And my NZL is not only sprouting more, but look...little lemons! I guess I'll leave one for fun!

Looks great

Wow they look good all of them!!

Thanks guys! I missed them while on vacation...silly, but true.

So funny since I left for a week vacation and felt the same lol :) did you see my cuttings grew roots !!

Those look amazing Laura, welcome back! It's amazing what they can do in a week. How exciting about the nz lemonade.

Many more critter problems while you were away? I am always anxious to see what I have missed when I get back from a trip.

Laura not silly at all - I put a nest cam on my grow room if I am travelling in winter then I can see how the plants doing :)

Some might call it an obsession :)

Hobby...no critter problems that I saw, but somebody swiped a Meyer lemon that was ripening. Although the critter may have been my uncle..lol! Dev, thanks...I feel better I'm not the only obsessive one (Vladimir!). Roland, your Santa Teresa looks great. Mine looked like that when I got it and it has since grown outwards...no new branching, just longer ones. I made a big mistake before I left and am kicking myself for it. I one scale on my ST and sprayed her with neem (along with other citrus). Well, those leaves must be more sensitive because the newer ones I sprayed are now burnt in areas! I feel terrible...the beautiful green leaves! I'll try to get a pic...depressing!

Yes, I had one scale too. Overall, I was impressed with the size and quality from FW. The shipping cost was a bear. Expected I guess. I'm sure once the cooler weather comes around it'll be much better.

Roland, I am expecting three trees from them this week I think...I am surprised they will ship bc of our heat wave, but by the time they hit our area, it should be cooler. Watch the new leaves with the ST once yours sprouts. FW has great trees. I am stalking their website for a chinotto or bergamot.

Mine shipped during extreme heat and still did quite well. The wood chips/soil they packed with was still very moist which is why I think the ST still looked great. What type of trees do you have coming to you this week?

I have a sanguinelli blood orange, a kishu, and a sudachi mandarin. I hope they do well in spite of the heat. I'll post pics when they arrive later in the week. Be careful with that Santa Teresa. I am now not sure it was the neem oil otherwise other trees would have been affected. She had been kept in a shadier spot than some of my others and I moved her to give her more light...bad idea.

Mine is in full sun and does not appear to have the issue with wilting like yours did. I considered a blood orange as I loved the taste in Italy. My concern was that it's my first year growing citrus and I heard it's tough and very sensitive here in Mass. Not sure how true that is.

From what I have read, the difficulty lies in ripening them correctly to produce the blood color. For that, you need very cold nights, and hot days. I am not sure I will be able to achieve it either but I am going to give it a shot. Even if they are not "bloody", I suspect they will be tasty. I am not sure if the flavor is linked or dependent on the bloodiness. Anyone know?

Darn about your leaf burn Laura, oh well, I believe they are still feeding the tree even if they don't look that pretty. I have a few trees that got sunburned this year and now with the recent hail damage a few of my trees are rather hideous. But they are growing, so I will have to deal with it.

Thanks Hobby. I knew you would understand my pain. I did remove the ones that looked really bad yesterday. I thought maybe it would boost the tree to sprout. We shall see...

Laura, amazing growth on your tree up top!! Beautiful..Sorry about the burn too

I am on vacation now and I ended up buying more trees (will bare root them and wrap them up for luggage tramsport)

Oooh...what did you get Chris??

Good to know am not the only crazy one , going to vacation but always on the looks out for new citrus . Though I am even contemplating the vacation destination based on availability of citrus .lol .

LOL...you are not alone. While I was on vacation, I scoped all the local nurseries. One had some nice trees, but all varieties I owned...I restrained myself and came home empty-handed!

WOW, your leaves are incredibly green! Trees look great.

Haha, me too! Last time I was on vacay in a different province I made the MIL drive me around to the different nurseries.... and called a bunch more just in case. LOL!

Thanks Sheba! Hobby and Dev, great minds think alike! ;-)