{"id":173,"date":"2011-05-23T02:29:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T02:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/?p=173"},"modified":"2011-12-09T04:25:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T04:25:24","slug":"citrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/citrus\/","title":{"rendered":"citrus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Uses:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Eat fresh<\/li>\n<li>Preserve<\/li>\n<li>Other culinary uses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Propagation &amp; cultivation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cutting &#8211; best<\/li>\n<li>Seed &#8211; somewhat unreliable<\/li>\n<li>Loves water but needs good drainage too<\/li>\n<li>Hates wind<\/li>\n<li>Needs full range of minerals and very useful to dose with epsom salts, iron chelates and trace elements<\/li>\n<li>Mulch with Lucerne<\/li>\n<li>Plant in ground if possible<\/li>\n<li>Stake for first year in ground<\/li>\n<li>Need cool nights to colour up fruit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cold sensitivity<\/h3>\n<p>&gt;general idea of most sensitive to most cold hardy &#8211; from Palmers Citrus Handbook by Eion Scarrow <a title=\"http:\/\/www.fishpond.com.au\/c\/Books\/p\/David+Bateman+Ltd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fishpond.com.au\/c\/Books\/p\/David+Bateman+Ltd\" target=\"_blank\">Bateman books<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt; citron &#8211; lime &#8211; lemon &#8211; grapefruit &#8211; pummelo &#8211; tangelo &#8211; sweet orange &#8211; mandarin &#8211; meyer lemon &#8211; kumquat<br \/>\n&gt; desert lime can standard huge variation from 45 to -25 but other micro citrus are tropical in origin and need heat in winter. They will drop leaves if too dry and stressed.<br \/>\n&gt; microcitrus have been recently reclassified as citrus according to some sources<\/p>\n<p>The taxonomy is a bit of a mess still due to hybrids etc. so theoretically i&#8217;m growing these plus a few more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Citrus aurantifolia<\/li>\n<li>Citrus medica<\/li>\n<li>Citrus reticulata<\/li>\n<li>Citrus aurantifolia<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u00d7 aurantium<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u00d7 latifolia<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u00d7 limon<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u00d7 limonia<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u00d7 sinensis<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u00d7 paradisi<\/li>\n<li>\u00d7Citrofortunella mitis syn Citrus microcarpa<\/li>\n<li>Fortunella japonica syn Citrus japonica<\/li>\n<li>Microcitrus australasica<\/li>\n<li>Microcitrus australis<\/li>\n<li>Microcitrus inodora<\/li>\n<li>Microcitrus garrawayi [garrawayae]<\/li>\n<li>Eremocitrus glauca<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Citrus species and varities I&#8217;m growing in common name form:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lemon &#8211; eureka<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lemon &#8211; eureka &#8211; lotsa lemons dwarf<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lemon &#8211; meyer<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lemon &#8211; verna<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lemon &#8211; fino<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lemon &#8211; lisbon<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lemon &#8211; villafranca<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lemon &#8211; Bush lemon or Jhambira<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lime &#8211; kaffir<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 lime &#8211; tahitian &amp; persian &#8211; key lime<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 orange &#8211; blood orange &amp; cara cara<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 orange &#8211; bergamot &amp; seville<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 orange &#8211; navel &amp; valencia<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 grapefruit &#8211; Ruby red NZ<\/li>\n<li>Citrus \u2013 mandarin &#8211; Imperial<\/li>\n<li>Citrus &#8211; kalamansi &#8211; calomondin &#8211; this has green sweet outside and orange bitter inside.<\/li>\n<li>Citrus &#8211; medica &#8211; buddhas hand<\/li>\n<li>Microcitrus australasica &#8211; Finger Lime &#8211; many colours inside<\/li>\n<li>Microcitrus australis &#8211; Dooja<\/li>\n<li>Microcitrus Inodora &#8211; Russell River Lime<\/li>\n<li>Microcitrus Garrawayi [Garrawayae] &#8211; Mount White Lime<\/li>\n<li>Eremocitrus glauca &#8211; desert lime &#8211; will handle severe conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Useful links<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.fourwindsgrowers.com\/our-citrus-trees.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fourwindsgrowers.com\/our-citrus-trees.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fourwindsgrowers.com\/our-citrus-trees.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.daleysfruit.com.au\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.daleysfruit.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.daleysfruit.com.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.diggers.com.au\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.diggers.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.diggers.com.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Excellent info here:\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good links can be found here in the CSIRO rainforest database regarding the Australian species:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/keys.trin.org.au:8080\/key-server\/data\/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04\/media\/Html\/index.html\">http:\/\/keys.trin.org.au:8080\/key-server\/data\/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04\/media\/Html\/index.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/keys.trin.org.au:8080\/key-server\/data\/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04\/media\/Html\/taxon\/Citrus_garrawayi.htm\">http:\/\/keys.trin.org.au:8080\/key-server\/data\/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04\/media\/Html\/taxon\/Citrus_garrawayi.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/keys.trin.org.au:8080\/key-server\/data\/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04\/media\/Html\/taxon\/Citrus_inodora.htm\">http:\/\/keys.trin.org.au:8080\/key-server\/data\/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04\/media\/Html\/taxon\/Citrus_inodora.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uses: Eat fresh Preserve Other culinary uses Propagation &amp; 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