2ft Kumquat Tree | Citrus Japonica | Grafted Mini-Stem | 5L Pot
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€65.48
Overview
Kumquat or Chinese Orange is a fruiting tree that doubles up as an ornamental. Part of the citrus family, a Kumquat fruits are actually very different than its relatives with sweet edible skin and sour flesh, originating from the juice. (East Asians often bite into the fruit, squeeze out the juice and then eat it whole.) For a decent crop, place in full sun, and move into a greenhouse in winter. Self-fertile, the tree does not need to be paired. This is a grafted citrus tree which improves the fruiting in the UK climate and leads to fruiting at a younger age. Characteristics Arrives as: 5l polypot Approx. Height on Arrival: 60-95cm overall height inc. pot Approx. Age on Arrival:Tree is approx. 3 years old with a 1 year old rootstock Approx. Growth Height: 1-1.5mts Rootstock: Semi-dwarfing Rate of Growth: Fast Harvesting Period: Oct-April Flower Colour: White Foliage Colour: Green Flowering Period: April-September Tolerance: Full sun, avoid frost Uses: Culinary Hardiness: Semi Hardy Exposure:Sheltered Self-fertilising: Self fertile Scented: Barely Wildlife friendly - attracts bees and other pollinating insects Requirements Soil Requirements: Almost all normal garden soil with pH 6.5 - 7.5 Moisture: Moist/ well-drained Caring and Maintenance Water young trees regularly until roots are well established. Trim annually from mid to late summer. Apply some fertilizer in spring in order to promote healthy growth and a good crop. Optionally, mulch in spring. Check tree ties regularly and loosen any if necessary to avoid rubbing of the stems. Will need protection from frosts under -2/-3 degrees. Either mulch with straw and move closer to the house or use a insulating fleece. Alternatively you can move inside for the winter if kept as a container plant. Planting Planting Distance: 5m Suited to almost all well-drained and moderately fertile soils with pH between 6.5 and 7.5 in a sheltered, full sun location. Before planting your tree, clean up all wandering weeds and keep a clean ring around the tree base. Dig a hole approximately a third wider than the root ball. Carefully yet firmly backfill the remaining soil around the root ball and water well during the first year until well established. Autumn is the best season for planting fruiting trees, as the soil moisture and heat allow easier and faster root establishment and regeneration of damaged root systems. Pollination: Pollination: pollination group 5, self-fertilising Self-fertilising tree may be planted with our other varieties in pollination close pollination groups to ensure the best pollination. Instances of poor pollination are nearly always caused by bad weather at blooming time, limiting the activity of insects. Each fruiting tree has ideal pollination partners. These are divided into groups and are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, according to flowering time. Best results will be obtained if variety is planted near another tree of the same group, or from a group on either side (so an ideal pollination partner for group 3 would be one in group 2, 3 or 4). The major cause of poor pollination is bad weather in blossom time, limiting the activity of insects. Fruit Tree Rootstocks Fruit trees are generally budded or grafted onto a rootstock by the nursery, this means the roots of the tree are a different plant to the trunk, branches and fruit. Effectively sticking two plants together, one that has good roots and one that has good fruit, ensures that you get what you pay for. Plants raised from seed will vary from the parent plants and there will be a wide variation in the size or shape of a tree and the quality and quantity of fruit it produces. Another result of budding and grafting a variety onto selected rootstocks is the ability to control the size of the tree to a certain degree. However, the size that a fruit tree ultimately grows to is dependent on a number of factors: The fruit variety ( i.e. Apple Braeburn) How it’s pruned Soil type Position Its rootstock Some varieties of tree are naturally more vigorous than others, so this will affect how much they grow each year. For instance a Bramley Apple seedling will naturally grow bigger than a Cox’s Orange Pippin Apple seedling. The correct pruning will also help to control the size of tree, as well as encouraging it to produce flower buds from which fruit develop. Where you grow your fruit tree and the soil it is growing in also impacts on its ability to grow and thus eventual size. Most fruit trees need a good amount of sunshine to grow well and for the fruit to ripen with high sugar content. Trees growing in cold, open spots will grow slower than those that are protected and warm. The same is true for the soil, with trees growing in light sandy soils generally growing more slowly and not reaching such a large size as those in rich fertile soils which will be more vigorous and taller growing. This is a typical example of our root wrapped trees that you will receive - note the fruit/ornamental trees we stock will vary in appearance according to species and season. Please be aware that the compost around the roots is there just to keep them moist and will fall away when unwrapped, leaving a bare-rooted plant. You can mix this compost with your soil when planting your tree.
Overview
Kumquat or Chinese Orange is a fruiting tree that doubles up as an ornamental. Part of the citrus family, a Kumquat fruits are actually very different than its relatives with sweet edible skin and sour flesh, originating from the juice. (East Asians often bite into the fruit, squeeze out the juice and then eat it whole.) For a decent crop, place in full sun, and move into a greenhouse in winter. Self-fertile, the tree does not need to be paired. This is a grafted citrus tree which improves the fruiting in the UK climate and leads to fruiting at a younger age. Characteristics Arrives as: 5l polypot Approx. Height on Arrival: 60-95cm overall height inc. pot Approx. Age on Arrival:Tree is approx. 3 years old with a 1 year old rootstock Approx. Growth Height: 1-1.5mts Rootstock: Semi-dwarfing Rate of Growth: Fast Harvesting Period: Oct-April Flower Colour: White Foliage Colour: Green Flowering Period: April-September Tolerance: Full sun, avoid frost Uses: Culinary Hardiness: Semi Hardy Exposure:Sheltered Self-fertilising: Self fertile Scented: Barely Wildlife friendly - attracts bees and other pollinating insects Requirements Soil Requirements: Almost all normal garden soil with pH 6.5 - 7.5 Moisture: Moist/ well-drained Caring and Maintenance Water young trees regularly until roots are well established. Trim annually from mid to late summer. Apply some fertilizer in spring in order to promote healthy growth and a good crop. Optionally, mulch in spring. Check tree ties regularly and loosen any if necessary to avoid rubbing of the stems. Will need protection from frosts under -2/-3 degrees. Either mulch with straw and move closer to the house or use a insulating fleece. Alternatively you can move inside for the winter if kept as a container plant. Planting Planting Distance: 5m Suited to almost all well-drained and moderately fertile soils with pH between 6.5 and 7.5 in a sheltered, full sun location. Before planting your tree, clean up all wandering weeds and keep a clean ring around the tree base. Dig a hole approximately a third wider than the root ball. Carefully yet firmly backfill the remaining soil around the root ball and water well during the first year until well established. Autumn is the best season for planting fruiting trees, as the soil moisture and heat allow easier and faster root establishment and regeneration of damaged root systems. Pollination: Pollination: pollination group 5, self-fertilising Self-fertilising tree may be planted with our other varieties in pollination close pollination groups to ensure the best pollination. Instances of poor pollination are nearly always caused by bad weather at blooming time, limiting the activity of insects. Each fruiting tree has ideal pollination partners. These are divided into groups and are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, according to flowering time. Best results will be obtained if variety is planted near another tree of the same group, or from a group on either side (so an ideal pollination partner for group 3 would be one in group 2, 3 or 4). The major cause of poor pollination is bad weather in blossom time, limiting the activity of insects. Fruit Tree Rootstocks Fruit trees are generally budded or grafted onto a rootstock by the nursery, this means the roots of the tree are a different plant to the trunk, branches and fruit. Effectively sticking two plants together, one that has good roots and one that has good fruit, ensures that you get what you pay for. Plants raised from seed will vary from the parent plants and there will be a wide variation in the size or shape of a tree and the quality and quantity of fruit it produces. Another result of budding and grafting a variety onto selected rootstocks is the ability to control the size of the tree to a certain degree. However, the size that a fruit tree ultimately grows to is dependent on a number of factors: The fruit variety ( i.e. Apple Braeburn) How it’s pruned Soil type Position Its rootstock Some varieties of tree are naturally more vigorous than others, so this will affect how much they grow each year. For instance a Bramley Apple seedling will naturally grow bigger than a Cox’s Orange Pippin Apple seedling. The correct pruning will also help to control the size of tree, as well as encouraging it to produce flower buds from which fruit develop. Where you grow your fruit tree and the soil it is growing in also impacts on its ability to grow and thus eventual size. Most fruit trees need a good amount of sunshine to grow well and for the fruit to ripen with high sugar content. Trees growing in cold, open spots will grow slower than those that are protected and warm. The same is true for the soil, with trees growing in light sandy soils generally growing more slowly and not reaching such a large size as those in rich fertile soils which will be more vigorous and taller growing. This is a typical example of our root wrapped trees that you will receive - note the fruit/ornamental trees we stock will vary in appearance according to species and season. Please be aware that the compost around the roots is there just to keep them moist and will fall away when unwrapped, leaving a bare-rooted plant. You can mix this compost with your soil when planting your tree.