While citrus is young count the leave and divide it on 20. that is how many fruits you may leave on them to bear. On adult trees 10 leave is enough for photosintesing for one fruit. The better plant is doing with foliage - more fruits you will collect. So pay attention on a mineral fertilising of your trees and they will pay you back with the fruits!! That lemon of mine lost all leave in december and fruits never turn yellow - I had to collect them in april, so it could grow new leaves. This Meyer got 7 lemons This wild citrus is 5 years old, does not grow at all, but give me 2 fruits every year!! And it is very rare that you will collect more fruits than volume of your pot every year

No, there aren't any citrus that will thrive outside 12 months per yr..Unfortunately.. I planted rootstock, (Poncirus trifoliata) that bears small, bitter, very seedy fruit, but was surprised when it made it through our first icy winter. Poncirus is quite thorny. Still, it was a great experiment and lived 3 yrs..If I had mulched, (mandatory) in late autumn like I had in previous yrs, I'd bet it would still be living..I fed it citrus fertilizer and applied Superthrive during growing season. There's another rootstock called Citrus Ichangensis that is also quite hardy. Citrus Junos/Yuzu is hardy to 0F. I would think all 3 citrus/rootstock could grow here, w/a good amount of mulch in winter. Check out www.worldplants.com Click on Catalog, then C, scroll down to citrus..open, and you'll see pics of these plants.. The citrus at worldplants are on the small side, (9") but there's another nursery called Mckenzie Farms that sells hardy citrus..He ships taller trees. August wouldn't be a good time to plant though, if you're interested, I'd wait until spring, after all signs of frost is gone. Spataro, do you ever shop at Jamacian Gardens in Morton Grove? They've got lovely plants, and 'just looking, lol' is worth the trip..They have a second store, smaller, further north, I believe in Libertyville..They both sell citrus, but prices are fairly expensive. I also love shopping at Ted's Nursery, and want to visit Sid's some day. Most of my citrus came from FL, but w/the current ban, we can't order.It's ashame because two nurseries I order from, Briteleaf and Harriscitrus ship nice-sized, healthy trees, for 15-20.00 each.. Good luck w/your palms this winter..Do you add Christmas lights to keep warm? Toni

There are indeed restrictions on bringing citrus out of FL. None of the Nurseries are allowed to ship out of state either. You should do some research before taking things for granted. ""Florida is currently under a statewide quarantine by the USDA and no citrus may leave the state unless the USDA has issued a limited permit. No Florida grown citrus may enter any citrus producing states or territories. This includes citrus for personal use. For more information, please contact the Division of Plant Industry (800) 282-5153. Citrus producing states and territories include: American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands""

I bought both 1 lb of lime and sulfur on ebay for $5 each plus shipping $5. It was excellent grade. Both were in very fine powder form. Mixing was very easy both dry and in boiling water. After 10 minutes it started smelling rotten egg. Since it was in the open yard I could hardly notice that. It did spray well in the beginning but at the end it started clogging. I must have sprayed a gallon of diluted stuff. I have around 30 fruit trees. Peaches, apples and pears require full cover of the plant with the spray. I also spray small blueberry bushes at the ground so that the rabbits don't bite the twigs because of the smell so also for other tree trunks. Last year I made the Bordeaux mixture which is much easier to make and gives very good results but for peaches I still had PLC hence the lime-sulfur spray this time.