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Kumquats from store seed?

Any chance of getting good fruit if i grow a couple plants from store-bought fruit seed?
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Some retail fruit is picked green and then ripens after cold storage....have no idea if the seed would be viable or not or how long ago that was picked/packaged.
 
Would be great if it worked  ;)
 
Did a quick video search...found this interesting about care and possible pests pertaining to Kumquats
 
I germinated a bunch of store-bought kumquat seeds last year and it worked perfectly. There are a couple different kinds of kumquats but I read - can't remember where - that growing from seed should produce the same fruit in most cases. The same article stated that you should be able to produce fruit within 3 or 4 years of germination. I think I overwatered a couple of them this winter, but I still have a few left. 
 
I'm fairly sure I can get one to grow, but I'd like to try to have good fruit to eat after a couple years work.
sounds like most supermarket fruit is Nagami and they "should" grow true to seed?
 
thanks for the resources everyone!
 
sicman said:
Never heard of those? If you really want some seeds maybe I can find a couple.
Thanks Sic but my local market had that bag of kumquats and I thought I'd give them a try. 
I'm growing KeyLime from store-bought fruit as well because they are well known to grow true from seed.
 
Wonder if there is a festival? Or if ypu could make jellies and sauces? Looks like you would just eat them whole.
 
sicman said:
Wonder if there is a festival? Or if ypu could make jellies and sauces? Looks like you would just eat them whole.
They are delicious whole.
Looks like they make a good marmalade
I may try to make a marmalade with kumquats and P.Dreadie bonnets
 
hot stuff said:
Grafts don't make seeds not grow true to form. They use grafts because the root stocks are generally more disease resistant.
 
Or because it gets plants started quicker than seeds.  But it's true that most commercial citrus is grafted because seeds won't come true.  You will never get a sweet orange from a seed.
 
solid7 said:
 
Or because it gets plants started quicker than seeds.  But it's true that most commercial citrus is grafted because seeds won't come true.  You will never get a sweet orange from a seed.
You'll have to explain that because we are not talking about hybrids or are we? Are you saying the commercial citrus are hybrids and the trees are grafts from the original hybrid onto other rootstocks?
 
hot stuff said:
You'll have to explain that because we are not talking about hybrids or are we? Are you saying the commercial citrus are hybrids and the trees are grafts from the original hybrid onto other rootstocks?
 
I'm saying that commercial citrus are hybrids that are grafted onto other rootstock, yes.
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Commercial citrus are grafts.
Commercial citrus will not grow true from seed.
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This is a general statement, not absolute.  But it's more the rule than the exception.
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I can't answer the OP's question about the kumquat seed.  The seed will grow, but I have no idea what variety it is, and what the result will be.  What I do know, is that we have several varieties here.  Some very sour, some very sweet.  Some large as a golf ball, and some small like grapes.  I've even seen a variegated variety.
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For what it's worth, I've never seen kumquat seed anywhere, except in a ripe kumquat.
 
One of the reasons citrus isn't grown from seed is that it takes maybe 10 years before it starts fruiting...
Oh, and by the way... kumquat is not considered "citrus" but "fortunella" :D
 
MarcV said:
kumquat is not considered "citrus" but "fortunella" :D
Incorrect. They were formerly classified as fortunella.  Today, they are very much classified as citrus.
 
Fortunella (as well as Citrofortunella) is a historical genus.  As in, no longer used.
 
 
You are correct :) same with the poncirus genus. But I still see fortunella being used often...
 
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