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Citrus General Discussion / Re: What is eating my trees?
« on: May 25, 2019, 12:31:01 PM »
Well, I finally found the culprit.  I found a nest with fresh grapefruit leaves, and even some small fruit in it.  I pulled back a piece of tin and my Patterdale, Lilly, did not hesitate...  Dead rat.  It was a BIIIGGG one too.  Now let's hope no more around here have a taste for citrus.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: What is eating my trees?
« on: May 21, 2019, 02:55:28 PM »
I went back and looked very, very, very closely, and I believe I did see a track or two.  Thanks Laaz.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: What is eating my trees?
« on: May 21, 2019, 01:46:03 PM »
The ground is soft, and I saw no deer tracks.  Plus it would have had to pass several other trees to get to this one.  Maybe it just likes the taste of Flame Grapefruit leaves.


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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Not Citrus Weather In Colorado
« on: May 21, 2019, 01:41:37 PM »
Seems that you are still in winter, and we are about to hit the 100F mark in the next few days.  This weather is really screwy lately.  One never knows what to expect next.

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Citrus General Discussion / What is eating my trees?
« on: May 21, 2019, 01:31:48 PM »
I found this damage today while out looking at my trees.  This is a Flame grapefruit tree, surrounded by several other trees.  Last week I found the same type of damage to a whole table full of Meyer lemon trees I have in pots.  There are no leaves on the ground, and no stems left behind. Whatever it is does not seem to be interested in the fruit.   I looked for deer tracks, and there were none.  What kind of critter is eating my trees?










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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Nitrogen deficiency?
« on: May 17, 2019, 11:14:35 PM »
Good to hear.  Hope they grow well this year for you.

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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Swingle
« on: May 17, 2019, 04:06:55 PM »
I don't have any Swingle to offer you, but my 2 biggest and prettiest trees out of the 50 or so that I have, are on US852.  I am looking for seeds for them.  I am in zone 8a in west central Ga, and all my trees are in the ground.  I have many cultivars on different rootstocks in trial, and so far US852 looks the best. I don't know about productivity yet, as they have only been in ground for 2 years.  The two trees on US852 are at least twice as big, if not more, than any of my other trees.  Hope this helps.  BTW, I think Stan McKenzie has seeds for both.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Orri Mandarin
« on: May 13, 2019, 11:47:17 PM »
I would love to have that tree as well.  Where did you find the fruit?

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Bloodlimes
« on: May 10, 2019, 05:26:21 PM »
Nice.😀

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I would like to get some from you, but I have no more room in my greenhouse.  Would it do well in a pot on dwarf rootstock?

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Hard to tell by the pictures, but it does look like leafminer damage.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Meyer lemon, why?
« on: May 04, 2019, 06:59:01 PM »
I enjoy my Meyers.  And so does my family and neighbors.  My wife makes a killer Meyer lemon meringue pie and other goodies.  They are prolific and easy to grow.  I don't really need two of them, but if I pull one up, my family and neighbors would be disappointed.

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Citrus General Discussion / US852
« on: April 26, 2019, 06:45:49 PM »
Anyone growing citrus on US852 rootstock ?  I have two of my 50 or so trees on it, and they are my best looking and largest trees.  I would like other growers observations and thoughts about this rootstock.  You can barely tell where the graft is on these trees, unlike my trees on Rubidoux, where the scion is larger than the rootstock. 

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Honeybell and HLB
« on: April 23, 2019, 10:21:08 PM »
Sugarbelle is supposedly more resistant to HLB.  It is an excellent mandarin IMO.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pictures from middle Georgia
« on: April 23, 2019, 07:48:17 PM »



Dekopon.  Hardly any damage from winter with no cover.





Kishu.  Same as Dekopon, little damage, no cover.





New Zealand Lemonade.  Kept covered on freezing nights, because it bloomed all winter long.  Some blooms actually survived and are now little fruitlets.  It is also putting on many more new bloom buds.

I have been asked before how Dekopon handled our winters as compared to other satsumas and mandarins. I would have to say as good or better than some.  My Mihos on Trifoliate rootstocks did not fare near as well as Dekopon, nor did Brown select on US897.  The Dekopon is on Cleo.  All of the trees pictured here were planted spring 2017.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Help with Citrus Leaves
« on: April 21, 2019, 08:34:33 PM »



First flush...the fun begins.  I did not see any damage on first flush last year.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: bugs I can't identify
« on: March 14, 2019, 03:24:18 PM »
Thanks, guys, I tried to search for it also, but no luck.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: bugs I can't identify
« on: March 13, 2019, 07:42:08 PM »





Images would not load on first post, sorry.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: bugs I can't identify
« on: March 13, 2019, 07:36:30 PM »
Anyone know what bug this?  I have searched to no avail.  It is crawling around on my Meyer lemon tree.  It seems to be solitary, and have only seen it twice.  It's markings look peculiar.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Problems this morning.
« on: March 12, 2019, 05:23:53 PM »
May just be dropping old leaves to make room for new ones.  I have severe leaf fall on some and hardly any on others.  I believe this is normal for spring time.

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I have Kishu and NZL in ground in zone 8a in Georgia. I kept the NZL covered on below freezing nights because it started blooming in the fall and never stopped.  A lot of the blooms got damaged during the polar vortex, but some still look viable.  It has only lost a few leaves.  The Kishu is already starting to put on bloom buds and has also lost just a few leaves.  The kishu was not protected this year.  Our coldest night this year was only in the mid 20's.  Hope this helps.

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A good "balanced" compost, including coffee grounds and egg shells would be much better.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Flowering And Leaf Fall
« on: February 28, 2019, 09:38:32 AM »
I've had massive leaf fall this year.  I believe it was due to extended period of low light as in cloudy and rainy for months with very little sunshine.  I even had a lot of leaves sunburn after a couple days of bright sun. Some of the leaves appear to be bronze colored.  One tree has taken all the rain and cold and low light conditions without even noticing...Juanita Mandarin. It is still standing tall and looking handsome.  It is also one of the few trees that has not stated coming out of semi dormancy.  Most have started putting on bloom buds and flushing.  I don't know what this predicted cold spell in the mid 20'swill do to them.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: First Fruiting of Sanguinelli Blood Orange
« on: February 13, 2019, 03:46:51 AM »
Will be glad to, HIfarm.  Did not mean to hijack your thread, sorry. I wonder how Cara Cara does in HI?  I love a GOOD CaraCara.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: First Fruiting of Sanguinelli Blood Orange
« on: February 12, 2019, 10:19:45 AM »
If you buy a grafted pomelo it should bear a few in a couple of years if it doesn't suffer from too much die back in the winter.  I know what you mean about a greenhouse. I have over 50 citrus trees in the ground at the moment and a few more to plant when it warms up.  I have a few getting ready to bloom and all the blooms are right next to the barrels of water where it stays warmer. I got my  pomelo from Stan McKenzie.  He lost most of his trees last year to the cold. Some he had had for close to thirty years, if I remember right.

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