Calamondin (calamansi)
A kumquat-by-mandarin cross, hardy to about 22F, that fruits year-round and works like a lime or lemon in the kitchen. As much houseplant as crop: prolific, ornamental, and the most forgiving of this set to keep in a pot.
Across the consideration criteria
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- 22°F
- Ripening
- Mid-season
- Vigor
- Variable (Papeda-Derived = Vigorous + Thorny)
- Disease tolerance
- Moderate
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Graft requirement
- Graft Required
- US availability
- Available
Considerations
Canopy killed at about 22°F.
Needs low heat to colour and sweeten.
Mid-season fruit (year-round).
variable (papeda-derived = vigorous + thorny)
Prefers a pH band of 6–7.5.
These are intrinsic to the citrus. On a real property, Folia scores each against your site; here they're shown on their own.
Grows alike
similar to growKeraji mandarin (hardy)
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Rusk citrange
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Citradia
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
US-1516 (cold-hardy rootstock-scion)
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Kabosu
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Nippon Orangequat
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksNippon Orangequat
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Eustis Limequat (specialty)
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Tavares Limequat
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Keraji mandarin (hardy)
similar heat requirement · similar cold hardiness
Dunstan citrumelo
similar heat requirement · ripens in a similar season
Kabosu
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
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