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Dr. Manners and Stan McKenzie are still around, but have not posted in a very long time.  The old forum is completely gone even the archives.  Nothing left at all.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Dealing with Cold Damage
« on: October 15, 2017, 10:10:11 AM »
Good for that tree.  That is why there should never be a  hurry to remove "dead" wood.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: new greenhouse planning
« on: October 14, 2017, 10:02:35 PM »
Another thought: If the exhaust fans and the inlet vents were located at the top of the two end walls, when the fans turn on all the incoming air would travel across the ceiling of your greenhouse and go right out the other end through the fans.  All that air that just passes through and out the upper level of the structure is the air that contains the CO2 that the plants need as their food source.  When the fan and vents are set lower, all the CO2 passes directly through and all around the plants.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: new greenhouse planning
« on: October 14, 2017, 05:09:33 PM »
Brian my front exhaust fans and rear intake vents are all at mid height.   For 10 years I called on the Colorado, New Mexico and California greenhouse industry when I worked for a large agricultural chemical company. All greenhouses have there exhaust fans and intake vents at mid height.  Never seen a greenhouse with them at ceiling height.  You don't want exhaust and vent high.  You want to retain the ceiling heat to use during during winter and use roof fans to blow the heat back down to your plants. In the northern hemisphere, the greenhouse north wall loses both heat and light.  The greenhouse would be much better off if you  insulated the north wall using those silver sided polyurethane insulation boards.  The silver coating reflects all the sun's rays back into the greenhouse.  The plants love it. The two most important greenhouse items are heat and light.

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A.T. Hagan, great to see you here.  I remember you from the old Citrus Forum.  I have thought about you from time to time, wondering where you went.  I have not seen you in along time.  Excited to see you again.   

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: new greenhouse planning
« on: October 13, 2017, 08:56:45 PM »
Brian,  your greenhouse looks just great.  Consider putting a couple ceiling fans in the top to push the hot air back down to the plant level during the winter months.  This reduces the temperature gradient between the inside top covering and the cold winter weather outside, therefore your heat lost to the outside air through to film is greatly reduced.  It helps keep the inside temperature warmer, and the temperature even throughout the greenhouse.  I have three 20-inch ceiling fans that blow throughout the day and night during the winter.   Spray a surfactant, Tween 20 is the common one to use on the inside walls to keep the greenhouse from dripping.  Great job -- congratulation on a job well done. 

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Irma sends Florida orange production dropping 21% to 71-year low. Florida’s orange production will plunge 21 percent to a 71-year low after damage wrought by Hurricane Irma devastated the harvest. Orange growers in Florida, will harvest 54 million boxes in the 2017-18 marketing year, the least since 1947.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Newly grafted tree's
« on: October 11, 2017, 03:54:35 PM »
Congratulations Luak your grafting was top notch. I tried to be selective and send you two sticks that were in excellent condition. 

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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Upgraded cold frames for growing trees.
« on: October 09, 2017, 09:02:40 PM »
Looks like it should work.  Mr. Texas had a temp. greenhouse he put around his tree, during a cold snap.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: ID of a citrus tree grown from seed
« on: October 07, 2017, 03:13:08 PM »
Tangelos do come true from seed.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Dracula Blood Orange
« on: October 06, 2017, 08:44:44 PM »
Looks like the common Moro Blood orange, just being sold under a Dracula name maybe for Halloween market.

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Citrus General Discussion / What The Grower Gets
« on: October 02, 2017, 03:43:06 PM »
Fresh citrus for eating, such as grown in California  nets the grower between $17 and $20 for each 40-pound carton, while oranges diverted to orange juice production, such as grown in Florida get about $185 a ton, which equates to about $3.70 for 40 pounds,

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: ID of a citrus tree grown from seed
« on: October 01, 2017, 01:39:32 PM »
Most all citrus seeds come true from seed.  All most all sweet oranges, true grapefruit, lemon, limes, pure mandarins (other than King and Clementine) most tangelos, hybrid tangerines and tangors (except for Temple) come true from seed.  Most pummelos do not come true from seed.

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Laidback, all the tree needs is time.  It will fill out..

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Rootstocks ??
« on: September 26, 2017, 02:51:37 PM »
I also foliar spray micronutrients using Peters STEM.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: new greenhouse planning
« on: September 26, 2017, 12:18:03 PM »
In east west orientated greenhouses the sun pulls the plants towards the south, because only the south side of the plants receive sun throughout the fall, winter and some of the spring.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: new greenhouse planning
« on: September 25, 2017, 05:56:40 PM »
A north/south orientation is the best for a greenhouse. Your is a little slanted, but should be just fine.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: new greenhouse planning
« on: September 24, 2017, 01:20:18 PM »
Tom I grow them in either 3 or 5 gallon RootMaker containers.  It really doesn't t seem to make much difference which size container I use.  I grow new plants from slips that grow from the sides of mature pineapple plants.  After breaking the slip from the mother plant, let it set on top of the bench for 3 or 5 days to develop some callas,  then stick it in the growing medium, where it will start to root.  In a year or so when the plant reaches approximately 3 feet wide it will develop a pineapple.  I let them remain on the plant until they turn yellow to insure a high sugar content.  The fruit sold in the supermarket are normally sold while still green.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: new greenhouse planning
« on: September 23, 2017, 05:40:40 PM »
Mark, I pretty much only grow citrus.  Other then that, I have one fully grown pomegranate tree, about 50+- pineapples and a  variety of tomatoes especially bred for greenhouse culture called Trust..

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: new greenhouse planning
« on: September 23, 2017, 11:19:51 AM »
Of course for citrus trees you don't need pollinators.  To cool my greenhouse during the summer months I use what is call a wet wall.  It works great in Colorado, a state with low humidity.  Keeps my greenhouse around 80-F even on the hottest day.  Cooling a greenhouse during the summer is much more difficult then heating the greenhouse in the winter.

http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/product/16600/greenhouse-cooling?gclid=CjwKCAjwjJjOBRBVEiwAfvnvBMB7KhBK29SavmphTviSq-7mFmHsUIhUiRgnern3Cq_YFkAAthN2PxoC5XUQAvD_BwE

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Spacing on flying dragon
« on: September 22, 2017, 08:59:02 PM »
Ulfr, as I believe you are aware, pruning a citrus tree greatly reduces or even stops fruit production.  This is because on citrus,  flowers and thus fruit develop on the new wood.  Pruning eliminates the new growth. What you can do is prune just one side of the tree letting fruit develop on the opposite side, and then prune the other side the following year.  This way at least one side of the tree will always be in fruit.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Spacing on flying dragon
« on: September 21, 2017, 08:54:11 PM »
I know the suggested planting distances of (commercial) Minneola, Navel, Valencia, Lemon, Meyer lemon, Tahiti Lime and Key lime, but not Flying Dragon.  I would expect that Flying Dragon would be something close to a Key Lime which most growers recommend 10-ft apart (will take a long time to grow to full growth).

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