I would look at more of those plants in that same nursery. The ones I saw here from Roebuck were key lime + Meyer. Maybe another one has a key lime....just a thought...you'd have four trees...;-)

Very nice find Hobby and your tree's look great . Amazing you were able to find that gem here there is not a citrus tree to be found anywhere and for the last couple of years it seemed like every retailer in this area was carrying them . Hope your weather dried out a bit . We had a little rain today with lot's of high humidity.

Brian

GO FOR IT!...I would..As they say, "There is always room for one more, even if you don't have the money" lol

I am praying for a storm for the first time..There is a line loving my way about 30 miles out and I pray it does not dry out, or I will be in the worst drought ever recorded here and my tree still subjected to tap water..Arg

Oh no Mike! I hope you get some rain! We've had so much here it feels like I'm living in a tropical rainforest. Hobby, did you get the trees??

Hi all I'm on a business trip so finding time to cruise citrus vendors while working has really been exhausting lol! I will grab it tomorrow on my way out of town.

Laura I will check the tags, that would be great if they had both. I had a pretty good look yesterday but they had a lot of them so I could have missed any different ones. Great suggestion thank you! How are your nets holding up? Any more critters? Hope not!

It was interesting how the Meyers were really outpacing the key limes/limequats, every pot I looked at had a slightly larger Meyer. Will do my best to get an evenly matched set.

Thanks Brian the weather is starting to dry out but it has been muggy which is unusual for here. I'm sending rain wishes your way Mike we are always anxious here when it is too dry as it can get really dusty. Nothing like a good soak I agree! I don't think I have watered in like 10 days which is crazy.

Dev good decision that tree is amazing is it as huge as it looks? What a steal! Oh so you are stalking your local nurseries as well? Nice!

Nice lemon tree hobbyartisan, my Meyer is just starting to bloom after sulking for a few months, and it is loaded with buds, I had 2 lemons on it last year so I am hopeful. My cocktail grapefruit is looking good as well, it had one fruit last year but I knocked it off when I moved it and it hasn't bloomed since.

Can I ask which nursery has the citrus? I need to be in S'toon and would love another tree. Five, apparently is not enough.

So far my collection consists of

Meyer lemon

variegated pink lemon

cocktail grapefruit

red navel orange ( sent by mistake instead of a calamondin)

owari satsuma orange.

Hi ubro I'm down in Regina they are all at Dutch growers. Good news for you though I called the Saskatoon Dutch growers this week and they have calamondins and maybe Meyers I can't recall. Calamondins for sure though. I got a really nice one there this spring. It's weird how they get totally different stock.

Good luck with your Meyer this season! I think it's true they need to be fed more than other citrus. My cocktail grapefruit is a tiny twig can't imagine fruit lol.

Love your Meyer tree, Hobby! Amazing looking fruit on such a short tree. The enthusiasm on here makes me want to visit the local nursery to see what may be waiting for me!

Devsense...nice tree! I would have bought that up too! Ubro...nice collection. I love the leaves of my variegated pink lemon, but so far, although it has grown lots, no buds. I've heard those are a bit tougher to get to bloom. I don't have a cocktail grapefruit, but there is time..lol! Hobby, have a safe trip and definitely look at all those pots to see if you can find one with a key lime. I absolutely adore that bushy key lime! Have fun and let us know!

Laura from what I have read n experienced pink variegated lemon is mostly a floral ornamental mine blooms a lot , sets fruits but all fruitlets get dropped.

Hobby - ya it's around 5.5ft. went to a few nurseries n most had a couple of grapefruit n oranges until I found this solitary keylime. Am a major nursery scout . especially this time of the year actually anytime during the growing season :)

orangelime- same in Toronto area . earlier nurseries would give you a strange look n atmost they would have a few marked generically lime or lemon. but last couple of years plenty have the common varieties though most from record buck or Monrovia. but still it's a search to get more unusual varieties which thanks to Hobby I have quite a list of mailorder vendors.

My variegated pink lemon has two fruits each about 0.5 inch diameter. Hope they do not drop. Devsense, what size were yours when they dropped?

Hobby I do all my re-potting in the evening and just before predicted rain storms the next day. This is necessary when going from pot to in ground outside as for my grafted Meiwa a month ago. I lost zero kumquats and the growth spurts continued with out problems.

I re-pot in the fall during the "bring inside" desensitization time going from full shade full shade to inside. I wanted to add more detail to my statement above on not needing to transplant until you and your tree are at a time convenient for you and it.

fruit drop on my pomelo.

Nice trees Steve!! They look incredibly healthy!

Thanks Steve good to know I can wait, I have been following mikes advice about reporting when the tree is actively growing which has worked out pretty well, but with the lemons on this one I was trying to wait. The pot is a bit tippy though so that's also why I wanted to repot. Great looking trees!

Thanks suzu you just can't feel guilty about buying food crop plants, am I right? Lol it's basically Armageddon insurance. It's either shoes or citrus and citrus are cheaper. :)

The eagle has landed! Limequat and Meyer lemon cocktail tree! I will separate them of course.

This was definitely the best looking of the bunch. Laura I did really scour the selection but no true key limes. That's ok I know I can get one locally in the spring so that will be something to look forward to :).

Isnt that weird the way they label it as a key lime/kumquat?

Nice! Good for you! It is weird...confusing. Separate them carefully and they'll be fine. Don't wait! I scored an amazing Nagami kumquat today on accident. It makes my other look like a twig...lol. Hobby, the trees I have from Roebuck are all doing very well. I actually potted up my mutty key lime bc he is so big. I needed his smaller pot for the finger lime I'm getting from Stan, plus, he could use some breathing room. I did not disturb the roots bc they looked very healthy and he was in a good mix. Let us know when you separate them!

Very nice Hobby I can hear your excitement from here and we are 2000 miles apart . Beautiful tree's .

Devsense I thought Toronto would be the place to be to purchase citrus , if Toronto can't get them no wonder why were not seeing them in Ottawa. Glad you found some mail order places were you can order them but I find even they are running out .

Brian

Brian, at the rate you grow yours, you'll have a forest ;-)

Laura and Hobby you no what is even more exciting then purchasing them is making your own from the tree's you already have from cuttings . This winter I made cuttings from all of my tree's and most of them took I now have pretty well a backup of all my tree's a just in case, I love the varieties I have now and I want to make sure I always have one of each . I used a heating mat and had a tremendous success rate . It's so fun to watch the cuttings grow and they are growing fast now . Laura lol no wonder why it rained here today it's that tropical rain forest thing going on here.

Brian

Brian

Thanks guys I will repot tomorrow. Brian we have another thread going on exactly your comment- cuttings! Yes Laura and I both have cuttings going right now.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/4027559/my-new-citrus-project?n=18

I think Laura has a Meyer cutting right now and mine is an oro blanco.

Wish us luck!

I wish you guys luck . It's fairly easy .

Brian

Vladimir - some of them get around 1" n then drops.

Orangelime- yeah already even the mailorder places are out of stock . but fourwindgrowers said they will have 3yr bareroot ones coming late Aug early September so planning a US trip around it

Hobby, nice trees.. You made the right decision to get them! Good luck with your cuttings Hobby and Laura. I will be watching for updates. I have a small.. very small, half broken branch on my new Oro Blanco I received from Harris Citrus this past week..I have been toying around with the idea off rooting it..

Here they are reported... Apparently I made a poor assessment of their closeness in size! The Meyer is actually a pretty good size but the limequat is tiny. They both look very healthy though so I am happy!

Jinny go for it lol :).

Yeah Hobby! Way to go! They both look great!

Move both of them from sunlight for 2 days. Water them with a gallon of water mix with a Tablespoon of table sugar. Bring the trees in at night for the first night. Keep them out of wind for a week or 2.

Looking good Hobby. Great price to 2 for the price of one cannot beat that .. Looks like everyone or just about everyone around here was doing some kind of repotting today .

Brian

Steve, what is the sugar for? I re-potted a satsuma and red navel 3 days ago, they are in the shade, should I add some sugar water now? or is it past the time when it will help?

Curious also.

Direct glucose to the roots for instant feeding with out processing fertilizer. Mix in the sugar for the next watering. I feed mine for 3 weeks with the 3rd week watering containing sugar and 24-8-16 Miracid or Miracle Gro. at 50% labeled strength.

have you guys tried dynagro KLN . whenever I disturb roots significantly while repotting or plant bare root . I water with a KLN solution for the first 2 weeks .

Steve, you have not answered ubro's question: "What is the sugar for?" I would be concerned that you would be feeding not only the tree but also Phytophthora, the fungus that causes root rot, and thus increase the likelihood of root rot.

The sugar is taken up as already to eat food for the roots. The tree doesn't have to take the time or energy to process NPK into root food. I worded the answer poorly above. If you feed your trees indefinitely you would have a real potential for problems. Take the time to flush your plant well after the 3rd week. You still need to use well draining soil and let the soil dry between waterings

Steve, you say that "The sugar is taken up as already to eat food for the roots" But can plants take up sugars through their roots? I thought they could only take up ions.

I know I sometimes put sugar into a vase with cut flowers to help them last longer... A florist told me about that.

Ubro, what is that dynagrow KLN? I will look it up. I'd never heard of it.

Hobby, your limequat will put on some good growth now that he is in his own pot. He has more room to grow and will not have to compete for water and nutrients. You did a great job separating and potting up. Great deal..

Ubro, did your red navel come with that name? I believe you have a Cara Cara, as it is also referred to as Red Navel. I have one and it is a beautiful plant. It is blossoming for the first time. I can't wait to get fruit and have that first bite of juiciness run down my chin..I read it is delicious. . :) You have a nice list of citrus.

The blooms smell is intoxicating. .

Beautiful pic! I have one of those, but no flowers yet. It seems to be starting a growth spurt, so I'll cross my fingers for flowers at least. It is too small to hold fruit yet.

Hobby, cut flowers is a different situation because the sugar is taken up directly into the phloem without having to go through the roots.

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Laura, I think your question was to devsense, I am also interested in the Dyna gro KLN

jinnylea yes it was labeled red navel, I hope it is a Cara Cara they sound wonderful. I wish nurseries would always include the actual name, not only the marketable name. It can get frustrating when you have limited space and would like a new variety.

Steve, thanks for the links. I just find it hard to believe that sugar could have any effect because it is not taken up by roots. It may work by some means not requiring uptake by the roots.

Often when the use of sugar to mitigate transplant shock is mentioned, reference is made to the work of G.C. Percival. To my knowledge, his findings have never been reproduced.

Herez some info about KLN

http://www.dyna-gro.com/Website%20pdf%20Files/DG%20KLN%20-%20Root-Gel%20Sht%202013.pdf

https://www.amazon.com/Dyna-Gro-Rooting-Concentrate-Kln-008-0-009-0-011-0-006/dp/B0029OBP9U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468854497&sr=8-1&keywords=dynagro+kln

If you really want success in rooting all you need is a bunch of willow twigs and soak them in water for a day and water your cutting with this willow water.

Hi Hobby, I found one of these "Cocktail" trees again and you are correct, they are in fact two trees. Price was $40. I did not buy them because the trunks were only less than an inch apart and did not want to risk killing them in the process of separating them.

How are yours doing so far?