Mary, You could call your local nursery and ask them about your seed question or your local extension office here is a link. They should be able to help you, also ask if you could take a soft cutting from your peach tree. Seeds don't always produce the same tree where a soft cutting would give you the same thing you are growing now. Sorry I couldn't be of anymore help. Here is a link that might be useful: Maryland Extension Office

Doesn't sound like you are doing anything wrong; some mandarins just take longer to make fruit. I have 3 Pixie mandarins at my lemon farm that are 3-4 years and have yet to make the first flower... and they are planted in the ground, and in the tropics... full sun year round.

Toni, it is so good to see your alright!! I am happy all is going well and that you have had plenty of reasons to to keep busy other than spend all your time on this site like me...LOL How are you? Hi theda-blue, Yours should be fine. My sisters sheds it leaves too this time of year, and gets loaded with blooms. She even says once the blooms are gone the poor thing looks pitiful..lol At least your tree hasn't been bare for over a year. If it stays that way, this post might help you.lol Hi everyone, I have had the tree since "LAST" year in December. I recieved it from a reputable citrus grower in full leaves then. It was beautiful and full. Once I potted it, about a month from then, it dropped most of its leaves,then the rest of what was left in the summer, and since then, over a year now, it has not grown one leaf, nor any growth... On the brite side, it has not lost one "branch" neither, suggesting to me root rot. So roots are fine. I have inspected them in the summer with this same problem then. The only thing that tree does is, stay bare for a bit, then grow blossoms and even fruit. Stay bare for a bit again then grow blossoms and fruit. It keeps repeating this process. why, once the blossoms have past, I take the fruit off to give the plant energy thinking to myself this will help it grow leaves, or strengthen roots if need be. BUt it keeps going bare and only grows blossoms and fruit, ever since last year. That is what is so intriguing about all this. I have some citrus in clay and some in plastic pots. All are fed regularly, treated the same way, put in full sun all summer, and in sunny windows with lots of grow lights all winter. All my citrus are doing awsome except for this bugger. Right now it is bare. I picked all the blossoms and fruit off again. I never heard of such a thing. It has been over a year like this. It has no bugs either. I would know that..lol I would love for someone to help me help it grow leaves and new branches...The poor thing..:-( I am positive it is a "ponderosa". It still has the tag on it, and it grows the same flowers as my others along with the same fruit. It is grafted to create a tree though Please help me with this one...Thanks alot everyone! Mike

Sounds like an OK plan to me. Since Vladimir lives in the same zone as you (and a 40 year tree as experience!) I'm sure he'd have much better advice for you than me. I live in a warmer zone (I border 7b & 8a). Some citrus books I've read say the less temperature change for citrus tree to adjust to, the less winter leaf drop (WLD) it will have when bringing it inside, but I'm not an expert on that. I don't think 50 is too early. Last year I moved my citrus inside what I thought was too early, well before the first cold blast, and they did adjust better to indoors than usual, so I may bring them in early this year again. (I also gave them more light). I've let some Calamondins stay out under 40 before with no damage, but where I live the days warm up fairly quickly so they don't have to stay in bitter cold for long. Usually My Calamondin & Owari Mandarins are the last trees I have to bring inside. Having a good sunny window is very important. Sounds like you're all set and I'm sure will do well.