Please share your potted citrus with us...2013 # 2
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tcamp30144(7B N.ATLANTA)
10 years agoKey lime 3 months old I have 15 tree but don't have picks of all
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My Citrus trees are quite happy in plastic pots, are yours?
Comments (31)Hi, Mike Thanks. It's been pretty busy weekend. My three kumquat trees (all in different variety ) have different metabolism... one is blooming like crazy, one just woke up and figured out it is time to start new grow, one is dying. Green Leaves drop and twigs die back. I searched up in internet, the symptom is not for any disease or pests, it is the root rot. This made repot decision easier. I just repotted this kumquat into gritty mix. Although it continues to loose leave and twig, but hopefully it will recover soon. This is my unknown named kumquat from China with very sweet fruit. I hate to loose it. My meyer lemon has few baby lemons on it and still puts out new growth. I am excited to see the lemons grow into larger size. My local grocery store had season end sales. The bark mulch I use for my gritty mix and 511 are on sale for $1 /2cf. I stock up a lot of them and stack them up to decompose a little more. This past weekend, I mixed big batches of 511 and gritty mix. Repotted my jasmine sambac "Grand Duke..." which just finished flowering. This was a cutting given to me last year from friend of mine. Mine survived over the winter pratically a stick, but started new grow this spring. My friend's plant died in winter so I need to grow my jasmie large enough to give him some cuttings. Moved all my Brugs. into 511 mix. They are all very happy, no more droopy leaves in the afternoon. I potted aout 1/4 of my plants with Gritty/511 in plastic. I am happy to recycle those plastic pots. I am a little heitate to move all plants into either 511 or gritty mix. I am evaluating the pros and cons. The gritty mix and 511 will reduce water retaintion , improve air circulation therefore less chance of root rot and improve root system and thus healthy plant. But it creats another problem... fertilizer and water waste. it is also harder to manage the fertilize timing. Every time I water/fertilizer the gritty mix/511 most of water with fertilizer in it come out at the bottom, which all goes to waste. It makes nearby grass grow much faster and greener than my plants. In winter time, when all the plants are inside, I must have a deep saucer under each plant in order to catch excess water....See MoreReview my potted citrus methodolgy please!
Comments (7)Okay, a few comments: I would use pot feet and place the pots on pavers. I would not risk having your pots sit in water. You'd have to make sure the bottom of the pots are raised higher than the top lip of the saucer to assure that water is not able to collect and cause a puddling inside the bottom of your pots. Grass rarely will migrate up the hole of a pot, so, it may be that you could just set the pots directly on the grass. Or, simply remove the grass from under the pots, and then mulch the bare ground, and put your pots on top of that. I think the saucer set up is rather complicated and could pose problems. Secondly, pebbles or rocks at the bottom of a pot does not promote drainage, common misconception. And, your potting mix is very heavy. I would not be inclined to use manure in a container, just too hot. You're better off creating a modified version of 511 or Gritty mix or simply using the Gritty or 511 mix straight. if your trees will be outside, and if you live in a drier climate. I'm not familiar with your climate and rainfall (winter or summer, how much, etc.) Mulch is fine, especially if your climate tends to be dry, but with this very heavy potting mix, you may find that you're retaining too much water, and your roots may start to suffocate. Treating CLM is a preventative treatment. If you see CLM, it's too late. Hort Oils probably will not do much good. Instead, note when you first discovered CLM, then start treating next season about 2 weeks prior to CLM showing up in your area. Your choice of multiple Spinosad sprayings (organic, every 3 weeks, 6 appications maximum done in the evening to avoid bees), or, a twice a year application of systemic Imidacloprid (non-organic, but rather benign as non-organic insecticides go, and easier to apply). Watering - no, it's not okay to have the water hit the trunks. I would change your drip heads. Instead, use two 180 heads placed right next to the trunk, opposite of each other, pointing away from the tree trunk, sprinkling towards the edge of the pot. Patty S....See MorePlease share images of your Four Winds Citrus
Comments (11)A one year old gold nugget on the left, 2 year old kishu mandarin on the right. The plants were ordered a week and a half ago and 3 days later, showed up on my doorstep. The gold nugget has yellowing leaves but nothing serious. Kerry at four winds advised not to plant these till spring and that they would be fine in their containers till then....See MoreHow much fruit are you getting from your potted citrus tree
Comments (26)Susanne, is that your tree? It is gorgeous! I think we can treat our trees like giant bonsai. Have you ever seen how Oscar Tintori prunes his huge potted trees? I can try to find the video for you. I do really worry about their increasing size though. As it is, I already have been wondering how to do some selective pruning to manage their width....See More
makalu_gw
10 years agoA now 2 year old Kaffir lime (I got it last April - grafted plant) that has just come inside. A little surprised that it's holding 5 fruit so early.
meyermike_1micha
10 years agoorangelime1
10 years agoMy babies partying in greenhouse NOT.Very
cramped in there , but they are safe from all
the frost we have been having lately.Believe or
not there is a huge palm tree in there way at
the back of the greenhouse.
garret_87
10 years agoJust set up the grow light in front of a sunny window (150w HPS). There are 10 lemons ripening and the tree is about 6 years old.
tcamp30144(7B N.ATLANTA)
10 years agoNew Meyer lemon 6 bucks clearance pot 2 bucks lemon free :-) just repoted it tonight.
makalu_gw
10 years agoMike - here you go ... it's a grafted plant on Flying Dragon rootstock. Fruits are about 1.5 inches in diameter. For me, the flowers came in clumps - very similar to the Meyer - and since I wasn't sure if they would self-thin I took a scissors to all but 1 in each cluster. Now, if my leaning tower of Meyer would have put out such a nice distribution of fruit I'd be set!
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
10 years agoillidanx
10 years ago14 month old key lime tree I grow from seed.
This post was edited by illidanx on Sat, Sep 28, 13 at 12:43
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
10 years agoA very attractive seed-grown Lime!
I've got two pics to share...the first is my Moro blood orange. I've left ten fruits on the tree, which I think it can support.
meyermike_1micha
10 years agogreenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
10 years agoAnd this is my variegated pink Eureka lemon. Last year it was brutalized by a buck, and took all this year to regain vitality. When I noticed new growth, I chopped off the top two feet to bring it back down to a more compact canopy. All those bare branches have since filled out, and the new leaves are looking better than ever.
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
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poncirusguy6b452xx
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10 years agogreenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
10 years agoHowdy!
Mike, I mentioned the other day that I would take a pic of the Meyer Lemon, and here it is. Definitely potting in 5-1-1 next Spring, eventhough it was re-potted not too long ago. It's a nice tree - vital, but not vigorous. I wonder if the fact that it is on its own roots is slowing it? I've heard that Meyers aren't as vigorous on their own roots. Perhaps you or John could comment.Josh
mksmth zone 7a Tulsa Oklahoma
10 years agogreenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
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10 years agoqueensinfo
10 years agoHere is an updated pic of my Meyer. It has exploded with growth over the last month and a half but now is getting a little too left heavy and has started to lean. The new growth is all the lighter green. It seems as though staking the tree is frowned upon here but I may need to so it doesn't rip out if it gets windy. I want to prune some of the longer limbs, especially the tallest one, but it has nice branching towards the top. Is it better to prune in the spring or does it not matter? Can I just plant the cutting into a pot with 5-1-1? Should I just let it be and turn the pot 180 to evening out? Looking at this picture, a lot of leaves are curled. I wonder if from the really hot last couple of days
Thanks to all here for the assistance over the past year.
poncirusguy6b452xx
10 years agomksmth zone 7a Tulsa Oklahoma
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10 years agogarret_87
10 years agoI am also growing a meyer lemon from seed. Just a baby now. Have never grafted but I would like to study it this winter and try my hand at it. In the future could I graft a green twig from my mature Meyer lemon onto this seed grown Meyer? My mature tree has one branch (8 month old) that I have marked to cut off and grow as cutting or graft. This branch is growing much higher than I want the tree to be so instead of cutting and throwing away I am curious if I can use it to make a new tree.
TonyQ
9 years agoHere's a pic of my lime-tree (actually two trees side-by-side) that I grew from a lime picked off a tree on the Island of Bequia seven years ago.
It produced two small limes -size of big grapes - 2 years ago.
Each winter there is a lot of die-back, but this year it now has dozens of blossoms.
What should I do to encourage more, and bigger, limes this year?
raisefire
9 years agoMeiwa kumquat. Going on its third summer and it has grown probably 6 inches this spring. In the middle of its first bloom and second flush. It hasn't held on to any fruit yet. Hopefully it will this year.
starloc
9 years agoThis is a calamondin that I havent had that long, I bought this last year for about ã20 on ebay I saw the price and obviously had to buy it to go with my other citrus trees.
It had been left outside for the winter as the owner couldnt move it there was a lot of damage to thin branches and they had chopped a lot of bits off to try nd remove it, this has now mainly recovered and it seems to be quite healthy and improved a lot since I bought it in July 2013
The seller had owned it for over 25 years and said the owner before him was a nursery that was closing. They had used this at the nursery as a display item and for taking bud wood from for about 15 to 20 years or more before that and it was just as big when they bought it from another nursery , he thought it was from reads nursery initially
I have this now in Bulgaria , it spent the last year in a house in the UK with 600w metal halide lights on it.
It seems much happier now its outside in the daylight.
tcamp30144(7B N.ATLANTA)
9 years ago
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