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Calamondin and Meyer update :)

6 years ago

I have been wanting to show you all how well my Meyer is doing lately! Here is a pic of the first fruit I think I will be able to harvest, along with the other little fruitlets and just finished being flower clusters. My little Calamondin is happily flowering too, but the leaves look a little yellow. Should I intercede? (They get Jack's all purpose, 5 tablespoons in 5 gallons once a week or so. Less often if we are traveling or having a heat wave, but never more often. There is nasty vining weed that keeps sprouting up there, I haven't had a chance to dig it out yet.)

Here is the Meyer baby!

Here is the Calamondin:

I can't believe how far you all have brought me in such a short time!!

KC

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Amanda Tyner

6 years ago

Oh wow that looks amazing! You are doing a great job!

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uncle molewacker z9b Danville CA (E.SF Bay)
6 years ago
Looking nice! Mulch can tie up a lot of N in the soil and not let it be available to the tree. It may not hurt to bump the N a bit. The older leaves are paling a bit before they drop. ....Again looking just about right for this time of the year. - George
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Susanne Michigan Zone 5/6
6 years ago
True with the mulch but it also helps to keep the surface roots cool in hot summer days. Beautiful trees.
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Laura LaRosa (7b)
6 years ago
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Wow! Great job! I have a feeling you will be here asking for calamondin recipes very soon ;-) (along with Amanda!)
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kcandmilo
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks everyone! George, will do! I'll add a feeding of AS this week! Susanne, that was my thinking, as that is a full sun from sun up to sun down location, no shade at all! And Laura, I just hunted for and bookmarked your calamondin cake recipe! Even added the Trader Joe cake mix to my shopping list!

Also, when should I start easing off on the fertilizer? I think when I was first asking for advice, I was told to fertilize till September, do I recall correctly?

KC
Susanne Michigan Zone 5/6
6 years ago
that really depends if you let it go dormant in a cool place or growing through the winter? Here I would stop in September.
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kcandmilo
Original Author
6 years ago
I have no idea! George might know! Mine are outdoors, in the ground in Northern California, and we get a few days of frost in January-February. Hmm, how would i find out?

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