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Originally Posted by Richard
Yummmmmmmmmmmm! Nordmann Seedless is the Fortunella to have!
Peruvian Lime unto Eureka Lemon seems like an excellent choice for hardiness and production.
Giant Key Lime is a little blah for me, I'm hoping on Sour Orange it might obtain some more flavor.
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Thanks for the comments! At least I won't regret it that much if I can't get the Giant Key Lime going this season.
This is my second try of grafting Giant Key Lime. It is so difficult as my other trials with these end up dying. Narrowed it down to just a few. I would still be grafting the Giant Key Lime unto a sweet orange, but that would be for tomorrow morning.
It was only recently that the Giant Key Lime budwood became available from the UCR CCPP program from their screenhouse plants. The first time it was available, I bought budwoods but all of them failed. The Giant Key Lime from UCR is supposed to be cold hardier than the normal Key Limes, but the same taste. I didn't know the Peruvian lime is hardy.
There are some problems with limes in that they are susceptible to Tristeza and also have wood pocket problems for the grafted trees. I also obtained the Bearss lime selected by Florida and released to California UCR CCPP program, and is a recently released lime without the wood pocket problem. Wood pocket can shorten the life of grafted trees.
I have no idea about Peruvian lime. A good friend of mine in the Bay Area sent me a tiny stick. I hope it will take.
Yes, the Nordmann. I already have it growing on my Calamondin, but I wanted more branches, and so ordered more budwoods and then grafted the extra to Harvey's rootstock. So I ran out of that budwood.
I will be working on my lemon tree this weekend, adding more lemons from UCR CCPP. Perhaps I have about 5 more types of lemons to add. I would also be adding Yuzu and Sudachi on top of the tree. I love the zest of Yuzu and Sudachi, they're excellent aromas for the citrus wines that I make.
Next season, I will be assembling a lime tree but hope to be on Flying Dragon Rootstock. I would be grafting Sour Orange unto FD, then the limes unto the SO. I plan to assemble Kaffir, Florida Bearss, Key, Giant Key, Peruvian, Mary Ellen, Palestinian Sweet, Ginger, and on the top canopy Eustis Limequat and Tavares Limequat.
But as usual, my tree designs are subject to changes depending on budwood availability.