And a few more from 12/27

VPE

Melogold

12/14 Tango

WOW, looks like a bunch of winners you got there growing.

Thanks Bob! I am about to begin the new year's musical chairs and shovel pruning efforts. ...more pics to follow.

Dekopon and Tango

You Californians sure got it made, I got to do so much more to get a tenths of what you can grow. That’s the game we got to play, no problem here. For the two of us, it’s plenty good.

molewacker z9b Danville CA (E.SF Bay), your Melogold looks great! I bought one at the store and really enjoyed it -- on so many levels it's just a great piece of fruit. I don't think I'd ever be satisfied with a pure grapefruit any more. Does yours get summer heat? Not sure where in the Bay area you are, but further inland I know it gets hot.

We bought a small bag of Kishus from Whole Foods. What a great little fruit that is!

it's a nice looking day in Maryland so i brought mine outside to catch some sun and also going to spray to get rid of aphids.

M&M: meyer and meiwa

OMG you guys in CA have spectacular citrus trees! I am so jealous of your trees and your sunny weather! Enjoy them!

Here is my Meyer in my 8x4x3 raised bed . I also have 2 avocado trees and a Xie San mandarin in there with strawberries and a couple hot pepper plants 😎

Man, those California trees sure are beautiful!! This is my first year getting fully matured fruit: about 20 lemons, 80 key limes, 2 Buddha’s hands, a Ponkan, and two Sanboken lemons. The Santa Teresa lemons did not disappoint! I still have 7 on the tree. Steve, congrats on your grafting success!! NZL is the one lemon that has eluded me lol. I’ve tried grafting it around 9 or 10 times, all have failed. Bonnie, you should absolutely try grafting! Check out FruitMentor videos on YouTube - he will show you everything you need to know :)

I do need some advice: can anyone recommend a reliable thermostat timer (to use with the space heater in my greenhouse)?

On your way to greatness, another success story. Don’t want to miss you for a long time, 2 weeks at the most.

Kelly, this spring I am going to try it under a magnifier. LOL. Of all the citrus grafts that I have tried only one took. It was a cleft graft of a Mineola Tangelo to a flying dragon rootstock. And yet I have rooted a lisbon, meyer, buddha's hand, key lime, ponkan, and a moro. Of course, I've had some failures rooting as well, such as New Zealand lemonaide and page mardarin. miho, satsuma and eureka. So, I'm about 50/50. LOL! I have the most trouble with bud grafting. I just don't have any success with bud or t-grafting. I have two mayhaws, a nectarine an plum, that I have successfully cleft grafted. But I will keep trying, it is very satisfying when they take.

Hey Mike, are you looking for Brian? About time for him to make a show, Jan be next, than...? Who? I do believe Brian is on the slopes skying.

Kelley, you got to find out what size heater you use, 1500 watt max you don’t need a expensive one. How large is your greenhouse?

Formula: 1500: 120=12 amp, so you need one that can handle 15 amps.

Bonnie, my apologies - I missed your original comment that you had grafted successfully (I need glasses lol). I’ve had success with both t-budding and grafting whole scions. So far, the t-bud grafts have produced the largest and most vigorous trees (though they’re slower to launch). Keep at it and definitely keep us apprised of your progress :). Bob, I’m using a small, $20 heater. I’ll check it tomorrow for the wattage, but it can’t be very high.

Kelley, there are so many timers You can buy on Amazon and others. The problem with timers some can handle the initial surge of heaters kicking in. H/D is a start. You need a heater with a larger fan than some having a puny one. Some keep garbage containers with rainwater, since you live in Georgia, Artic freezes are more of a concern .

check this one on Amazon: Ben-link, mechanical timer, $29.00. 15 amp.

If you need a timer with temp control that might get more expensive. Some use plastic containers along the walls filled with rainwater and lay a piece of plywood on top as a shelf, 4x8 sheet cut in half ( 2x8).

Kelley, I have a 1500w heater with a thermostat in my greenhouse. I set it at 55F and my trees seem to like it. I also have another 1500w heater set at a lower tempereture as a back up.

Amy, good advice! Where have you been.

Kelly, these are a bit pricey, and you'll need to run a 240 volt line on a separate circuit (I had an electrician do this). But this is what I'm using in my garage. It has a thermostat, but you can't select a temperature. I just adjust the rheostat until I get an approximate temperature -- I keep my garage at minimum of 55 degrees. In really cold weather with winds, it can go down to 45 degrees in there. This heater is quite efficient for the amount of heat it puts out. You may not need anything quite as robust as this though.

https://www.amazon.com/Dayton-3VU36-Heater-Space-240/dp/B001H4O644

Bob! I was at home loll! It’s been a very busy yesr for me. Kids are homeschool with me also working from home. At first, I thought that I will save time because I won’t have to commute to work but I never thought that it will be become harder and harder to disconnect from work!

How have you been? I hope everyone is well! I didn’t order any new trees from Phoenix Perrenials this year. Maybe it’s because i already have my ultimate collection or maybe I need Brian and Jan to go all crazy lolll

A few pictures of my trees in my greenhouse!

Meyer lemon

Minneola

Carambola

So cool to see everyone's trees. We have 13 in ground and 4 more in outdoor pots.

Valencia Orange

From left to right Valencia, then Eureka Lemon, then Navel Orange and a Bearss Lime

Our Algerian Tangerine - this is our first significant crop. Behind it are our two Kaffir/Makrut Lime trees.

I knew you are a very busy person with family and on top of that, you got all those other kids to take care of. Glad you took some time of for us.

Yes, Bob, here in Canada things are very crazy because of covid. Can you believe that we are working from home since March 13th? It’s quite unbelievable. We are now in our second lockdown actually. Bob, I read somewhere that you want to topwork your page mandarin? Did you do it? I thought that you love your page and it’s one of your oldest tree.

Kelly, no apology necessary. My eyes are sooo bad, and now of course, at the age cataracts are starting. So I think that is a part of my problem, hard to make sure the cambium layers match up. But I intend to continue trying.

I, myself use little, big box store, cheapy heaters. You have to make sure the one you pick doesn't have a automatic shut-off. I accidentally bought one with a built in thermostat, so it cut itself off at a certain temp and had to be manually turned back on!! Big mistake!

Amy, I love the Carambola. I grew some from seed, but they never made it large enough to bloom. My son is wanting me to try again. LOL! Like I have room.

Everyone's in ground trees are so beautiful! How I envy you.

More pictures of my trees. I took the pictures this fall before I tuck my trees in my greenhouse

NZL

Shiranui

Okitsu

Amy, I didn’t topwork the Page but did a buss cut, like cut in half. Why, because I need to change the oversize container to a 15 gl one. If I keep my current 40 or so citrus trees I have no choice, also, don’t know what happened all Page fruits had a lot of seeds this year. Lee/nova might be the new Page.

Bob, your trees grow amazingly fast. That shows that they are in good hands!

Bob I bought some netting and I'm going to cover a couple of my trees this year like my page,honey and tango and see if it makes a difference with the seeds from pollination.

Well, I'm a day late for this thread. Took this today, New Year's Day, of my Meyer.

Very nice, the Meyer haters are not going to like you. Try one, let us know.

Valentine pomelo

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New Zealand lemonade

Steve

just made some citrus-aide from bearss, meyer, tango, cara cara and satsuma- super yummy :)

Happy New Years cheers !

Steve your collection is growing with very nice looking trees. Nick, Happy New Year, drink more citrus drinks, stay healthy.

Thanks Bob; Unfortunately I don't have enough tree to harvest fruits to make a citrus aide. I'll eat them fresh out of hand. I will have a total of 33 NZL fruits from 1 out of 2 trees. 30 Meiwa fruits from 4 out of 4 trees, and 2 Fukushu fruits from 1 out 3 trees.

This Fukushu doesn't count nor does this

Fukushu count.

It take 25 Meiwa kumquats to equal 1 pealed NZL so there is no question which trees are the best.

Steve

Steve, do your trees produce more as they get older?

Hi guys! I had 7 ST lemons reach maturity this year (first fruits), so I decided to try making limoncello (they were exquisitely fragrant!). 1 week down, 5 more to go :)

Are you going to invite us, looking forward!

Kelley, good to see you and you have done something very good with those. I can only how good that smells when making it)

Nice job

Calamondin

Young

Sunquat

Clementine seedlings

Eureka lemon seedlings

Meyer

Seedling citrangequat

Yuzu seedling

Fukushu on flying dragon 4 months old from bud swelling and growth.

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Fukushu on flying dragon 3 months old from bud swelling and growth

More bud swell and growth starting. Fukushu on Flying Dragon

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4 seed grown Meiwa kumquat trees 4 years old.

Seed grown Fukushu kumquat tree 6 years old.

In ground New Zealand Lemonade with fruit

Steve