Help Sourcing Moro Blood Orange in Central FL?
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Laura LaRosa (7b)
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Blood Orange not 'bloody'...any remedy for this?
Comments (11)The chemical in Moro Blood oranges that causes the dark red blood color is anthocyanin, Anthocyannin is a temperature dependent chemical. It is COLD weather that changes the fruit color to the red blood texture. Therefore, the night time temperatures must be cool to generate the color change. Drop the night temperatures down into the low 50's. Grown to warm the anthocyanin does not turn to the full color....See MoreBudd Blood Orange
Comments (26)Gary, Yeah you would think they would label them. What did they say when you told them that? I mean saying just blood orange is pretty much the same as saying just orange or just citrus. Nobody wants to play a guessing game like that. Well i was looking over some information and i found out this: "Tarocco ripens from March to May; Moro from February to May; and Sanguinelli from February to April." I looked at the tag on my tree and it says February To April. So maybe i do have a sanguinelli? I bought one of the larger Blood Oranges at the home depot, so i suppose its possible that that one stayed around longer as people seem to buy the smaller trees quicker. That is just based on my observation of viewing the same larger trees and new smaller ones each time i visit....See MoreMoro Blood orange blooming?
Comments (5)Bryan, according to Briteleaf's site, Moro's are harvested between Dec-Feb. You should count your blessings, (S) in my citrus book it states, young Moro's are slow to come into bearing, taking 1-2 yrs longer than navel oranges. They bear medium sized fruit, and it says if you're going to eat, don't keep on tree too long otherwise fruit loses its flavor. Perhaps the hot water heater helped w/humidity. I don't know about the furnace, what's the temp in that room? My basement stays cool yr round..we've a Freddy Krugger furnace, a coal converted to gas type..lol.. If there was more light I'd be all set to add several new trees, but there's only 6 small basement windows, 3 south 3 north. Congrats, maybe you'll get fruit. Right now I've got several citrus in bloom..whether or not they'll fruit, well, only God knows. Toni...See MoreGrow Tarocco Blood Orange in Central FL?
Comments (8)Here's source...Harris Citrus.http://www.harriscitrus.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=245 I live in NJ and grow in containers so I can't give you experience about growing them in Florida. I have 2 on pots though. HARRIS Citrus is in Florida, so some people must grow them there. Give them a call and they can probably help you. They are very nice people. Cory...See MoreLaura LaRosa (7b)
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