But Silica, oh but you do know me and have been around here long enough to know what I have done, said, and what my feelings are about CHC, let alone all the time I spend here.:-( We have met before on many occasions and you read here alot too, enough to see who I am for I do know you;-) ...................................................... Posted by silica (My Page) on Thu, Sep 9, 10 at 11:24 Last Spring I put several of my trees into the 4-1 CHC peat mix. The growth on these trees was absolutely fantastic, far surpassed my other citrus. Actually unbelieveable. Also it is very assureing that a citrus tree growing in a 4-1 CHC mix cannot be damaged from over watering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RE: Updated trees from Coconut Husk Chips to the 5.1.1 mix. Pictu clip this post email this post what is this? see most clipped and recent clippings Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 9, 10 at 12:21 That is the thing Silica.. Not that I am not happy for you, in fact proud of you.. But I have asked so many times for help to be able to grow them as you say you did, and there is rarely anyone to help! Where are the pictures of the trees, the close up shots of the CHC mix, the instructions, the fertilizer regimend you use, the step by step instructions, the suppliers, the evidence,the support...ect? Are we at the wrong forum for all the CHC experts and the pictures? Are you able to answer questions about nutritional defficiencies and how to correct them? How many did you loose over the years figuring the stuff out? Did you wash it? How do you keep the salts out? How do you keep the pH perfect? There might be many here that are still interested at giving it a try.. My plants would of died in that stuff by the time anyone could tell me what to do.. It is nice to know ...................................... I guess sometime forget. We have had many past conversations and at times nice, and at time have not agrred on certain things. I think you missed my whole point about thinking about giving it a try and being pushed back even further because people that have used CHC run from healthy debate and still have yet to prove the science behind it and support the evidence so that ones like me can be convinced or have a reason to use them once again or for the first time. I am not upset at what was said toward Al, no not at all, in fact he can defend himself, although I must admit I was a bit perturbed because I was not the only one that understood it the way I saw it, but I am dissapointed in the way the conversations end, like what you did, in which it is always the ones that use bark that continue to prove the superiority of it, and the ones that use CHC chips that leave. It sounds fishy to me, that's all. If you don't care what I use, then why are you here trying to convince us, me, others that CHC works better and advantages of it over bark? I know that people like Al care about what I use, and that is why I continue to follow those that do have a concern for my success and for what is really best for my trees. Not harm intended, no hard feelings, for as I said, I also respect you in your crusade to purswade others that CHC is the way to go, and I accept any misunderstandings. Have a great weekend nad thanks for your time. Thank you Jodi and thank you for your well said post too! Mike;-)

Hmm. I just responded to another poster who has a citrus that also is failing to thrive. He posted that quite a lot of pine mulch, complete with wood chips, was mixed into the soil. I suggested that might be causing a nitrogen deficiency. Anyway, I can see in your pictures that the tree is heavily mulched with wood chips. Normally, if wood chips are on top of the ground they should not cause a problem . . . but I can see an awful lot of them in those pictures, and your tree is quite petite! Another possibility is that in applying the mulch you have smothered the tree's feeder roots. Someone with more familiarity with the cultural practices in your area should be able to help, but I would say that for such a small tree the mulch is probably not helping. In fact, it is probably hurting. For that matter, your problem may well be a combination of both possibilities! Think of it this way: a mulch ring three feet wide and two or three inches deep is usually fine for a tree that is ten feet tall and about the same diameter, but you have a tree that is about a foot high and wide and a mulch diameter of what looks like at least two feet. Thus, for its size, your tree has a shallower and smaller network of surface feeder roots than the larger tree, but is located in a mulched area that is, relatively speaking, the equivalent of a thirty or forty foot wide mulch zone around the larger tree, with probably a similarly wacky depth to that mulch! All of which is to say, I'd remove the mulch!

Hi scuzzy Just wondering how is your kumquat tree doing? Any success with big harvest? If not try repotting into bigger pot and then apply miracle-gro for plant and citrus spike in the spring and fall. Say prayer and hope for the best. I have some kind of kumquat tree as a gift and it has been fruiting twice a year. I made so many jars of jelly, made cookies and stirred in hot green tea. I still have a bucket in my big freezer to make jelly. Here is a picture to share with you. Hope yours will get some fruits soon.

Hi, I hate to be the guy who only posts on the forum when something goes wrong, but my nagumi seems to have taken a turn for the worst. It's leaves have starting to turn yellow. This is new - it wasn't happening a couple of weeks ago. I've noticed that even my strongest kumquat is having similar issues, but only on the bottom leaves. Most of the leaves are still dark green, but the newest leaves at the top have started to fold up. Do you think this is anything to worry about? I've seen this before with new leaves on my kumquats and they usually recover.