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Does anyone grow a Kumquat tree?
ladylouise62
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Aldi are selling them from Thursday 16th Feb, and I was thinking about getting one with my birthday money.
It sounds like, of the citrus trees, it's the more cold-tolerant - but is that so, what are its demands.. and does it produce?
It sounds like, of the citrus trees, it's the more cold-tolerant - but is that so, what are its demands.. and does it produce?
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Yes, it does produce... boy oh boy does it! It's covered at the moment, and they are delicious (if a little tart, but all the better for it.
Ours grows in a conservatory, unheated over winter, south-facing, so hot in summer, when we poke it out onto the patio. Special treatment? None really. I gave it a bigger pot, and shove some Phostrogen on now & then.
There's a lemon tree there as well, also produces heavily, and gives us around 20 lemons a year, even at a small size.
By the way, Aldi garden fruit trees are in the shops today (well, yesterday as well), despite not being in the catalogue yet... I might just stick a thread on to that effect!)0 -
I'll try an image: There... Kumquat on the right, lemon on the left, and snow everywhere!0 -
Blinkin' heck, DD, that's defintely well covered, and very weird seeing the snow behind it
I may well pick myself one up, then. But my Aldi certainly didn't have anything as of yesterday... so I'll have to keep my eyes open. Thanks for the photo.0 -
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