as info that was passed to me so take it for what it cost please😁.
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Post by david on Jul 15, 2019 15:26:36 GMT -5
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Post by hcoggan on Jul 4, 2021 17:49:03 GMT -5
Hello everyone! It's been 6 months now since Ive rooted my citrus cuttings in January. I ordered budwood from UCR and I found out that lemons and lemon hybrids root very easily. All the lemons had near a 100% rooting rate after 8 weeks under a heat matt and mini greenhouse with lots of light. I wonder why almost everything else didn't root. Perhaps it was because it was January and some of the buds actually bloomed! Please someone with more experience give me some tips. What other types of citrus are easy to root besides lemons?
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Post by Laaz on Jul 4, 2021 18:04:48 GMT -5
Oranes & mandarins are some of the harder citrus to root. Keeping the soil moist & warm with a cover over the cuttings helps.
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DNoyau
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Romans-sur-Isère, France
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Post by DNoyau on Jul 5, 2021 17:18:47 GMT -5
I’ve found that poncirus root easily as well. I just stick the leafless cuttings (diameter around 1 mm or 0.04 in) in the soil of other potted citrus and leave them outside without any specific care (no protection, no special soil). The success rate is not impressing (20 to 40%) but it is very good considering how little effort I put into it. The caveat is: all my poncirus grow very slowly, but the rooted cuttings grow even more sluggishly. They make long but thin roots (at least with my "method").
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Post by hcoggan on Jul 5, 2021 17:27:45 GMT -5
Wow how interesting! Where are you growing at? In my area it's very dry to I doubt it would work with that method I’ve found that poncirus root easily as well. I just stick the leafless cuttings (diameter around 1 mm or 0.04 in) in the soil of other potted citrus and leave them outside without any specific care (no protection, no special soil). The success rate is not impressing (20 to 40%) but it is very good considering how little effort I put into it. The caveat is: all my poncirus grow very slowly, but the rooted cuttings grow even more sluggishly. They make long but thin roots (at least with my "method"). |
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DNoyau
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Romans-sur-Isère, France
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Post by DNoyau on Jul 10, 2021 4:30:37 GMT -5
Wow how interesting! Where are you growing at? In my area it's very dry to I doubt it would work with that method Where I live in south-eastern France, climate is dry enough that I am afraid of leaving my citrus for one week without watering in the summer, but since I put the cuttings in the same containers as my bigger citrus (I will repot them before root system competition can become a problem), I water them along and no extra work is required. |
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