I am interested in growing a Marumi Kumquat tree. Does anyone have any experience with this variety?

Also, I am currently renting a house.
While I don't mind planting the tree, if I was to move later on I'd probably have to leave the tree.
How do they fare being grown in a pot (either indoors or on a screen porch)?

never heard of that variety, but most citrus do well in pots, esspeciall the smaller fruits. Just use a proper soil mix, and watch that you dont plant the tree in a pot thats too big.

if I lived in an area where I could plant the trees in the ground.. I still wouldn;t... UNLESS I owned the propert. I just could not give them up with moving

Just use a proper soil mix, and watch that you dont plant the tree in a pot thats too big.
What do you mean by too big? I can understand too small, and having to deal with transplanting to a larger pot, but too big?

too big of a pot allows more moisture to just sit there that the citrus cant take up... causing root problems. when transplanting from one pot to another, you only move up on size, maybe two. no more than 2" more in diameter.

I'm new to citrus but this is one thing that stuck. Watch the pot size. From info, its almost better it be too small than too big. too small you just wont have great growth. too big... root problems. granted the root problems wont always happen, but why risk it. Keep to pots a size or two up till you see the roots out the bottom,

Ok, I see. Thanks!

Canuck's right. It is a bit strange. It's been explained to me that citrus trees, hating "wet feet" , do best when there is a smaller area, easier to control moisture content. If your tree has grown significantly, check for being rootbound. If so, move up one pot size. I've got some trees in the ground, but it's very porous sandy loam, and I'm very careful watering them.

Well, I've picked up my kumquat trees. They seem to be content on my patio.
From what I've read, the Marumi Kumquat fruit is very similar to Calamondin fruit. Hopefully I can make some preserves once the trees begin to fruit.

Hi dirwood,

How is your kumquat doing now? I think we're about in the same zone (8 or 9). Mine, planted in the ground, is sending out new leaves now (most of them got chewed up by caterpillars last year). It didn't do well last year, but I trimmed some trees to get it more sunlight and it seems happier.

When I had lots of fruit on mine, I just left it on the tree and picked a few every day. They lasted all winter and seemed to get sweeter the longer they were on the tree. They're a winter fruit in our zone, I think.

Hi to your tree from mine. :D

Cantate in Japan

The kumquats are doing fine. Like you said the new growth so far has been eaten by bugs, but they seem to be doing well. I have had a few flowers, but no fruit yet.

They're still young but I'm hopeful!

Fruit will set from the blossums when they fall off. You might want to maybe make a tea from garlic and hot pepper, and spray on the leaves. Won't hurt the plant, but it will keep a lot of the bugs off. Main problem Ii've had this year is our yearly influx of monster walking sticks that just love citrus. Luckily they're easy to find on the trees. (7" to 8") Had a bit of sooty mold on key limes. Fixed that with weekly spray of copper soap solution. That and turning loose a bag of lady bugs on my front porch to eat the aphids.

Yeah, I knew that, I just figured the trees were still too immature to bear fruit, especially after nothing happened after their first flowering.

But... I just checked the trees again and there is definitely some fruit starting to grow.