Oro blanco!! It's here!

7 years ago

It's a great-looking tree....huge leaves! I'll plant it in the 5-1-1 mix tomorrow. I'm out of energy for the evening! My daughter requested a joint selfie :-)

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Laura LaRosa (7b)
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7 years ago

Thanks guys! Just finished helping to mulch my yard....now on to the Oro Blanco...ill post pics after!

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evdesert 9B Indio, CA
7 years ago
Awesome! Congrats! Take some more pics after you repot.

Evan
Laura LaRosa (7b)
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7 years ago
Will do Evan!
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7 years ago
Nice pics! I see you finally got some sun your way.
User
7 years ago
Nice pics! I see you finally got some sun your way.
Nick (9b) Modesto Area
7 years ago
congrats and great pics !!!!
myermike_1micha
7 years ago
Sun, Sun, Sun!! I am still waiting for sun and warmer temps. Seems like our warm weather is shrinking with each passing year.

Hooray!!! I am so happy for you! I can't wait for temps to warm for me so that I can see improvements on mine..I ordered mine from there too couple or more years back! Nice looking tree.)
brettay
7 years ago
It's great to get kids excited about gardening! I routinely quiz my kids on the different fruit trees on the garden and they love it.
Laura LaRosa (7b)
Original Author
7 years ago
Brettay, I do the same! It's so important for kids to know that their food does not come from a store ;-). Here's the potted Oro Blanco (left) and Santa Teresa lemon (right)! Great looking trees! Can't wait for them to adjust and start growing. I have them in dappled shade for now...one or two weeks? Then out with the others.
Laura LaRosa (7b)
Original Author
7 years ago
Here are the two calamondins I separated last week...they seem very happy! Vladimir, how are your separated twins doing? And did you get your tree yesterday?
cory (Zone 7a, NJ)
7 years ago
Laura, your trees look great!

Cory
Laura LaRosa (7b)
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks Cory! They are sprouting like crazy! Seeing them grow just warms my heart!
jersey21
7 years ago
Congrats Laura! Your trees all look amazing...that oro blanco doesn't know how lucky it is!!
Pumpkin (zone 10A)
7 years ago
Enjoy!!! My grandfather helped develop it. For best results pick Feb-March, the later you pick, the sweeter and more flavorful.
jinnylea
7 years ago
You have nice looking trees Laura. You sound like you love your tree babies as much as I do.

Is that a container of herbs and lettuce I spy behind the citrus?? I just planted mine in containers today. I started them all from seed.

PS: Your daughter is a cutie pie!! (And I still owe you that recipe.)
Laura LaRosa (7b)
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks Jinny! Yes, I have about 8 large barrels like that along my brick patio all with lettuce, kale, spinach, chard and herbs. I will pull out the lettuce and spinach soon and I already have tomatoes in there ready to take over. I have my citrus between the planters. I don't have great light in other parts of my yard, plus I like to have the containers right outside my kitchen door for easy access :-)
Laura LaRosa (7b)
Original Author
7 years ago
And yes, I do love my tree babies!!!
User
7 years ago
Laura, I posted pics of the owary and the ponderosas in a new thread.
parker25mv
7 years ago
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The flavor of Oroblanco is very mild, sweet, a little lacking in flavor. Trying to describe the flavor, it's like 45% pomelo, 35% grapefruit, and 20% orange. It's supposed to have the least bitterness out of all the grapefruit varieties, but in all fairness the two I just bought at the market were very bitter, so apparently that can be very variable with growing conditions.

Pomelo is wonderful, but unfortunately these huge fruits can't always ripen to full sweetness in our climate. There are some places further inland away from the coast where the summers get scorching hot that grow them. Unlike grapefruit, Pomelos can't handle winter temperatures much colder than climate zone 9b or 10.