Container-grown Calamondin trees can be kept to about 6 feet in height with proper pruning.
The first blooms and fruits appear when the plant is about two years old. Harvest fruits when half ripe and just beginning to show color. The small acid-flavored orange edible fruit about 1 inch in diameter and has a thin, smooth peel resembling a small tangerine.
Calamondin juice can be used as a substitute for lemon or lime juice in iced tea, seafood and meat. Freeze it in ice cube trays to make calamondinade. The fruits can be sliced and boiled with cranberries to make a tart sauce. Whole calamondins can be preserved whole in sugar syrup or made into sweet pickles. A delicious marmalade can be made using calamondins alone, combining them with an equal quantify of kumquats, or adding fresh ginger. If you have a dehydrator, you can even make calamondin candy from the whole fruits!
Seedlings will be about 4 - 5 inches tall when shipped.
[Images are for reference purposes only. Your plant may look different as it develops due to a variety of factors including the growing conditions you provide.]
Spring 2024 shipping will begin in March. Local pickup also available in New Concord, Kentucky.
[Images are for reference purposes only. Your plant may look different as it develops due to a variety of factors including the growing conditions you provide.]
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