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Can kinno/malta/chakotara(Citrus family) be grown in Karachi. I just bought some palms from nursery and saw kinno/malta/chakotara etc plants in pots . Would these survive here and easily fruit like lemons?

Yet to see Kinno here in fruiting... i have seen Chakotra, Grape fruit, Mittha, Mausambi, Frooter..

Kinno is unlikely. The little kingri malta fruits well (I have one in a container and it set three fruits this year).

And grapefruit does really well- this is the season when new plants come from Punjab. Plant now.
Grapefruits grow and fruit well in containers (I have proof if you want)

And lemons do very well- and now there are so many varieties available. Not to forget kumquats and 'china orange' which makes great orange juice!

I went to nursery and bought few plants including Pomelo(Chakotra),Grapefruit, Kinno,Malta and Kaghzi lemon.All of these are almost 5 feet + and are grafted plants. I already have grown up Grapefruit tree growing in ground at my other place and it fruits too each year.

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Will post Pomelo(Chakotra) pic later as I can't seem to find it on disk.I honestly forgot which one is what so have labeled them with numbers instead.

I think :
1st is Kinno
2nd is Lemon
3rd is Grapefruit
4th is Malta