Yuzu (Lemon-Mandarin fruit) seeds

Name: Yuzu (Lemon-Mandarin fruit) - Local Seeds
Brand: Other
Price: 25.95 AUD
Availability: InStock

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Near Cherrybrook metro station, Castle hill, New South Wales, Australia

$25.95

5 Yuzu (Lemon-Mandarin fruit) seeds

Yuzu is known as the world’s ugliest but most expensive Lemon Mandarin fruit.

It’s the oddest lemon-like fruit which is prickly to pick and has a flavour difficult to describe, but yuzu is highly prized, particularly in Japanese, Korean and Chinese cuisine. It looks like lemon but tastes like mandarin orange and grapefruit, and is grown on small trees with long thorns. In Australia, while most citrus fetches prices less than $500 a tonne, yuzu costs as much as $25,000 a tonne, or $25 per kilogram at the farm gate. Growers have to wear heavy-duty welding gloves to pluck the small yellow fruit off the thorny trees.

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Greg

4 years 10 months ago

I have read citrus seeds lose their vitality after four weeks. With this in mind, can you please advise me if the seeds have been collected within this time frame. I am prepared to wait if the seeds are not available at present.

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Ken Chee

4 years 10 months ago

I read about that online before but have always manage to germinate citrus from seeds. I believe it is more important to select quality seeds and provide a conducive environment for germination to take place. For instance in a glasshouse where the temperature and humidity can be controlled to simulate that of a subtropical climate for Yuzu and Pomelo.

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Greg

4 years 10 months ago

Thank you Ken. I have built a small controlled environment cabinet where I can control temp and humidity to a decimal place. Yesterday I placed a number of West Indian Lime seeds in the unit, some with husks and some not. Presently the temp is 35°C and the seeds in a plastic container between two layers of damp paper towel. Will see how it goes over the next few days. I feel the temp is too high, but will soon know!