That’s good to know - thanks for the insight!
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If that rootstock is a citrandarin, it is not a good rootstock for zone7a, it will be less hardy than the Prague. if you get another one make sure its on pure poncirus!I think mine was grafted on flying dragon specifically because he was out of standard poncirus.
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One of my grafts of it is finally holding fruit in NJ, about 6 that are already past “June drop” so hopefully we will get some in the fall. I have never protected my trees except painting the limbs because it does get horribly sun burnt in the late winter and early spring after the leaves have fallen off. The original tree I purchased, like I mentioned is probably on flying dragon, is extremely dwarfed and has not grown much in 5 years lol I estimate that one will fruit in another 3-4 years at the rate it’s growing. Post is from 4 weeks ago, will make a new post as the fruit has grown much more.
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Ok. Thanks. I am going to try 942. I had one but it died. I will think about another prague. I may need to find another location for it. The snow and ice storm we had last year extended for a number of days and may have been too cold for both of them.
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yes my 942 on own roots died to the ground but resprouted. some grafted buds on poncirus on a different tree survived and then pushed out this spring. i’ve tested prague on different rootstocks as well as different locations in the yard, some shade has definitely helped with survival especially reducing sun burn, as well as nearby structures blocking wind
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congrats! do you happen to know what it is grafted to?
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Woah, big congrats guys!
It doesn’t seem like a lot, but 6+ fruits on Prague is reason to celebrate!!
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Question about Prague and Stan McKenzie. I purchased this plant from him this Spring. I asked Stan whether he recommended grafting it to trifoliate orange, and he said I can, but to obviously wait until the plant gets larger and I can take some budwood off without harming the current plant. My question is whether the Prague Citsuma I bought from him is already grafted to rootstock. My emails with Stan made it seem like it wasn’t, but that was never specifically stated, and now that I’ve watched some of Stan’s videos, it looks to me like it was grafted toward the very bottom of the plant (first node under the second green tape) in the way that Stan likes to graft. Also, there are a few new leaves from the lower portion of the plant and they look like characteristic trifoliate orange as opposed to the more distorted Prague. Any thoughts or insight here?
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It is grafted. However you should expose a bit of the rootflare as it looks planted a bit too deep. Soil or mulch above the roots against the lower trunk can cause issues later like the trunk rotting and/ or insects eating the bark. Looks like a good specimen otherwise!
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Thank you! And will do - I got a little carried away with the wood chips haha. Appreciate it!
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I got it from Stan about 3 years ago and i believe he normally grafted to what he calls bitter lemon which i believe is also interchangeable with Poncirus Trifoliata…looking at the base id guess trifoliate as well
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Thanks for the information!
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How are you liking your prague? Mine is growing good in its first year 2026.
Yes sometimes Stan’s trees pop out a few trifoliata shoots below the graft we all just cut off. I love his trees they are dwarfing and fruit quickly. The bitter lemon is Poncirus trifoliata. It took me a while to find prague.
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