Dwarf Lemonade Tree (forum)

Kathy starts with ...
As I am a new to growing dwarf citrus in pots I need a question answered please.
I am just about to put my lemonade tree I bought from Daleys in big pots and it has new growth near where I think it has been grafted. DO I NEED TO CUT OFF THIS NEW GROWTH ?
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Time: 22nd February 2014 9:36am

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Kathy says...
Thank you for the info on the shoots on my Dwarf Lemonade fruit tree.

Time: 22nd February 2014 4:07pm

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aus99a says...
You're welcome & you need to give it the maximum sunlight possible.

Time: 22nd February 2014 4:40pm

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sternus1 says...
All the Dwarf Lemonades sold by Daleys are on flying Dragon rootstock.

You need to cut off any stems which are emerging from the rootstock itself; in the case of your tree, that is all of the young green shoots.

This rule is true for anything grafted.

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Time: 23rd February 2014 7:02am

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jakfruit etiquette says...
In your photo, only the small shoot directly above the soil line is definetly a rootstock sucker.
I,m not so sure about the new shoots near the graft, usually a line or change in bark type is visible, photo a bit fuzzy, but looks like shoots are at or above the graft?? They are above the black scar where the rootstock was cut off.
Maybe post a detailed photo, or take a closer look again.
Do the new shoots have the same scent as the new top leaves ?
Rootstock will be differently scented.
If they are Myer shoots, you could keep them for a bushy tree, or remove them to encourage a taller tree.
BTW, that doesn't look like flying dragon rootstock, fd has zig zag shoots with down curved thorns.

Time: 23rd February 2014 7:44am

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Brain says...
I will chip in my 2 cents as well. A good way to tell if it's a rootstock shoot is to look at the leaves, most Flying Dragon and Trifoliata leaves are in a 'tri' (set of 3) pattern. So it's quite easy to tell apart from the scion (be it lemon, orange, etc) leaves.

Once indentified as a rootstock shoots, gently rip it off - cutting the shoot will leave the node intact and in time, more rootstock shoot will grow.

Also, not all FD are twisted and bent - about 25% of seeds are varied and you can get a straight fast growing FD. Additionally, FD grown in the dark tend to be straighter - a trick of the nursery trade to get the FD more suitable for grafting. :)

Time: 24th February 2014 11:45am

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jakfruit etiquette says...
Brain, i'll take the 2c and gve you 1c change,
FD and Trifoliata are both Poncirus, as you say. All have 3 leaflets.
Citranges and Swingle Citrumelo are also 'trifoliate', as they are PoncirusXCitrus hybrids, similarly distinct rootstock suckers.
Other common Citrus rootstocks are Rough Lemon and Cleo mandarin etc, which are Citrus species, a little harder to tell from the graft scion at times.
True about the 25% FD off types, but any runts will be thrown out, any tall straight probably put with regular Tri, but you still might get some straight dwf types, still could have curved thorns.


Time: 24th February 2014 8:25pm

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gimme says...
The shoots at the top are lemonade. You can leave them for a bushy tree like others have said. Sometimes fd doesn't have recurred thorns or zigzag growth. when you look at thousands of flying dragon in a nursery, they vary quite a bit but they all hurt like hell to work on. I will take a photo of natural variation in flying dragon seedlings if anyone is interested

Time: 24th February 2014 9:43pm

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