I put all my citrus outdoors today ...yeah!!!
Laura LaRosa (7b)
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Nick (9b) Modesto Area
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My potted Trifoliage Orange is blooming!!! Yeah!
Comments (14)"Trifoliate orange is usually grown for the rootstock, and something else is grafted onto it. The fruit is not commonly eaten. Are you growing it to graft other citrus onto it?" No, I was originally inspired to try this plant a number of years back when there was an article in the Detroit Free Press about someone in Southfield, Michigan, about 15 miles from my house, who had had a mature, bearing tree that was originally planted in the 1960s. There were also a handful of others of the species in the Detroit area that survived our winters, including one somewhere in Ann Arbor on U of M property. So, I bought 3 of them from Oregon Exotics and planted them, and they winterkilled to the snow line the first year, then grew back about 6 feet of new growth. I decided to make structures over them to protect them 'till they were older, and voles got in there and ate them to nothingness, no survivors. So, I ordered 5 more from somewhere else, can't remember where, and potted them together with the intention of overwintering indoors in my garage at around 40 to 50 all winter, for 3-4 years until older. Then, I chickened out because, having invested in this plant, I became attached to it, and every fall as I thought of planting it out, I always heard that "this upcoming winter promises to be harsh" or something along those lines. So, I have resolved that it is just going to be a pet and live indoors in the winters. I know my photos are poor quality, but in real life, I'm surprised at how large these flowers are, easily twice the size of an apple blossom, similar in size to the flower on a fruiting quince (Cydonia). Unfortunately, they don't seem to be fragrant to speak of, perhaps I'm trying at the wrong time of day or something. If they set, I would be happy to make a batch of marmelade with them -- I had someone send me a USPS medium flat rate box of mature fruit from Alabama one fall to try them and see how they were. Bitter somewhat, yes, but no more so than a Seville orange, and I did use them to make marmelade, expressing the juice and using some of the rind after scraping the pith and parboiling once to get rid of some of the bitterness. It turned out pretty decent. Of course, it didn't make much, they don't have much juice, are mostly seeds, membrane, and peel....See MoreOh, why do I put up with fussy citrus?
Comments (13)cfox248 I understand the frustrations involved in growing citrus trees. They are down right hard to grow but can be very rewarding. All of mine are doing very well. I did want to show you that other subtropical ( Hardy chicago fig ) fruits can be grown easily up north. My string of pictures show how productive they are. I was not trying to tell you to give up on citrus, I am not going to either. I hope others may be encouraged to go figs as well as citrus. After all, if you are not convinced in the citrus forum to try figs, you'll never go to the fig forum to be encouraged. The reason that citrus is so hard to grow is that it does not go dormant in winter. That is when all predator insects are gone and the light is so low the trees get sick. Figs shut down and hibernate. Go ahead and try one from ediblelandscaping.com as linked above. They go on sale for as little as $6.00 often. They grow fast, so get a small one. The tree above is 19 months old from a 2 inch cutting. JoppaRich I have given a lot of on topic advice over the years. I give 'out of the box' ideas through pictures on what I have done followed by instructions ( verbal and visual ) of technique that are low cost to free. I will continue sharing my ideas even though they wont apply to the majority. I would suggest that you look through my stuff and form ideas from it to what works for you. A pictures worth a thousand words. A video is worth a billion words click bellow for citrus growing tips and tricks Steve Here is a link that might be useful: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/citrus/msg0320572518736.html This post was edited by poncirusguy on Thu, Nov 6, 14 at 7:38...See MoreYEAH!! Next to last chapter (?) on neighbor's oil tank on my prop
Comments (54)Yes, I would think so. Attorney is on the phone now with the Department of Health to let them know of his lack of cooperation, and urging them to slap him with violations and fines. The neighbor's attorney has not answered his calls. What this man does not realize is that in order to go straight up on my property, there would be about $3000 worth of damages, which he is responsible for taking care of. Of course, this is meaningless, in light of the fact that he was also responsible in terms of letting them access through his property. He should also be responsible for paying the salary of the three men who were sent here to excavate, and who still had to be paid by the company they work for. This may turn into a long drawn out process, and the guy is 94! Still working, by the way, and sharp as a tack, but still, 94....See MoreI think I am crazy. All my trees have been outside! How about yours?
Comments (51)Alanna, I think MOST of us feel the same way! Those of us that have to grow them inside that is..Can you imagine how many people that don't even come here have the same issues? And worst yet, I have been growing them since I was 10 years old!! I have never had a perfect banner year with every tree, but thank God 99 percent of them do ok and the 1 percent that does not do well, goes in the trash! I feel your pain too. There is no perfect environment to grow them perfectly unless you grow them in an area they are accustomed t Oh the joys of this hobby...lol...See MoreLaura LaRosa (7b)
8 years agoAnd my key lime rescue. Hard to see from photo, but it has tiny buds everywhere!!
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Atheen - 7a - in Maryland, USA
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoLaura..Hello..Mine are still outside)) I hope to leave them outside until the first night it gets into the thirties..They are all blooming out.
They WILL burn if you leave them in the full sun at mid day if you are not careful. Here are a few pictures of sun scald on some of my even perennials from just yesterday after being inside or covered by burlap or leaves..Not goo. I always prevent this on my citrus trees because it sneaks up on you within days beyond the middle of February..I figure if I can get a sunburn on the beach like yesterday then my plants can too in the same sun angle.
This damage was all from yesterday on my black grass, jasmine, azalea, mock variegated orange and so on...So I throw a net over my trees and leave them that way for a week or so. Even a huge cut piece of bug screen over trees works great if one can not find dabbled sun under trees or a place where they can not stick them some where else other than morning or late afternoon sun.
Atheen..Hello. I don't think I ever said two hours at a time...Please show me where.....That is not even possible for me..,I have always advocated acclimating my trees to sun light and from cold temps to warmer ones)
Here is an example of cloth screens I use..
Atheen - 7a - in Maryland, USA
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Monyet
8 years agoMy tree's been out a month ago with night temps from high 30's to mid 50's. They were in my shop from late December.Last fall they went in the garage for a little more than a month for their dormancy period.
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