The Nordmann seedless Nagami is outstanding.
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Yes, so good! Nordmann Seedless Nagami is the 'quat I look forward to the most, next to Fukushu
Where can I get Nordmann, I haven’t seen any nurseries offering that one?
Mine was from One Green World, but I have seen it offered in the past from Four Winds as well. CCPP might have budwood available
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I got all of my citrus trees from Costco when they were cheap.
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I feel the need to modify my former stance on centennial kumquat.
Last year I said that my centennial kumquats were almost inedible. While edible they were terrible.
After trying fruit from another of my trees and a couple of odd time blooms from the first two plants i will upgrade them. I will say that I will eat them now so long as I don’t have any other citrus. If the next crop improves at the same rate they will have to be considered fairly decent. Still my least favorite quat but greatly improved.
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my 3 year old potted unnamed kumquat is finally setting fruit. its barely grown in that time also even after a soil change last summer.
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I had to cover my meiwa kumquats, as we got down to 18F. I’m hopeful. We’ll see.
John S
PDX OR
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Have you ever tested to see how low it can take? I realize that’s hard to do with a plant you care about. I’m actually starting a few dozen meiwa clones to trial in the Willamette Valley and the Anderson Valley of Northern California. I think it’s less about the absolute lows, which are about the same in both locations, and more about the absence of winter sunshine in the Pacific Northwest.
i had mine outside on my deck until early nov. last fall in z4a. they will take light frosts without harm.
No but I had a neighbor who had one for years and just took it into the garage for the week or so that it was really cold-below 25 F or so. He got fruit from it every year.
John S
PDX OR
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My experience with them in the Pacific Northwest is that an unheated covered patio with a polycarbonate roof is sufficient year round. Even meyer lemons pump out the fruit for us. Nevertheless I’m still curious what the actual number is, so I guess I’ll have to kill some to find out. And I also have a contingency plan if we ever get the once every 50 years cold snap. I would wrap the area with plastic and fire up a heater I have that runs on 220. Still haven’t had to do that, because the coldest night since I’ve been here is 18 F.
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What do you consider a light frost in Maine? Our hardest freeze is nothing compared to your area. Or are you going by the standardized definitions?
light frost is generally down to 28. below 25 starts to really cause permanent damage in frost tender plants.
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Onions and shallots are coming along nicely.
The eggplant were slow last year so I started them earlier. Now they are bigger than expected.
The meyer lemon is in bloom again.
I am trying to hold off starting the tomatoes until the beginning of March. They were too large for my indoor growing area last year though the temperature may be warmer earlier this year.
We seem to be cycling between 18 and 55. I imagine the maple syrup people are loving it.
Chinese cabbage is doing wonderfully and will likely be eaten befre outdoor planting begins. Fortunately I can start more.
The peppers are just getting started.
I am rooting in some grape cuttings. Or At least they’ve been trimmed and dipped in rooting hormone so I am hopeful.
I wonder if anyone here has grown starfruit. I started some seeds and have them as houseplants right now. I need to repot them but am hoping to wait until it is warmer out. I started them in January 2021.
They lose leaflets a lot but seem healthy enough.
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I have a Meyer lemon tree that produces yearly about a dozen fruits and have really fragrant flowers when brought inside the house for the winter. This thread inspired me to add a couple of kumquats to my citrus collection. I just ordered a Nordman seedless and a Meiwa from OGW.
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The meyer blooms are gorgeous. What temp do you have to keep your greenhouse to get such early blooms? They haven’t even formed buds around here.
I’m not at all familiar with the star fruit. I know it’s tropical and common in Southeast Asia. How warm do you need to keep the greenhouse for their comfort?
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I don’t worry about the meiwa until temps are forecast about 20. Where we have it growing beside the office the temp doesn’t drop below freezing as long as the surrounding area doesn’t drop below 18. We just had several days of snow with temps in the high teens for two night in a row. Nevertheless the covered patio didn’t drop below freezing once. I had the lights and heater ready to go and never needed them. Frankly I’m surprised. I was sure this would be the time when it finally did.
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Nice looking starfruit and compliments on growing such a tropical fruit!
I recently returned from visiting son in Hawaii where he had a 30’ starfruit tree loaded with hundreds of fruit on the tree and on the ground. They were so good - sweet-tart and juicy that I ate them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
From talking to locals, however, I learned that most locals did not eat them.
When, after eating 6 in one day, I, too, developed hiccups, I realized they were right. Something was going on. Hard lesson to learn in a tropical fruit paradise.
But growing a plant inside a ghouse and getting a few fruit will definitely be a taste treat!
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Good to know I dont even like to eat this fruit.