Rooted Cuttings
Product Overview
Rooted cuttings are smaller citrus trees grown on their own roots, making them an excellent choice for home gardeners and small-scale growers. Unlike trees grafted onto rootstocks, these cuttings may not be as disease-resistant, but they offer several advantages, especially for container gardening.
Advantages of Rooted Cuttings:
Ease of Transplanting: Rooted cuttings are simpler to transplant compared to citrus liners, making them ideal for beginners and hobbyists. Their smaller size and established root systems reduce transplant shock, ensuring a smoother transition to your garden or container.
Container Gardening: These trees thrive in small containers, perfect for patios, balconies, and backyards. Their compact size makes them suitable for urban gardening, allowing you to enjoy fresh citrus fruits even in limited spaces.
Quick Propagation: Our propagation process takes only 6-8 weeks, ensuring a fast turnaround to a finished product. This quick propagation time means you can enjoy your citrus trees sooner, with less waiting time compared to other methods.
Why Choose Rooted Cuttings?
Compact Size: Ideal for limited spaces and urban gardening. Rooted cuttings are perfect for those who want to grow citrus trees but lack the space for larger, grafted trees.
Cost-Effective: Generally, more affordable than grafted trees. Rooted cuttings provide a budget-friendly option for nurseries looking to start a citrus program.
Genetic Consistency: Propagated from healthy parent plants, rooted cuttings ensure predictable growth, fruit quality, and performance.
Faster Establishment: With an existing root system, they adapt and grow quickly after planting, helping you reach production sooner.
Versatility: Suitable for transplanting into smaller containers, the low branching at soil level makes them attractive for a garden center product designed for gift giving at a lower price point than grafted trees.
Citrus Rooted Cutting: Varieties We Carry
Citrus TreeSource carries the following varieties of rooted cuttings for sale:
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Don’t see the variety you’re looking for? Reach out to us for details on availability and to place your order. Our team specializes in supporting nurseries and wholesale growers with all their citrus tree needs. From large-scale orders to specialized varieties, we’re here to help you grow strong, healthy, and market-ready citrus trees.
Rooted Cuttings FAQs
How do you grow your rooted cuttings?
We built a facility specifically for our rooted cuttings, leveraging state-of-the-art vertical growing within a greenhouse and growing on racks made by PIPP Horticulture.
Why would I choose to go with rooted cuttings over a citrus liner?
It’s easier to transplant the rooted cuttings compared to the citrus liner. For those customers seeking an easier transplant, we frequently recommend this product.
Is there a minimum order requirement for your citrus rooted cuttings?
Our citrus rooted cuttings for sale do have a minimum order requirement. It depends on the variety and when you’re looking to have the product delivered. We recommend you hit the Contact Us button in the upper right corner of your screen to inquire about the specific order requirements.
How do I transplant rooted cuttings?
Remove the cutting from the tray, being careful not to damage the roots. Dibble a hole in a 1-gallon container, ensuring the root ball is pressed into contact with the soil. The top of the cutting’s rootball should be level with the soil in the new pot. Water in the cutting to settle the soil around the transplant.
What type of soil is best for citrus trees?
Cuttings prefer well-drained soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH. A mix of peat, coir, and perlite can provide the ideal growing medium.
How often should I irrigate my cuttings?
Watering frequency depends on the climate and container size. Overwatering is the main concern, as you want a “moist” soil for the roots of the cutting to grow into. Moist is NOT wet. Water the well just after transplant, then allow the substrate to drain away all free water, about an hour. Weigh a sample pot. This is your reference for “saturated.” Over the next few days, weigh the same pot. It will get lighter each day as the substrate dries. When the cutting shows wilting leaves from moisture stress, this is your reference for “dry.” Each irrigation should take place just before the wilting or “dry” stage, so use the weights as your reference for timing. Keep in mind that the weights will change slightly when the plant is rooted into the larger container and puts on new foliage, so just repeat these steps to reset your weights.
How do rooted cuttings grow?
The best answer is… quickly! Especially in a greenhouse environment. At TreeSource, we have seen rooted cuttings fill a 1-gallon pot with roots within 3 months of transplanting.
Can I put rooted cuttings into the ground?
No. Citrus cuttings are for pot culture only.
Will Rooted Cuttings bear fruit?
Yes. All the selections we propagate will bear fruit within 1-2 years.
How long should I keep my Rooted Cuttings in pots?
As with any potted plant, rooted cuttings will outgrow their pot eventually. Plan to shift into a larger container once the foliage has become unruly in the smaller pot. The final pot for citrus is equivalent to a ½ wine barrel. The tree will remain manageable in this-sized container indefinitely.
What is the best season to plant my rooted cuttings?
Year-round within greenhouse conditions. We avoid winter shipping, so March-November is fine.
How big will my rooted cuttings get?
The foliage will be as big as the root system of the pot. The bigger the pot, the bigger the tree.
Where can you ship my rooted cuttings to?
Can be shipped throughout the U.S. (Except TX & FL).