I have been trying to clone sprigs from a fruit tree. I am moving from the house here and I there are a few fruit trees that are off the hook! There is a kumquat and lemon tree that I would like to have copies of.

So far I have not had any success. Using a standard rooting compound that has never failed me. They are going into a nitrogen depleted (not starved, just depleted a bit) soil to promote rapid root growth. The soil is moist as I water it throughout and then let it dry for a day. Providing foliar watering at transplant time. They are coming indoors in a window sill where the temp stays at about 72-75 degrees.

The sprigs stay healthy for about a week and then the leaves curl and they die horrible deaths. Have tried 2 times with the lemon tree and 4 times with the kumquat.

I have cloned several of the rose bushes over the past three months without issue. Any tips for citrus?

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maybe this will help...

http://www.citrolima.com.br/onlinclo...onlineprod.htm

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Look up the cloning technique known as "air layering". This is the way to do it.

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yer prolly not gonna have luck eith rooting hormone you will prolly need to graft or bud it to a new rootstock which isn't really that hard but is an advanced techniqe i find grafting easier... google is your frnd

roses are easy to root

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My father use to clone and graft apple trees in the sappling stage, and used a root hormone called "rootone" I haven't seen it in at least 10 years, and I'm not even sure they sell it anymore. He always got good results.

Thanks everyone! FS, great info. There are some things to consider in the provided link. Warlord, Air Layering seems an intriguing technique tailored to what I am trying to do. TT, that is my thought after my current batch of failures. I am going to try air layering one of the branches for now.

Rootone! My mom used to have that around the house for her roses when I was a kid. Came in a small red container with a white cap and lettering? That is what my original cloning experience was based on a few decades ago. She might even have some in the shed, though it would have to be 25+ years old now.

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Rootone lives. I use it . . . .

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Found it online. Different packaging. Wonder if it is the same thing? Stuff was the best I have ever used. Course, it was free at the time and I could be as liberal with it as I wanted to be

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Hey all,

TusselTussel nailed it. I live in FL, where ALOT of people grow oranges and lemon trees, including myself, so hopefully my advice will help.

Certain species of plant change their genetics with every seed. This is why if you plant a red delicous apple seed you don't get a red delicious, or if you plant a naval orange seed you don't get a naval orange, also both take at least 12 years before they will bloom.

To correct this farmers make grafts of the desired tree. This entails taking the growing stalk of a "wild" apple/citrus tree (whichever your aiming for) and grafting a branch of the desired tree onto it, thus allowing the "wild" root system to supply the branch. Its kinda like a heart transplant. It is also a pretty difficult task to get down (you think cloning is hard :.

You can continue to try and clone small sapling branches, but I think you will have a GREAT waste of time.

Good luck.

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Take one of the limbs that you would like to clone.

Cut it at an angle and almost completely in half, but not quit all of the way.

Pack a decent amount of dirt between were the branch was cut and pack it in and then put some black plastic around the break in the limb holding the limb back in place and tie the plastic somewhat tightly around both sides of the break and then leave it alone for six weeks and you should have roots growing from the cut branch and you can cut it all the way at that point and plant it........done.

Blessings,

Rev. TheNatural

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