GRAFTED CITRUS
OR
CUTTING GROWN?
Due to the shortage of citrus trees in the past couple of years, some nurseries have started growing and selling cutting grown citrus. Don’t be fooled by these inferior plants. While often they are a little cheaper they will cause much dissatisfaction in the long run.
Engall’s Nursery and other leading citrus nurseries across the country and around the world have always and will always graft or bud citrus. Citrus are grafted onto a rootstock to produce a superior plant.
Grafted citrus will produce a tree that is :-
· Stronger and more vigorous
· True to type and superior varieties can be selected
· Fruiting quicker from time of planting
· Suited to a wide range of soil types
· More resistant to pests and diseases
· Suitable to a wider range of climatic conditions
· Dwarfed (if grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock)
Don’t be fooled, always buy a grafted citrus. Life is too short to waste time growing an inferior cutting grown citrus!