My Experimental Experience with Growing Citrus Indoors
Denise Becker
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Hello folks. Just a couple of my winter indoor citrus! Pic
Comments (19)Hey Josh! Feeling a bit better today? I hope so. I have been worried about you:-) Tmc, there are a few ways to rid scale once and for good. Some with horticultural oils, others with alchohol, and yet others systemically. Of course I am an all natural person as much as I can be until there is nothing else that will work. To treat and rid scale effectively, it would be nice to first identitfy the species. Knowing the type of scale you have can be very effective since there are hundeds of different types. Is it possible to see a pic since some are not hindered by alchohol or oil treatments. Some do carry their eggs while others lay their eggs under their protective scale covers. Is it possible to get a picture, so one of our pest experts like 'Rhizo' can properly identify and we can go from there? If it is cottony cushion scale, it can be treated effectively with alchohol, this pest usually being the culprit in the past in my case. Make sure you mist every nook and cranny and repeat application after a couple of days. Please give us a pic if you could? Mike...See Morepictures of my indoor citrus
Comments (9)Thank you. I'm in Toronto. Whatever zone it is...Although I have a huge window not much light comes through so I keep the lights on all day long . I use day light bulb(Philips, 42w=150w)$18.00, I bought at Home depot and they also have a nice lamps which I use as grow lights. They sell them for about $25 or something... So far I have 2 calamansi, 5 nagami and 1 meiwa kumquats, bearss lime, ponkan tangerine, meyer lemon, variegated pink lemon and my beloved kaffir lime..Hope it warms up soon so I can move them outside......See MoreGrowing citrus indoors
Comments (1)Even though many citrus will grow true from seed it can take many years for them to bloom and some will never flower but they do make a nice looking plant. It's best to buy a grafted dwarf tree. I don't know about a regular citron but have found the Buddha's Hand to be one of the more difficult to get fruit to mature. I finally gave mine away after 4 years of losing 2" fruit. Citrus are fairly easy to keep in pots. I keep mine outside during the warm months and in a cool greenhouse during the winter but they'd probably be fine inside. They do need a period of cooler (not freezing) temps in the winter to set buds. I think that Four Winds is one of the best citrus nurseries and have bought several trees from them. Here is a link that might be useful: Four Winds...See MoreAdvice wanted on growing citrus indoors.
Comments (9)Just because you can't leave them outside all year doesn't mean you can't move them out for the warm months. No matter what you do inside it will never be quite as good as just letting them sit in the sun outside. But if you do decide to put them out in the sun, make sure you do the transition from inside to full sun outside slowly. Miracle grow potting mix is fine for such a young trees but once they get a bit bigger you will want to repot them into a better mix such as 5:1:1 or gritty mix that you can read about on this forum because miracle grow or any other potting mix for that matter will hold to much water and suffocate/rot the roots of citrus trees. You will want to get yourself a good fertilizer. Dyna-gro foliage pro 9-3-6 is what I use and most people here seem to recommend as it has all the micro nutrients that citrus trees need. and lastly, growing citrus from seed is not recommended if you plan on getting fruit. Citrus grown from seed can take anywhere from 10-20 years to produce fruit and since they are not on a dwarf rootstock they can get very big and may never develop the necessary node count too fruit confined too a pot indoors. You're probably better off buying dwarf grafted trees that will produce fruit within a couple years but ultimately they are your trees and it is your decision....See Moreponcirusguy6b452xx
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