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[drumstick diva]

I've never found the perfect pillow but, have done well enough with halfway decent.

 

[bobbi-j]

I've never found the perfect pillow but, have done well enough with halfway decent.

I'd be happy with halfway decent.

 

[chickadoodles]

Would anyone like a few kumquat seeds? I have 10 set to sprout in damp paper towels.
And we at a couple more and have 8 fresh seeds if anyone would like some.
I read that each seed is able to produce multiple sprouts some may be the trifoliate that was used for grafting the Meiwa kumquat to but that at least one in the seed will be a Meiwa.

 

[bobbi-j]

Would anyone like a few kumquat seeds? I have 10 set to sprout in damp paper towels.
And we at a couple more and have 8 fresh seeds if anyone would like some.
I read that each seed is able to produce multiple sprouts some may be the trifoliate that was used for grafting the Meiwa kumquat to but that at least one in the seed will be a Meiwa.

Huh? I have never seen, let alone tasted a kumquat. What do they taste like? Are they sweet? Comparable to any common fruit?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Would anyone like a few kumquat seeds? I have 10 set to sprout in damp paper towels.
And we at a couple more and have 8 fresh seeds if anyone would like some.
I read that each seed is able to produce multiple sprouts some may be the trifoliate that was used for grafting the Meiwa kumquat to but that at least one in the seed will be a Meiwa.

I would like a few Please pm you my address

 

[CapricornFarm]

How'd it go at the ortho today, Cap?

Not so great. Read the story on my thread, PAIN. Thanks for asking. How was your day?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Goodnight everyone been a long day here also

 

[CapricornFarm]

I just bought a new pillow today. I'm hoping that helps me sleep. I have been so tired. I have a "My Pillow" that I got when my aunt died a few years ago. It was nice to begin with, but now it's just lumpy and clumpy and it doesn't support my head. The stuffing moves away from my head. I also have a couple of feather pillows that go flat within minutes. I can't wait until bedtime to try my new pillow. It's a memory foam one, and was (to me, anyway) fairly spendy. I hope it works. I can take it back if it doesn't. I have spent a long time looking for the perfect pillow.

I hope it is what you need.

 

[Bunnylady]

I read that each seed is able to produce multiple sprouts some may be the trifoliate that was used for grafting the Meiwa kumquat to but that at least one in the seed will be a Meiwa.

I'm afraid the above statement is a perfect example of internet misinformation. The person who wrote that really doesn't understand plant husbandry.

Meiwa Kumquats, like almost all modern cultivated fruits, are grown from cuttings grafted onto root stock. It is possible to root cuttings, but the root systems may not be the sturdiest. When you sprout seeds, the resulting plants will not be genetically identical to the parent plant(s), so the fruit they produce may not taste the same. The Meiwa cultivar is thought to be a hybrid, so none of the plants grown from the seeds will actually be a "Meiwa" (even if the plant self-pollinates, there will be some rearrangement of the genes). You get one plant per seed, just like with anything else grown from seed. Unless the grower allows the root stock to send up shoots that bloom (not a good idea, since such shoots tend to be more vigorous, and may choke out the graft), the root stock does not contribute genetically to the seeds at all, so it's not possible to get trifoliate plants from the seeds of the grafted cultivar.

Citrus trees generally take several years to get mature enough to flower and set fruit. Some citrus cultivars are nearly spineless, but my experience with sprouting citrus seeds is that the resulting plants often have absolutely wicked thorns (up to 3 inches long!). There is no telling what the fruit will be like when it finally does appear, but sometimes, you get nice surprises - one of the tastiest tangerines I have ever eaten came from a plant that just popped up in a grower's compost heap.

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope it didn't taste like a compost heap