I brought my trees in first week of October, one of my trees ( lemon-orange tree) has lost more than 2/3 of it's foliage, had to cut 3-4 of it's small branches all the way to the trunk due to branch die back. It was stressed from the wind and fell over couple of times over the summer:( Now it has only 4-5 leaves on the very end of its branches. The rest of the trees only lost 2-3 leaves each. My trees are in my sunroom, the outside light is all they get, don't have supplemental light on them.

All good at home, Roger ... thank you for asking. How many? Whittling down the collection and giving away all the single reds, whites, pinks that don't show an interesting caudex. Spreading the love. #2 is a somalense and that bloom is amazing. #4 are all examples of minis and Desert Horns. I have a local garden club event coming up and will be giving away or exchanging at least 10. Keeping all the doubles and colors ... They are my favorites.

First of all wow mike!! Holy moses! I don’t even know what to say I’m speechless those are soooooo beautiful! What kinds are they what’s your favourite ones? Where do you buy your orchids mike? Also what is the most fragrant? Lol so many questions! I hope one day mine will flower like that! Do they need lots of heat and humidity and sunlight mike? I’ve just put mine in a north facing window for now but in the summer I guess I could move it into the greenhouse. Amy lol I miss posts too all the time! Amy I bit the billet thanks to you I now have a ponkan and another Yuzu coming lol! I was looking at the litchi and banana trees and other tropical fruits lol oh and I’m seriously contemplating a jaboticaha tree. Speaking of which how is yours doing and did you get some fruit and how about the miracle fruit? I know bob is the expert in jaboticaba trees so I really would love to try but I figure I’m going to do one at a time for now I’m trying to focus on my one cattleya lol you have orchids too right amy I’d love to see pictures! Lol Amy I have a feeling that your citrus are going to go gangbusters in that hothouse of yours! That pool cover will Really help last year my heating bill was quite scary lol but that’s because I didn’t have anything but a pane of glass! And it got down to 0 when it was -10 outside With two heaters going full blast! laura! Your trees are so gorgeous! I saw that you’re trying to figure out what to do with your yuzu fruits I made them into this chilli paste called yuzu kosho if you like spicy foods you’ll love it it’s basically salt, chilli, and yuzu rind and the put it in a mortar and pestle I’m addicted i cant eat anything without it now lol. It’s a Japanese chilli paste recipe y9u can eat it with meats or in y9ur soups anything really it’s really gets your appetite going!

It helps to know where you live to rule out some weeds, and it helps to know what kind of grass you have to recommend the best herbicide.