So I found a fallen calamondin orange at a garden centre, took it home and got 3 seeds out of it. I washed them then potted them up individually. Fingers crossed. I may never get fruit but I can't resist growing  stuff from seed, and they make good bonsai.  The parent trees were barely 2 foot tall!

They will sprout easy and fairly quick. Just don't let them dry out, and don't overwater. And yes, you will get fruit - the fruit don't taste good, anyway, so no worries there. 

2 hours ago, santoury said:

They will sprout easy and fairly quick. Just don't let them dry out, and don't overwater. And yes, you will get fruit - the fruit don't taste good, anyway, so no worries there. 

Well the fruit that I tasted was sour but not too much. I like sour. But I don't necessarily hope for fruit. I might get an indoor bonsai.

Yes, very sour - and if that's your thing, so be it. You WILL get fruit. Good luck! 

3 hours ago, santoury said:

Yes, very sour - and if that's your thing, so be it. You WILL get fruit. Good luck! 

 

Thanks

Edited June 4, 201610 yr by Howeadypsis

You're welcome! 

Most, if not all of the Calamondin plants we see are grown from seed. They are very cold hardy and nematode resistant. They could probably be used for root stock. As you saw, they produce at an early age and very small. By the time it is 3 years old, if you take care of it well, and put it in a decent pot, it will produce piles of fruit. It will start producing about         2-2 1\2 years. My wife loves those things. We have juice in the freezer and she puts it in tequila.

It's not citrus greening reisitant unfortunately.  Two large trees in my neighborhood have fallen victim just as all local citrus has.

5 hours ago, SubTropicRay said:

It's not citrus greening reisitant unfortunately.  Two large trees in my neighborhood have fallen victim just as all local citrus has.

Well this will be kept in a pot

Greening kills potted citrus too.  You'd have to grow it indoors or under glass if your area has been affected by the disease.

3 hours ago, SubTropicRay said:

Greening kills potted citrus too.  You'd have to grow it indoors or under glass if your area has been affected by the disease.

I don't think it would be a problem here in northern England 

8 hours ago, Howeadypsis said:

I don't think it would be a problem here in northern England 

Agreed, I doubt the disease or its insect vector are in England at all.

I bought a calamondin tree last year. Easy to grow so far but no blooms yet.

Here's mine. It was pruned as a standard when I bought it last year and has put out a bunch of new growth--maybe stretching for more light though. I didn't see any flowers this spring.

On June 10, 2016 at 9:56:15 AM, Howeadypsis said:

I don't think it would be a problem here in northern England 

You're right I don't think you'll have any problem with the bug or the disease in England  just too cold.

On 20/06/2016, 03:22:45, Kevin S said:

You're right I don't think you'll have any problem with the bug or the disease in England  just too cold.

Certainly not cold at the moment.  Got the big fan on. Melting

Result!

So far 2 out of 3 have sprouted

 

 

Isnt he cute!

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