No @swincher leaves have a 50/50 size distribution for the bifoliate leave. That would make give it a little more papeda genetics maybe a makrut seedling very strongly 50/50 distribtuion.
not realy. I made some trifoliate syrup a few years ago and dumped the seeds into a ziplock. They where starting to sprout by the time I gave them away to a forum member here.
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I got a 2 years old trifoliate seedling tree from your seed growing on the side of my new house. I buried the whole tree with snow when the -21F hit us about 2 weeks ago. We are in the melting snow process right now with the temp in the 40s and 50s by next week. I will check to see if it is still alive in a few days then give you guys an update. Zone 5.
Tony
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I did not have any other papeda descendants in the mixed jar other than yuzu. Maybe itās just a self-pollinated zygotic yuzu seedling thatās showing more papeda characteristics than the parent? The only other things in the mixed jar were stuff like oranges, key limes, kumquats, and kumquat hybrids (mandarinquat and limequat). This doesnāt resemble any of those to my eye, so I assumed it was yuzu.
Hereās an updated photo from today, the leaves look a bit damaged but the stems seem fine after 14.7Ā°F as the low a couple weeks ago:
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I Take it back an yuzu seedling at least for sure.
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My yuzu having been protected with lights and remay.
Low of 6F, approx 13F protected.
If last year is any guide, the curved up leaves will drop off midsummer.
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Here is the trifoliate seed that you sent. It survived -21F with snow covered the whole seedling. Lucky little one. Z5.
Tony
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What temp is Yuzu actually hardy to?
Yuzu seems only hardy to somewhere in the mid teens since Iāve lost multiple of them hereā¦
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@ coolmantoole
Have you tried Franklin Citrus Farm just south of Statesboro?
We bought a lot of fruit and some young plants from them. Their Shiranui, Kishu, and Satsumas are delicious.
I know one of the owners. Yes Iāve had some of their fruit.
I figured you might. Seems like good people.
Yes.
Check out this new hybrid Citrus! Apparently it was bred by a private individual (not sure who) and hasnāt been named yet. It seems pretty promising as it is suitable for fresh eating.
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I should try crossing some Satsumas with some Trifoliate myself, for fun at least, who would of thought it was possible!
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Iām hoping more details emerge about this one. Iām skeptical that the F1 child of a trifoliate is actually what the average Joe would consider suitable for fresh eating. Us hardy citrus enthusiasts sometimes have a bit more tolerance for sourness, bitterness, resin, seediness, dryness, etc. than most folks.
Iām really curious which satsuma it was. Xie Shan or one of the other really early ones would be awesome, but Iād expect something like Owari is more likely.
That being said, this one does look quite good, and I canāt imagine it not being quite cold hardy, perhaps more so than many of the current trifoliate hybrids, which is saying something.
Oh, itās possible, just really, really hard haha! Different bloom times, small, fragile flowers on trifoliate, mostly seedless fruit and mostly sterile pollen on satsuma, extremely high rates of nucellar seed for bothāI donāt wanna know how many cross pollination attempts that one took, sheesh.
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Are we absolutely certain thatās not just Prague that someone is claiming is a hybrid they created? I donāt mean to be overly skeptical, but I usually start with disbelief for basically anything on YouTube.
The video description says this (miho wase), and seems to be trying to sell seeds?
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Ah, missed that, and he even said it in the video. I watched the other week but didnāt pay much attention apparently. Hmm, UCR says Nov-Dec for Miho Wase, so I guess thatās a pretty standard ripening for satsuma.
I think itās legit. That fruit sure doesnāt look like a satsuma or like Prague, and his description of the taste is also different. It having a lot of off-flavors which he was charitably describing as pineapple and grapefruit also would point in the direction of it having trifoliate as a parent (or maybe grandparent? I could believe this being a trifoliate hybrid x satsuma if it actually does taste as good as heās saying it does.).
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This is where I admit that I didnāt watch the video, so I was just basing my theory on the screenshot shown above. I am basically unable to watch videos, I donāt have the patience for the format and would rather read 30 pages of text and diagrams than watch a 2 minute video 
. When someone posts a video, I usually just read the description and hope I got the gist.
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Iāll admit I only rewatched the video after your postā¦ Seems weāve both been lazy.
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