How many bushels of fruit are U getting from your POTTED citrus
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Comments (6)Here are some more details: 1) 6-8 hours a day 2) Gets sun from W and SW windows 3) Fertilize with a Fertilome product per package instructions. Last fertilization 2 weeks ago and most drop has been since that time. 4) This is the first full year I have had it. I did not pollinate by hand - I gave the tree a little shake or two each day like some of the past posts mention 5) Yes it was summered outside last year 6) I have checked for spider mites per your recent post - I did not see any, but it has been cloudy this weekend. May have to wait for better light. From other reading and posts, I know they will drop at a couple of stages and will only retain what they can support. Since it dropped them all, I figure I must have done something wrong. The tree was stressed from an underwater problem back in December and had some leaf drop. I have corrected that problem I think (no leaf drop and flush of new growth). Could I just chalk this up to a first year of learning? The in ground plant appears to be doing just fine. The other two potted are showing new growth, but no blooms or fruit....See MoreHow Much Fruit Do You Get From Your Fruit Trees In Containers?
Comments (26)While citrus is young count the leave and divide it on 20. that is how many fruits you may leave on them to bear. On adult trees 10 leave is enough for photosintesing for one fruit. The better plant is doing with foliage - more fruits you will collect. So pay attention on a mineral fertilising of your trees and they will pay you back with the fruits!! That lemon of mine lost all leave in december and fruits never turn yellow - I had to collect them in april, so it could grow new leaves. This Meyer got 7 lemons This wild citrus is 5 years old, does not grow at all, but give me 2 fruits every year!! And it is very rare that you will collect more fruits than volume of your pot every year...See Moreanyboddy get fruit off their seed grown potted citrus / kumquat t
Comments (5)Hi Steve... You keep saying that 2 out of three trees die that you buy that are graftings, right? Have you tried to figure out why they die? I think now that you have been a forum member for quite some time that you would not loose a one, but then you would probably have to use better mixes.. Have you ever thought of trying rooted cuttings instead of grafts? This might be your cup of tee if you find that buying grafts are too expensive.. Just a few ideas...But if you insist of growing from seed, then my hats off to you. Most people I know don't have the time or patience to wait for years for their trees with potted trees up north to produce from seeds, and that is why many are wiling to pay the price the way they do. I think many that can grow in-ground don't want to take the chance of some disease such as phytophtora spp. killing their seedlings so therefor turn to better root stock. As for me, I don't have the room or time to wait for seedlings to flower when I can get them to do so as quick as looking at them in the store. if price is not an option, I can understand why a few people grow from seed, but then too I think many in-ground citrus growers use grafted for many reasons too. I think John uses grafted for many reasons.. I think that even those that have the option to plant in the ground still have to wait years for seedlings to produce, let alone grow in pots up here in the north... I have already pulled off limes, lemons, oranges and kumquats off trees no bigger than a foot high..Now for me, that is what I call exciting and fresh produce! Have a nice day Mike This post was edited by meyermike_1micha on Sun, Sep 29, 13 at 9:38...See MoreMy Citrus Trees
Comments (8)I thought 4 winds used Cuban shadock. bleeding dirt Don't commend us with to much seriousness. We get very little fruit for the trouble and money spent. I just had such good luck with figs and saw nursery adds and Garden forum threads that emphasized just how easy citrus trees were to grow, that I planted 400 seeds and off I went. 4 sweetlee tangerine trees, 2 poncirus trifoliata and 1 kumquat tree are all that are left. If you want to see how little fruit people get off their northern potted trees, check out the thread. http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1834110/how-many-bushels-of-fruit-are-u-getting-from-your-potted-citrus?n=18 I can't think of any reason to grow citrus colder than zone 8b. The only reason I keep mine is I can't bear to cut them down. See pics of my 2 year old sweetlee tangerine trees from seed Sweelee tangerine tree. seed growm...See Moreponcirusguy6b452xx
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