I did keep it small -mostly pruning it because of the leaf drop every fall when I brought it inside. The tree's name is Olivia - I also named it when I was four or five years old so she is very special to me. She spent many years decorated as my christmas tree when I was single and broke. Anyway, I'm so glad I found this forum, I spent some time searching other posts this weekend and discovered one by Dr. Miller that showed the different types of leaves. I believe my citrus tree is a minneola tangelo. When I get a chance I will post a picture of the leaves and see if anyone agrees with me. I also read through the information on how long it takes a tree to fruit. I'm glad I didn't give up on my tree. I thought all along that it was the age of the tree, not how big it was. Thank you all for your posts.

6 years old is still very juvenile in terms of tree life spans. Some species of Crataegus (hawthorn) take >30 years on a good site to flower/fruit. Look, we tend to think of the age of plants in the same manner we think of age in humans or animals, chronologically. We, like plants, go through several life stages. Embryonic, juvenile, adolescent (intermediate in plants), and mature, are human stages roughly mirrored in plants. Where we vary greatly is in the way our cells age. In animals, body cells all mature at approximately the same speed. Plants grow by consecutive divisions of cells at the growing points (meristems), so their various parts are different ages (the top of the plant, or the ends of branches and stems are younger than the basal (lowest part, just above roots) portions, chronologically, but there is another way of aging plants. The ontogenetic age of plants is related to how many times a cell has to divide to make that particular portion of tissue. Basically, the closer the tissue is to the roots the younger it is ontogenetically, even though chronologically, it is the oldest. I got off track a little, but let's look at why this is important & how does it applies to your tree. In trees from seed, the entire organism is juvenile dynamic mass. Plant's tissues need to attain a certain ontogenetic age before they are physiologically capable of producing reproductive parts (flowers/fruit), so you must wait for the tissues to reach that age. Cuttings, on the other hand, retain their ontogenetic age and so flower/fruit much sooner (chronologically), but you must remember that the tissues are already much older ontogenetically. You would think that cuttings taken from the same plant would roughly flower/fruit at the same time? Not so. Tip cuttings from the higher parts of the tree will flower/fruit sooner than cuttings taken from the basal (close to the roots) part of the tree. There is a trade off here though. The basal cuttings will be more juvenile and have retained more genetic vigor and will root more readily than the older wood. Hope this wasn't too confusing? Al

Thanks again rayrose for your response and appreciate your offer to send scion wood. I was out of town and got back today, will take a picture of my methley plum and post it tomorrow. Regarding grafting, In the last week of Feb this year, I tried grafting morris and bruce plums scions that I got from folks I met in a local nursery event but both scions seem to have dried out, I don't see any life in them. I think I did not properly graft them, I can try again but not sure whether I can graft fruit trees in spring in Dallas. I'll reach out to you next winter for scions, please share the varieties of plums or other stone fruits you have. Thanks.

My Meyer bloomed in March/April and is blooming again as well as many of my other citrus trees. As long as the growing conditions are right for the Meyer, it can bloom often throughout the year. How big is your pot and plant? Maybe you are not giving enough fertilizer. I erred on the side of caution and underfed my trees. I contacted the manufacture of the fertilizer I was using to see what the correct dosage was for my pot and tree. Now all my trees have exploded with new growth and new blossoms. You didn't mention if you put your trees outside during the warm summer months or not. If you can, that is the best you can do for your trees as citrus don't make good houseplants unless you have the correct grow lights.