calamondin - houseplant or citrus

Ive just bought one today knocked down to four quid so I thought I would give it my best shot. Is this plant treated as a houseplant or a citrus (regarding feeding etc). My other question is, will it overwinter in an unheated greenhouse or need to be brought indoors?
Ta very much for any advice

 

mine get overwintered in the greenhouse , I would say that as much as kept dry in winter and frost free it really hardy -5/6 , treat it like a citrus , not too much water , free drainage soil and citrus feed.

 

Thats great Sal. Thanks for the advice. I shall leave him in the greenhouse and keep an eye on him

 

I do exactly the same as Sal , the only thing I would add, I turn the pot once a week so it gets even light and pinch out all the shoots before winter sets in.

Spruce

 

Thanks Spruce I shall do that

 

It's related closely to the clementine, so it is fairly hardy.. to an extent, but would be severely damaged by our frosts here. The fruits are actually delicious to eat, despite their really tangy flavour.

 

I've never grown calamondin, it is a citrus as far as I know.

I'm not speaking from experience, which I dont like doing, but I was under the impression calamondin was actually slightly more tender than most citrus, and therefore grows much better as a house plant, than the others.

My thoughts on an unheated greenhouse is, NO WAY.
But stranger things have happened.

 

Calamondin is actually very good at overwintering in an unheated greenhouse. Mine has taken -1C this winter with absolutely no detrimental effect whatsoever.

 

It is sold as a houseplant here ... but then we grow the genuine fruits ... oranges, tangerines, lemons, limes, etc.

Does your fruit Stephen?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamondin

 

Believe it or not I bought a Sicilian lemon plant for a fiver today, reduced from £39.99.

Its a grafted plant and it has one unripe lemon.


Now waiting for all the leaves to fall off.
As usual.

Thinking of planting a clementine in the border in my allotment greenhouse, the plant is quite old and I grafted it a few years ago, but its never done much in a pot other than flower like crazy.

 

My unheated greenhouse has been as low as minus 4C already this winter, but I've put in an electric heater now, so hoping to keep it slightly warmer.

 

mine live happy in the greenhouse , but since I got it 3/4 years ago , when it was full with fruit I`ve never seen even a flower growing on it .
So far just lemon and grapefruit have managed to produce fruit in UK,
but want to try a pomelo ....apparently an ever so easy to get fruit out of it.

 

Just to add to this, my Calamondin is currently trying to flower... aye that's right, in an unheated greenhouse.. it's seen -2.1C in the greenhouse, but it is very happy, developing old fruit at a surprisingly fast rate (considering this is Britain were talking about).. the more shocking thing is that it is actually attempting to flower. If it can do that then aside from it's obvious tenderness in relation to low temperatures, this is one of the best Citrus plants to grow in the UK, provided it is kept frost free?