Mike, it still looks good though. Let me guess..that is a Ponderosa???

Laura, sure is and as soon as spring comes, you know what tree I am getting..

I have all the curtains open today and the windows fully exposed to my rooms, and yet it is so dark in here..So gloomy...No wonder my plants don't do much of anything but sleep...It's crazy...I picture s few states south of me being so much brighter than here...

Mike, you will love the baboon lemon - I promise! My ponderosa had a bud when I brought it indoors. I was afraid it would drop it, but no...it opened up and smells wonderfully!

Nice huge buds, Mike!

Josh

Mike It seems to me that all citrus flowers take their time to flower.

6b Steve

Chris you will love it!! Mine has some small fruitlets on it. The flowers were huge and fragrant - right up Mike's alley!

Oh boy, I am so tempted to buy one now thinking there won't be anymore by spring.. But I have to hold off, I just have to)

I have a cara cara that I have had for a year and a half. It has not grown one bit - not an inch. All of a sudden it put out one blossom. I don't know what to do to make this guy grow. It's in 5-1-1, getting 1 Tb/gal FP with every watering and plenty of light.

Mike I have been resusting the babboon lemon because I have not purchased from Harris yet. Ironically I broke down amd bought one before I saw this thread. Blame Laura if I post pics. ;0)

I should add, I avoided Harris citrus because my cart was always crazy full for the "hobby grower". And I ended up with 12 in my first order. Oopsie.

I'm glad I'm not the only one discouraged by lack of growth. Mine are still outside in 8b/9a but on standard time year round and our sun set is around 4:30 pm with sunrise around 7:30 these days. Just not enough daylight and wonder if it would be better to bring them inside after all. I was spoiled by all the growth this summer and miss seeing "progress" - like maybe some of you, too?

Chris...you crack me up!! LOL. Vladimir, I have a sudachi and kishu that I got from FW late this summer that have not grown one iota either. It is so frustrating....and, to add insult to injury, they have both been dropping leaves since I got it - even when outside. I don't know what to do other than what I've been doing. As for my other trees, I've not had much leaf drop at all, many are just hanging tight with no growth, but several appear crazy happy and are sprouting! My Meyer lemons are actively growing and budding and my ST lemon is not only sprouting, but has one tiny bud!! My variegated pink lemon that did nothing all summer is also budding and growing. I am afraid to be too optimistic. I turn on my many lights around 6:30 and off around 10pm.

If you are not getting damaging cold DO NOT BRING THEM IN. You risk leaf drop problem, spidermites, and new growth that will have problems when you take the trees back outside. I am in Zone 6a/6b micro and my trees will stay out until I get threats of damaging cold weather. Most are not growing and the one that just started a bunch of shoots I will bring inside and put under lights so that growth spurts continue. Citrus have normal slow periods almost everywhere.

It is very hard to acclimate trees to go inside and much harder to acclimate going outside. The sun will be near its lowest when I need to take them in and the sun will be much higher when I have to take them out. The new leaves are tender to light, wind, and insects come spring. You might consider Christmas light around the pots to keep them warmish and cover the trees in a corner on the coldest of nights.

do you get sun in the winter. I don't. This make a difference for winter time heat gathering power for the trees

6b Steve

my meyer is doing the same thing. It has quite a few buds, but they haven't opened up yet. Still holding out hope that they will bloom soon