"New Zealand" Lemonade Lemon
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Comments (69)Just like last year my NZL is putting out a ton of flowers while some leaves drop and grown pre-ripe fruit drops to feed flower that turn to fruits that were then sacrificed to produce more flowers. Was growing daily and stopped when tree started flowering then dropped as new fruits started. Flavorless. The new set of fruit-lets will grow and the tree will flower again and drop the growing fruits to feed the flowers. My tree is under good light. I am questioning whether the US897 rootstock is worth using. Steve...See MoreMcKenzie Farms New Zealand Lemonade Trees
Comments (33)Too late now for charts. I have most of the trees I want to have. lol. I am familiar with the chart and referred to it many times for other things. When people see "dwarf" anywhere, common sense is that they expect a tree to top out around 6-8' max., and I see there is a disclaimer on the chart that if the tree is containerized and pruned, the tree can be maintained at that heighth. Here is my background. I have been growing citrus since 1984 or so and always believed dwarf trees topped out around 6-10' depending on pruning habits. I have grown semi-dwarf stone fruit trees in CA and they were about 12-14' tall with pruning. Computers were not invented then so I believed whatever FW advertised because I had no way to dispute it at the time. No Google when computers first came out either. To find out 40 or so years later that the root stock used by FW is not a true dwarf as advertised is shocking. My trees from them have always been small. The first group I had were either in wine barrels or planted in the ground and they grew slowly. After planting some in the ground, a few years later I moved to another house so I really did not get to see the inground trees mature. I took my containerized trees with me to the new house and 3 years later again had to move across country and left those trees behind. At no time, did I ever have a tree get older than 5-6 years old due to moves. Because of short-term ownership of FW trees, I believed all my trees would remain small. The Owari and Meyer I currently have are 3.5' tall x 4' wide right now. They are 15 and rarely pruned. After joining citrus forums and FB pages for the past 6 months, I see now that I have not been caring for them as I should by changing out the soil annually or fertilizing monthly. I did fertilize quarterly as commonly instructed. I am embarrassed by that but it wasn't done intentionally, just out of ignorance. Now that I see everybody else's trees in comparison, I feel bad for my trees and have seen the errors of my ways. I am 57 years old and my husband is 60. We do not want to deal with huge trees in large containers because of the weight factor as the trees mature and the trees need to come inside the house for the winter. The more you prune, either the canopy or the roots, the trunk stem is going to get bigger and heavier with age. That is my major concern. The majority of the members here are young and have a long time ahead of them before walking in our shoes. Dummy me didn't check the tags when buying from the big box stores either. I just focused on the varieties available. lol. That is the citrus addiction which I suffer from. lol. Anyway, that is why I am so focused on root stock now. Hindsight is always 20-20. I really need a dwarf root stock to continue enjoying this hobby as I go further into my senior years. Suzanne, I was composing this as you posted. No I have not seen a 100 year old bonsai....See MoreWhen should I pick my Cincinnati grown cold temp New Zealand Lemonade
Comments (4)The limb it is on kept leaning left as it ripened, but has ceased to lean any more for a week. Fruit might not color up at temps no higher than 50F. If I pick it now the tree may flower to soon this year and will drop all of its fruit like last year. I hate to loose the lemon because it is now entering its decadent days but also hate to pick the lemon before the acid is busted up. I have decided to wait because next crop of many is more important than 1 lemon today. Steve...See MoreNew Zealand lemonade on Seville sour orange 2020
Comments (19)Jan Four winds uses C35. Their trees maybe a little weaker coming out of their screened in growing enclosures than others' trees. Silica That doesn't supersize me. I am still evaluating the 3 trees' fruits. One in ground tree against 2 in containers is not fair though. I was very surprised at how good the Seville NZL fruits were even though they had a lot of green still.\ Jaydub I would think you are correct, however in ground trees may exhibit a greater difference than container grown fruits. Steve...See MoreMikhail (Bay Area/East Bay - 9b)
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