Fruit Trees - Yuzu lemons

Hello,

Does anyone grow Yuzu lemons? I watched a youtube video where a couple in New Jersey were growing Yuzu lemons successfully. You have to bring them inside in the winter.
I have been looking for seeds so I can try growing them and they are so expensive.

I don't personally grow them, but they are a major crop here where I live. I can probably answer or easily find an answer for most questions. Seeds will probably be hard to find since it's mostly a Japanese thing.

What I quickly read says Yuzu will grow true to type, but will take over 10 years to produce fruit. So most producers graft it to speed up the process.

This page is about growing yuzu. It's all in Japanese, but google translate can give you the gist. https://sodatekata-labo.com/yuzu/

If you're growing them in Wembly AB you will be far north of any of the native growing areas in Japan.

I would expect to need to grow them in a greenhouse.

Hi L. Johnson,

I am not going to grow them in Wembley, Alberta.
I will be growing them in Castlegar, BC
Zone 7a.

thanks for your reply

I have two yuzu just planted this fall in my garden (Maryland 7B/borderline 8A). I got rooted cuttings from Georgia Grown Citrus.

Jane Squier on youtube has been successfully growing citrus (including yuzu) in her greenhouse on Salt Spring Island, BC.

Laura Overholt wrote:I have two yuzu just planted this fall in my garden (Maryland 7B/borderline 8A). I got rooted cuttings from Georgia Grown Citrus.

Jane Squier on youtube has been successfully growing citrus (including yuzu) in her greenhouse on Salt Spring Island, BC.

Thank you Laura for that information. Happy to hear you successfully can grow Yuzu in your area. I did also find someone in Sidney, BC on Vancouver Island who grows Yuzu in their garden, and they only sell potted plants, and after talking to them, I'm leaning more towards rooted cuttings. Seeds will take a lot longer, and I would really like Yuzu lemons in a few to several years, not 10 to 12 years.

I'm leaning more towards rooted cuttings. Seeds will take a lot longer, and I would really like Yuzu lemons in a few to several years, not 10 to 12 years.

That's what I was going to recommend, but I only know US growers and I didn't know whether you'd be able to buy seedlings or rooted cuttings in Canada. If you can get them, that's definitely the best way to go so you get a good head start.

I don't know yet if I can grow them here - I only just planted them in August, so we'll see if they make it through the winter. If they do survive, I intend to plant several more, as well as some other cold-hardy citrus like satsumas and ichang lemons.

One of my pipe dreams is to successfully grow yuzu outdoors in Tennessee, or perhaps create a hybrid with trifoliate orange without too much of the trifoliate funk.