Hello Kvetchlambkin and Susanne thanks guy's the greenhouse is fantastic right now with all of the blossom's opening up I wish you guy's where here you would absolutely love all the scents. Kvetchlambkin that's to bad that you can't purchase grafted citrus from in your area . It sure is nice purchasing exactly what you want on line but you just can't beat purchasing them in a store , dragging the tree's all off the skid making a huge mess checking for the best one and searching for that tree you've been searching for forever. I tell you that my heart rate elevates so high when going through a skid of citrus in a store nothing like it . Kvetchlambkin Meyers are very finicky with their environment especially if it's been outside all summer actually all citrus are but the Meyer really has a hard time adjusting I almost lost my 14 yr old Meyer last winter . Try to give it lot's of light as much as possible and watch the watering. Place a fan near it for circulation. Hello Susanne bugs Lol scale they can spread in there but it's funny they seem to hit some tree's worst then others . Last winter I had scale but they didn't do any damage to the tree's . During the summer the scales seem to just dissappear. Scale is the only pest I seem to get during the winter . Night time temperature that I would love to have all winter is 55-60 but it's not easy keeping those kind of temperature's when it's minus 30 outside. I have lights in my Greenhouse on at 6.00 am and I shut them off at 9.30 pm which coincidently is my bedtime . Susanne your setup is beautiful your doing everything right you shouldn't run into any problems. Give them lot's and lot's of light , you can drop your night time temps while the lights are off you want to mimic the outside and use lot's of fans for air circulation great for the tree's and helps with the over watering issue . Get a feel for your tree's in their pots, water them then remember how heavy they felt after watering if they still feel almost as heavy days later don't water remember the surface might dry but a couple inches down it could be very moist . The tree's will be very slow to take up water for a few weeks after bringing them in so make sure not to over water . I have faith in you Susanne you will do just fine . Brian

I have purchased trees from 3 different nurseries and each have different ways of grafting their trees. The trees from Four Winds Nursery have shorter trunks, but yet have full canopies. Trees from Harris Citrus Nursery have very tall trunks, but they are really thin and top heavy. Grafted trees purchased from Lowes which are supplied from Saxon, Becnel and Sons have trunks that are not too short, but not too tall. lol. The only thing you can do is wait and see how they grow. Each variety of citrus has different growth habits. From what I have read and watched on youtube, you just trim to keep the tree symmetrical as the tree grows. With any tree, as it grows taller, you can trim the bottom branches to get the trunk you desire. I supplement my trees with fish emulsion to encourage growth. I got 18" new of growth on my Eureka lemon tree in 4 months and about the same on my New Zealand Lemonade tree. My other trees didn't grow as much as these two so that tells me that it all depends on the variety of citrus. I am not crazy about my NZL's shape either as it was an entry level tree so I contacted Four Winds Growers inquiring how to prune it so it would be like their typical premium trees. My tree is growing like a V- shape. I requested it to be in video format so other people would be able to benefit from it as well. A positive response from Aaron Dillon, owner, was received before the holidays (Thanksgiving). I hope he will follow through now that the holidays are over. I have a feeling that my options are limited because of the natural growth habits of the tree which is not the fault of Four Winds Growers. It is a relatively new variety growing here in the US too so I think there is much to learn about this variety. I have not seen online a mature tree to use as a model or other young trees to compare my tree with.

Denise - do you by any chance have a "Tango" mandarin tree to compare? From what I understand, Tango is an irradiated form of W. Murcott and am curious if they would normally look similar to each other except for the fact that I think the Tango fruit are seedless. My Tango, which has been a struggle since I got it from FW back in 2017, does get a mix of those smaller leaves, larger pointed leaves, and leaves that are rounded at the tip instead of pointed. It also has leaves that tend to curl under although I have seen that habit in other mandarins - notably the Shiranui/Dekopan, and that one really has much smaller leaves than the Tango. Kishu was another mandarin that had smaller leaves. Here is the Tango from a pic taken back near the end of January (I have it overwintering in my basement) -

Hello Mikey ! Mike I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if my GH thermometers weren't working . I have two going in the GH at both ends it's amazing the difference in temperature from one end of the greenhouse to the other . Depending where you place your heater there might be a 5 degree difference that's why it's probably best to place your heater in the center of the GH . Mikey thermometers are so important hope that your getting that fixed today lol. I'm getting the heating thing down pat now 1 heater at -7 C outdoors will keep the GH at 3 - 4 C . It seems with every added 7 C drop I would need to add an extra heater so -14 C I would need 2 heaters - 21 C three heaters colder than that 4 heaters max . Mikey my friend it finally rose to 62 in the GH this morning with no heaters going just pure solar power . First time the greenhouse has been above 60 F since last November Yippee . Spring is slowly coming buddy Yippee. Checking out my trees this morning and to my surprise they all have new growth starting . That snowstorm that was supposed to miss us this weekend well it's beginning to look like we're going to get hit with like 8 inches or so lol . I see you might be in the ice and snow zone hate that . The following storm after this weekends snow looks like ice and rain for us . Highly recommend Shasta buddy they are so good ! Have an awesome afternoon my friend! Brian Amy your going to love the Shasta . The older the tree the better the fruit gets . Even when the trees young the fruits are good . Brian