Good that you had an opportunity to test the hypothesis, we are in a run of extremes so you may see the same again in the following years. Alternatively, put the patio heater on - I am sure the hot temperatures were tough going. Did the other plants manage to stand up to them?
Lol the patio heater would literally cremate anything near it within 5 minutes, it puts out seriously intense heat. The small kiwi berry with fruit on is a bit brown on the leaves after the really hot days and a couple of young non tropicals have cooked but everything else was unaffected although a few plants drooped when I didnt keep them watered enough. I suspect I'll lose a lot more embryo citrus in the next week or so. But for me its positive proof that kumquats need higher temperatures for a few days to trigger the flower bud production, there was absolutely no sign of buds before the week or so of hot, dry weather as I'd been inspe ting them extremely closely
Great update on the kumquats, Brett. Nice to see the buds on those. I'm debating if I may leave a few citrus in our greenhouse next year to see how the results vary.
Kumquats in particular require more heat to stimulate flowering than we get in our normal summers. Obviously we've had a freak period of hot weather a week ago and it appears to have immediately triggered flower bud production in my 2 kumquats. My less fussy other citrus have all been flowering on and off for weeks. I'd say in your summers which are considerably hotter than ours, that you probably don't need to have yours in a greenhouse in summer. Might even be too hot for them as citrus apparently stopped growing in temperatures over 98f ?
I think you might be right about the heat triggering flowering in them Brett. I know the kumquat that my parents had in a conservatory flowered regularly, but it did use to get very warm in there in the summer, equally, it got very cold in winter with it being unheated. I'm hoping my clementines and grapefruits decide to push some flowers soon, most of my other citrus are flowering like crazy right now.
The citrus centre actually told me they recommend growing kumquats in greenhouses or conservatories even in Summer to trigger flowering although they said they appreciate being outside AFTER they've set fruit. Generally our summers aren't hot enough outdoors but it's very clear to me that those few hot days have stimulated flower bud production. Most of my citrus are flowering on and off, although it's not unusual for some of them to take a year off from flowering or even putting out new growth
Exactly what has happened to mine Brett. A lovely surprise after a couple of fruitless years. It might have been the hot spell - mine has been outside this year - but then it was in the greenhouse previously so who knows?
Almost certainly the hot spell triggering flowering. In cooler years I'm not sure how hot a greenhouse gets , but it's probably a 'different' kind of heat 😁
My kumquat blooms twice for me in the greenhouse, I'm based in Midlands. It's getting really hot in my greenhouse during the summer so I get blooms in July and then in Aug.
Thanks for sharing this, I'm going to nip out and have a look at my one kumquat I got from Aldi last year, I left mine outside last winter and it dropped all its leaves and fruits.
They are bit more cold tolerant than some other citrus but leaving them outside over winter isn’t really a good idea as they actually do better in hotter climates than most citrus. The citrus centre told me that ideally kumquats should be kept in greenhouses or conservatories all year round. Ironically they don’t make good houseplants 🤪🤪
Looking good, I’m sure your right with the heat needed It’s funny to me you saying Meiwa as rare and Nagami as common 30-1 meiwa - nagami planted around Canberra properties I see
It was the citrus commercial grower here that said kumquats need a lot more heat to flower than other types of citrus which seems true as all my other young citrus plants have flowered heavily. I’d never come across a Meiwa here before but the explanation is simple. Basically nobody here grows citrus apart from a few lunatics like me as they aren’t an outdoor plant and few people have anywhere indoors to put them for 6 months of the year. The kumquats that are sold here aren’t bought by people for consumption ( I don’t like them either lol ). They are grown by Dutch wholesale growers to be sold as impulse buys at Christmas in florists, supermarkets and nurseries as the nagami can be tricked into fruiting heavily on very small plants which is ideal for windowsills in homes for winter colour. I doubt if they ever get eaten and probably after a few weeks of holding fruit in most households they probably succumb to root rot and get thrown away 😁
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Good that you had an opportunity to test the hypothesis, we are in a run of extremes so you may see the same again in the following years. Alternatively, put the patio heater on - I am sure the hot temperatures were tough going. Did the other plants manage to stand up to them?
Lol the patio heater would literally cremate anything near it within 5 minutes, it puts out seriously intense heat. The small kiwi berry with fruit on is a bit brown on the leaves after the really hot days and a couple of young non tropicals have cooked but everything else was unaffected although a few plants drooped when I didnt keep them watered enough. I suspect I'll lose a lot more embryo citrus in the next week or so.
But for me its positive proof that kumquats need higher temperatures for a few days to trigger the flower bud production, there was absolutely no sign of buds before the week or so of hot, dry weather as I'd been inspe ting them extremely closely
Great update on the kumquats, Brett. Nice to see the buds on those. I'm debating if I may leave a few citrus in our greenhouse next year to see how the results vary.
Kumquats in particular require more heat to stimulate flowering than we get in our normal summers. Obviously we've had a freak period of hot weather a week ago and it appears to have immediately triggered flower bud production in my 2 kumquats. My less fussy other citrus have all been flowering on and off for weeks. I'd say in your summers which are considerably hotter than ours, that you probably don't need to have yours in a greenhouse in summer. Might even be too hot for them as citrus apparently stopped growing in temperatures over 98f ?
I think you might be right about the heat triggering flowering in them Brett. I know the kumquat that my parents had in a conservatory flowered regularly, but it did use to get very warm in there in the summer, equally, it got very cold in winter with it being unheated. I'm hoping my clementines and grapefruits decide to push some flowers soon, most of my other citrus are flowering like crazy right now.
The citrus centre actually told me they recommend growing kumquats in greenhouses or conservatories even in Summer to trigger flowering although they said they appreciate being outside AFTER they've set fruit. Generally our summers aren't hot enough outdoors but it's very clear to me that those few hot days have stimulated flower bud production. Most of my citrus are flowering on and off, although it's not unusual for some of them to take a year off from flowering or even putting out new growth
Exactly what has happened to mine Brett. A lovely surprise after a couple of fruitless years. It might have been the hot spell - mine has been outside this year - but then it was in the greenhouse previously so who knows?
Almost certainly the hot spell triggering flowering. In cooler years I'm not sure how hot a greenhouse gets , but it's probably a 'different' kind of heat 😁
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My kumquat blooms twice for me in the greenhouse, I'm based in Midlands. It's getting really hot in my greenhouse during the summer so I get blooms in July and then in Aug.
Yes they really respond well to greenhouse growing 👍
Thanks for sharing this, I'm going to nip out and have a look at my one kumquat I got from Aldi last year, I left mine outside last winter and it dropped all its leaves and fruits.
They are bit more cold tolerant than some other citrus but leaving them outside over winter isn’t really a good idea as they actually do better in hotter climates than most citrus. The citrus centre told me that ideally kumquats should be kept in greenhouses or conservatories all year round. Ironically they don’t make good houseplants 🤪🤪
@@lyonheart84 very fussy these Kumquats
Lol yes and I don’t even like them 😂😂
Looking good, I’m sure your right with the heat needed
It’s funny to me you saying Meiwa as rare and Nagami as common
30-1 meiwa - nagami planted around Canberra properties I see
It was the citrus commercial grower here that said kumquats need a lot more heat to flower than other types of citrus which seems true as all my other young citrus plants have flowered heavily. I’d never come across a Meiwa here before but the explanation is simple. Basically nobody here grows citrus apart from a few lunatics like me as they aren’t an outdoor plant and few people have anywhere indoors to put them for 6 months of the year. The kumquats that are sold here aren’t bought by people for consumption ( I don’t like them either lol ). They are grown by Dutch wholesale growers to be sold as impulse buys at Christmas in florists, supermarkets and nurseries as the nagami can be tricked into fruiting heavily on very small plants which is ideal for windowsills in homes for winter colour. I doubt if they ever get eaten and probably after a few weeks of holding fruit in most households they probably succumb to root rot and get thrown away 😁
Hope it will develop fruit in that heat
I think once it’s developed flower buds, heat is no longer required 🤞
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Too much heat cause flowers drop, i do have same issue with my kumquat tree .
Yes indeed although in most normal years, there's zero chance of too much heat in the UK 😂😂
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