They are looking good, Laura. My tree is about 5 ft tall (including pot) and 4 ft wide.

Wow Vladimir. That is quite large! Can you estimate how many calamondins you get per year? Just curious...;-)

The harvest varies and I don't keep track. But a good harvest I would guess about one colander full before Christmas and maybe half that the rest of the year. Mind you, that was with sub-optimal light in winter at room temps.

Vladimir It would be very easy to build a glazed frame and plant it outside.

The north wall should be insulated, solid, and gloss white. Since the sun shines mostly from the south you will want with and grow your tree as an oval or espaliered against the north wall. On the coldest days I'll insulate the east and west walls since only a little light comes in that direction. This is what i am doing with my 3 kumquat trees this winter.

6b Steve Cincinnati, Oh

I wish I were handy and had more light Steve!!

Steve, you don't provide any heat?

1. No I din't provide any heat. my unit was 3 layers glass thick last winter and I put heavy blankets and coats over the top when it got into the teens. This year My box will be 16 feet long and will have a top bridging my garage root to the side of my house. the east and west walls will be solid, insulated, and painted gloss white. The roof will be sloped down to the south and will be 4 layers glass. I will cover the top at night when the temperature drops below 15F. It will not be heated.
   
   I now have 3 of the drawn in beam cut and place and a 4th beam cut and ready to place. The plants are in a well about 3 feet deep and the beams will go against the north wall 6 feet up. The east, west, and garage wall will be about R20. The house wall will be 60F-70F.
2. 6b Steve Cincinnati, Oh

Steve, you are amazing!

I love my variegated pink eureka lemon.I just discovered the existence of variegated honeybell (below) and found this place that sells them and variegated kumquats. :

Beautiful tree Vladimir! Did you actually see this tree at a nursery or do you own it? Do they ship out of Florida? That is quite a tree! Now that you will have a greenhouse, you can expand your collection ;-)

wow those trees r huge. I have my eyes on a variegated calamondin for next year didn't know therez variegated kumquat n honeybell as well

Vladimir, I just called that nursery. They can't ship citrus out of Florida. Bummer!

Beautiful trees everyone! I have many trees that are lovely, but, are still young yet and are not at their full potential. Many, currently have beautiful green leaves though. . Lol.. I have a feeling when they are all blooming and fruiting I would have a hard time picking just one, but, I am looking forward to seeing the Nagami Kumquat tree, full of that beautiful, little, ripened orange colored fruit amongst the green leaves.. And, the Baboon Lemon, with the brilliant yellow lemons.. I soooo look forward to seeing them all in fruit someday.. :)

Laura - u r fast :) lol

I got that pic off of the tropicalffruit.com forum. It is sold by a Texas nursery but I can't find the posting now.

Unfortunately many of the Florida vendors can't ship out of state.

Vladimir and Laura, Harris Citrus carries the Variegated Minneola..AKA Variegated Honeybell.. I was previously interested in this variety, but, decided to pass on it. It, apparently is very susceptible to greasy spot etc. and needs a vigorous spray program to control it.

Dev...yes, I am fast!! LOL. Jinny, that' good to know so I won't be so tempted!

Jinnylea, I saw that variegated Mineola too but wished it was on dwarfing rootstock so I passed it by too......so far.

Cory

Enablers, that's what you all are and I love it...as I sit here waiting on my variegated pink lemon to arrive from four seasons!!! So exciting when something new is on its way

Oh my God what tree!!!!!! Make me want to get a variegated for sure now!!

Jersey..Hook me up will yah??? What Four Seasons..Can you link me..I want to get one..lol

Haha Mike...I'm posting a pic as soon as it arrives!

Is it four seasons or four winds nursery?

Evan

I suspect she meant Four Winds...but I may be wrong...:-). If there is a vendor I don't know about...I want to know!

I have a variegated calamondin and a variegated kumquat! They are both very pretty!

Hobby, are they as productive as the regular ones?

Jersey..Stop teasing me..lol What nursery did you get it at????

I want both variegated calamondin n kumquat ,added to my next seasons list. this week I got a Xie shan n a fukushu .

hobby- did u get both from the same vendor . I saw the kumquat with flora exotica n calamondin with tropic but would prefer the same source.

I will take a pic tomorrow to show you guys, I also have the variegated eureka.

Laura I just got them this season so no fruit yet although I think I do have a couple fruitlets forming. I think in general the variegated types are less vigorous than the standards.

Dev I can never remember which is the kumquat and which is the calamondin, I always forget lol. I got them from different sources and can't remember which is which right now, will check the tags tomorrow when I post the pics.

It's a really pretty tree hobby, I've seen them occasionally out here in the desert.

Dev, Xie Shan is very nice to have. I like my Fukushu also as it us one of my prettier shaped trees. Mine starts blooming and fruiting much later than my other trees. I think the weather needs to be very hot and sunny to get it started. I think it was you also that was asking about yellowish leaves on your Lime. I can't seem to find that thread at the moment. I find that like my Meyer Lemon, the Persian Lime needs higher dosage of fertilizer to keep it nice and dark green. It seems to be one of the heavier feeders in my experience.

Cory

thanks Cory. I switched to miracid from FP for those 2 let's see if it helps.

I think I read here somewhere someone saying that John said limes and lemons require more nutrition...1.5x maybe?? Don't quote me (or him) on that though.

I can no longer get Miracid in Cincinnati so I us Ammonium Sulfate on my blue berries an Maricle Gro along with 32-0-4 grass feed for my citrus and fig trees.

Be careful when combining firtilizers because

Johnny was a Chemists. Johnny is no more. For what he thought was

H 2 O was H 2 S 0 4.

6b Steve

Oh my gosh you guys, didn't realize lol. Four seasons is the company that just fixed my window in the kitchen...I ordered my tree from Four Winds.

Btw, Mike and Vlad, I'm up in your area guys. Went to Lyman estates yesterday and they had the variegated lemon. I so wanted to get it, but my husband gave me the look lol plus I have one on the way. At least I know they have it, so when I visit without him I could always sneak one in haha.

Here are my variegated trees, calamondin, eureka and kumquat.

Dev the calamondin came from tropic, the eureka from a local nursery and it's a record buck cutting, and the kumquat is a special one from sage gardens in Manitoba. He is unique because he has very high standards re: where he gets his trees, he won't bring any that have been treated with neonics which I appreciate, so I think he has been doing some of his own grafting since he has has trouble finding inventory to this standard. Hence I think this kumquat is quite mature, also the Buddhas hand I got from him which is gorge and I think is setting little hands right now :). Dave at Sage Gardens is highly recommended.

The calamondin is super cute though too

It has a couple calamondins setting now. I will pull them off soon.

Hobby, those look great! They all look lovely - and I do love the look of the calamondin.

thanks hobby . will checkout Sage gardens if they ship. the only variegated I have is a eureka from FW

Wow, pretty trees. I am now in love with variegated trees. I have 7 calamondins but want a varigated one!

Great trees hobby. I love the way variegated trees look.

I do love the look of the variegated trees, but I like to get fruit too...I am disgruntled with my pink lemon because it is doing NOTHING.

Thanks all, I hear you Laura my eureka is constantly flowering but never does anything. It is just getting a new flush of leaves now though which is nice. And it's still basically a stick.

I just saw some fruitlets on the kumquat now too. I'll let that one grow fruit!

yeah same here. the variegated eureka flowers a lot , sets fruit but every single one drops off. from what I read it's primarily an ornamental. that's why initially I was hesitant to add more but they sure look pretty

Is the variegated eureka the same as the variegated pink lemon I have? Sorry...I'm confused! My tree looks perfectly healthy, and had new growth this Spring, then....nothing.

ya that's the one . it's doesn't really hold fruit well.

My variegated pink eureka tree has been in ground going on 3 years and it's finally holding its first 3 fruits this year. I'm hoping they are good and usable. It is not a very productive tree.

Evan

At any time of the year for the past 4 years both of my seed grown Fukushu kumquat trees and now including my Fukushu on C35 out shine all my other citrus trees.

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If I lived in zone 9B these would make a nice hedge. Steve

I agree Steve, great hedges indeed. C35 is a fantastic rootstock, I recommend it to anyone who plans on growing in pots or in ground. Good semi-dwarfing qualities and imparts a very sweet, juicy fruit faster than most other rootstocks in my yard.