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Comments (35)Kalpana: Most of my citrus bearing trees in the pictures are in 7 and 15 gallon pots and the wine barrel is approx. 25 gallons. I also have 1 gal and 5 gallons but those are for small trees like pencil size trunk and 1/2". Your best bet to know the right size of pot you want to use is go to plant nurseries and you base the size of your tree to what they are using. Don't use a much bigger pots to a small tree because your tree will not be happy wiith it. You transplant your plant to the next bigger size when you start seeing roots are coming out of the bottom. When transplanting, try not to bother the roots as much as you can. They will be under stress as it is. As Millet said:" The biggest mistake many people make is usually not in the type of container but by using too large a container. People think that they are doing the plant a favor by giving it a lot of room. But if the plant doesn't grow fast enough to use all of the space, trouble can occur. An oversized container can become waterlogged easily, and then the plant can suffer from lack of air (yes, roots need to breath too). The soil also becomes sour and the soluble salts build up. Bencelest is correct. Planting a small tree into a large barrel was a mistake. He is correct in stating that the moisture below the top 3 or 4 inches is almost solely removed from the soil by the roots of the tree that is planted in the barrel. In a large over sized container the roots of such a small tree can only remove the moisture near the center of the barrel. With each successive watering additional soluble salts are added to the soil that are not being removed by the tree's roots system. In approximately 6 months to a year, depending on the mineral content of the irrigation water and the amount of fertilizer that you applied the salt level develops to a toxic level and the tree languishes and eventually dies. You need to transplant the tree into a container of the correct size. Flushing such a large barrel will not work. Millet " I hope Millet did not copyright this. I did not ask his perlission-(lol). Alicia: Thanks for responding and your nice comment. I am happy that some of you take the time responding on my post. Thank you so much. I really enjoy it. Toni: The seeds the peels everything break up when you put them in the blender. I saw a demo on a Vita Mix mixer at the Costco store and they put even the leaves of strawberries, they only peel the yellow part of oranges and include the white part, they include the peel and the seeds of apples and the stuff that they made is so delicious. And they claimed that the seeds and the peelings are where all the vitamins and minerals needed by our body so it is a very healthy drink- all fresh and all fruits no sugar or milk added. And you owe to taste them. They even make a hot soup by just turning it on high. And they are so good. Guaranteed for 7 years. I've been using it for over a year now and I am satisfied with it. Only drawback- quiete exppensive. But I figure I am willing to spend 50 bucks a year for it....See MoreNew to citrus and question about my Persian Lime
Comments (13)This was an interesting thread as I am not really new to citrus but new to caring for them more... (meaning ive had citrus for years but didnt care for them very well. I had to end up replacing them.) I now have a washington navel orange, a patio lime and a lemon. I bought them all at about the size of your plant 'bedtime' though the lemon is abit bigger. They came in pots about the same size too. I transferred them into much bigger pots straight away. Im thinking they could probably stay in those pots for a few years. The lemon is showing new growth but the orange and lime arent...anyway they looks nice and healthy so im just waiting. It will be nice to know if yours does flower and fruit 'bedtime' as it may shine some light on what mine might do.......See MoreCheck out my new container citrus
Comments (9)First of all remove the fruit so as not to injure the tree. Both of these trees prefer to be in bush form. that way the leaves protect the trunk from getting sunburned. This can be fatal. You got the best food and the bes soil media choice. Paint the bucket white so that the soil does not heat up and cook the roots. .I have mine in bigger pots but there are those that think I am wrong. Your trees are much larger with your pot the same size as mine. Wait to see what other say. I can't help you on the rust problem. I would not do any pruning at all untill the trees are bigger but you should wait to see what other say. My containers not only have drain hole in the bottom but have aeration holes up the side. See pic larger bucket with 1/8 inch air holes houses the meiwa tree seen in link below Here is a link that might be useful: https://plus.google.com/photos/111099372377958308731/albums/profile?banner=pwa...See More5 new additions to my sweet citrus collection
Comments (3)Pip Yes To date I have yet to get anything other than PT or Kuharske to root. I am currently working on sweetlee Tangerines. The cutting above is the second of 7 rooting cuttings to fail so I hydrated it and grafted it to Kuharske. If 2 or more of my US897/lemonade trees works I'll send you one as long as I have one for my self....See MoreUser
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