Christy:

You sound as excited as I was when I discovered Neptune's Harvest!!lol...

Thnak you for sharing with us..Where did you buy it in case someone wants to know. And don't worry, we won't take this as an info-mercial..., although someone once touted me as a FP representative..lol

Mike

Hi Christy,
Mike is right. He has taken a lot of crap here. Mainly from one jerk who has mysteriously dissapeard. Hmm....wonder why he isn't here anymore? LOL...GOT WHAT HE DESERVED!!! I am glad you found a great organic fertilizer. I have to say that Mike has never steered me wrong and his fertilizer regimen has done tremendous things for me. IF you go thru the posts on the forum, you will find a post that I did on my new 'Dancy' tangerine tree. Not to many people looked at it. I think because they checked it once and realized there was no picture, so they never went back to that post.
I also wanted to show people how the FP, white vinegar, and some liquid iron spray saved a sick dying tree.
Since you want to go the organic route, can I still suggest one thing? Use the capfull of white vinegar! I have seen such a HUGE change in the health of my plants. I started the white vinegar treatment before I even had the FP. Good luck with your citrus. Your in the right place with this group of fantastic dedicated growers. Mike, Rhizzo, Josh, Al and Pug have all been extremely helpfull (There have also been others that have helped but this group has gone above and beyond being just helpfull!) Just one word of advice. If you are not trying to by more citrus trees, stay away from Meyer Mike's pics!! Since coming here and meeting him, he has been solely responsible for my buying my 6ft Improved Meyer lemon, and my Oro Blanco grapefruit tree! LOl. Love ya Mike!
Andrew

Ok, forgive my short-term memory loss Mike! LOL!, I am sure it will come to me as I write, FP stands for?>.....

Yeah, that is why I wrote that. I know sometimes when you write something good about a product here in GW, some people thing you may be an advertiser, so I wanted to make sure that noone thought that about my post.

I got it at my local Ace Harware/Garden Center. Monrovia is a company seller of higher quality plants/trees/bushes. So I assume that what ever local nursery/garden center who carries their plants and trees, would carry their fertilizers. If they do not carry the fertilizers but carry their plants, ask them to order it from them. I am sure they can get it! Actually, my store had this for a while before I even knew it existed. It was not even near the plant fertilzer section! It was over by the grass seed!!!
Christy

Ooh Andrew, we must have posted at the same time and I missed your post!

Now I want to know who the jerk is! LOL!

Too late, this site has already made me buy other citrus this summer!

So, do you add the vinegar to your water everytime you water? Let me know how and when I will definitely try it! Do you do it in the winter also? Since I am in NJ, I have to bring them indoors, and usually cut back on fertilizing during that time ( only because that is what I hear that is what you are suppose to do, unless you guys say other wise?)

Hmmm, Around when was your Dancy tangerine Post? I will go and look for it!

Thanks! Christy

PS

Hi Christy,
TheFP stands for Foliage Pro. This is a great liquid fertilizer that Mike got me into. The company that produces it is Dyna Gro. You should check it out.

The white vinegar I did use at every watering but then we started getting more rain and I didn't have to water so much. I pour a capfull of the white vinegar into a gallon of water. The white vinegar helps to maintain the necessary acidity to the citrus tree itself.

As far as feeding during the winter, I will let Mike go into that. Basically, if you want to feed the tree, you have t o be able to give them temps above 60 degrees and a good 10 hour or more of very bright light. If you cannot do that, you don't want to feed or your tree will react by defoliating(Mike, did I get that right? Was I close?).

My 'Dancy' tangerine post is on the first page of the forum. Good luck and I know Mike will be here to help you out.
Andrew

I'm wondering if using liquid acidic fertilizer (sold readily for hydrangeas and azaleas and such) would be a good idea for citrus? It also comes in tablets and solid form. I have a LOT of various citrus varieties now (all Logees so far, but I may "branch" out for other varieties) so I want to get more serious about citrus culture.

Phebe,

Have you read in ingredients in the fertilizer?

What are the numbers so all of us can comment on it?

Mike

Hi Andrew..;-)

I feed my plants all year long...I use a fast draining mix that allows me to fertilize at every watering if I choose so, and the temps in my cool room may flucuate many times, rising above the the mid fifties for me many times..
Many of my plants still want to grow at these temps and in such a fine mix all year..So I fertilize..

If I was to stop, they would trun yellow and grow weak..

At 60 degrees and very bright light for thet many hours, all my citrus plants MUST be fed, and all those at my local nurseries too...:-)

Mike

Hi, Mike --

You made me get up and look --- I fetched the acid fertilizer from the pot storage, where I found the cats had totally knocked over pretty much everything....sigh.

However, the one I have is Vigoro's 3 month time release plant food 10-8-8, 2 tblsps for a small plant, 2 x 2, the back says. They include minor nutrients, they say.

I am likely to get a liquid acid fertilizer, if this is a good idea, such as Ace Spectrum, 30-10-10 with chelated iron and minor nutrients, as being easier to keep using repeatedly. I am much impressed at people saying citrus are heavy feeders, feed, feed, feed! I don't think I've been doing nearly enough feeding.

Maybe I'll make up a mix of a couple spoons of urea, one tablespoon of epson salts, and a glug of some chelated iron I think I have somewhere in a 2-gal watering can with maybe a little vinegar and put that on and bottle what's left for use every week or so till it runs out and then use the commercial stuff.