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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Xie Shan- fruit photos
« on: August 17, 2021, 10:41:19 AM »
In the link is looks like early to mid october is the best time to harvest.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Xie Shan- fruit photos
« on: August 17, 2021, 09:54:59 AM »
Mine might be 2 seasons away from fruiting. It is only 3 feet and really a thin tree at this point. I cannot wait as I've heard great things about its fruit. Right now I have fruiting Miyagawa, Dekopon, Okitsu, Owari, Lee x Nova and another dozen other mandarin varieties.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Fruit Trees/Plants for Containers
« on: August 04, 2021, 10:20:11 AM »
What about dwarf avocado trees such as Wurtz ( Little Avocado ) ?

I grow several varieties of Avocado's, peaches, nectarines, pluots, citrus , pomegranate all in containers. I also have these varieties in ground as well. All of my container trees are bearing fruit with the exception of my younger avocado trees. My mature ones in containers bear fruit.

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Blueberry planting site
« on: June 28, 2021, 12:18:24 PM »
you need to check how many chill hours are required by each variety. blueberries can tolerate plenty of cold anywhere between -10 to -30°F depending upon the variety.
yeah I know they tolerate cold, but I was afraid they,d wake up of dormancy if the greenhouse warms them up ,since it will be heated, and they would be planted right next to it....
I'm not understanding why you would want them near a heat source ?

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Blueberry planting site
« on: June 27, 2021, 09:17:00 AM »
you need to check how many chill hours are required by each variety. blueberries can tolerate plenty of cold anywhere between -10 to -30°F depending upon the variety.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruits you can eat unripe
« on: June 18, 2021, 09:05:17 AM »
limes and jalapenos when they are green  :)

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1-Avocado
2-Mandarin Orange
3- Grapes
4- Lemons
5- Pineapples

Left off this list are all the berries I grow. 12 varieties of blueberries, 8 varieties of strawberries, 6 varieties of raspberries, boysenberries, blackberries and mulberries.

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I grow mine in these 24 inch containers






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varieties for your zone and chill hours required will determine which ones will be productive in your growing zone.

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I've bought sumo from the store a few times and they weren't good at all.  Also picked up Shasta gold a d a few other citrus.  None of them were good, all went in the compost bucket.  I assume its just because we are used to home grown.
It must be as my Sumo and Shasta produced fruit for the first time this year and they were outstanding. I can't wait until the trees mature several years and the flavor gets better.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Shiikuwasha
« on: April 07, 2021, 07:17:22 PM »
So sad CCPP doesnt have Shiikuwasha. Its one of my favorite citrus and i look everywhere for it whenever I'm in Japan.

Maybe one day...
I grew up in Hayward and went to mt eden and chabot college. Its a better area than modesto for citrus and avocado trees.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Most bloom ever
« on: April 04, 2021, 10:37:47 AM »
Yes that tree is loaded with blossoms for sure. I've noticed the most blossoms this year on my trees as well, especially on all my mandarins.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Recommendations on a mandarin tree
« on: March 20, 2021, 10:33:28 AM »
I can't speak on the soybean oil vs hort oil subject, but I can say if you use pure oil or otherwise high concentrate oil it could kill your tree.  I accidentally did this when I was messing with a hose-end sprayer and let the mix get too strong.  I had a nice healthy guava tree that turned black and completely defoliated within a couple days of spraying it, and died shortly after.

For soap you can use Dr Bronners "pure castille soap".  I think it is cheaper than soap marketed as insecticidal.  You just want detergent-free soap, which is uncommon in grocery stores.
Agreed

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I've had lots of growth in 2020-21 with many citrus and more that one bloom with fruit holding on the trees. Its been a weird winter/spring this year with the weather.

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I would like to correct that I have a Bearss tree in pot for years.
Kaffir is only a branch on the Bearss.

I use Bearss leaves so tree only hold a dozen fruits each year.

Let’s see your Bearss tree Containerman?
here is a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq_5ba2kBc8

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I have a 4 foot Bearss in a 1/2 wine barrel that gives me 100 plus limes a year.

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So at Thanksgiving we did a taste testing with 4 varieties and the hands down winner was the Okitsu followed by the Owari then kishu and last was the miyagawa. This was the first season for both the okitsu and miyagawa fruiting. So thats a great sign for the Okitsu as it was the clear winner for everyone who tried it which was 12 people.

New Years I will be tasting an early picked Dekopon, Early picked Tango, Tahoe Gold, Cara Cara and Honey,

Then in Spring it will be all the golds- tahoe, shasta and nugget (no fruit this year on yosemite - will fruit this spring) and tango.

Next season I will be adding to the taste testing Yosemite, Moro, Xie Shan, Lee x Nova,

How were your taste testing Yosemite, Moro, Xie Shan, Lee x Nova?

I tried the tango and gold nuggets this week and they still need more time still to acidic for my tastes. The Tahoe and Shasta were very good and I think the shasta's will be better next month along with the tango and GN's. Still waiting until March to try my dekopon.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Avocado tasting
« on: February 21, 2021, 02:21:13 PM »
bringing fruit isnt a requirement, it would just help because I have plenty of hass fruits but not a ton of the other varieties.  my sir prize is pretty loaded up and I have a few jan boyce, sharwil, green gold, hellen, pinkertons, gwen, fuerte we can sample too.  if the group is smaller there should be more than enough.  Around 30 people or less would be good.

Im not doing the facebook thing, too many randoms.  i didnt think there would be that many interested.  wrong.
I'm on that FB group as well. If I didn't just start a new job I would be down for that but maybe next season when I will have some avocado's to contribute.

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Is there a bigger mandarin than a Sumo/ Dekopon ?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dwarf avocado
« on: February 17, 2021, 10:05:22 AM »
Isn't one of the Hasses a small tree?  I think it's Gwen.

Yes Gwen and Reed are smaller trees growing to 15 feet. But Wurtz is considerably a smaller tree, I have all 3 of these.

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Honey Bees galore
« on: February 08, 2021, 09:23:43 AM »
Here is a short video clip of the bees that have been on my nectarine tree all week. You can hear them n the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzzMrFjcXPA

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Yes, I read that from your reviews. What was the other mandarin varieties that you tasted?
Your environment may be better than mine for the Okitsu. Next time I order more scions, I will need to try the Okitsu again.

I do notice that the taste of some satsumas get much better (sweeter) when you leave the fruit ripe on the tree longer, I may have been tasting mine to soon. My brother has many satsumas trees as well and he just leaves his fruit ripe on the tree. It stays ripe for  a few months and gets sweeter than mine. I don't care for the fruit when the flesh gets to soft even though it is sweeter.
My okitsu's taste great at Thanksgiving and never last much past that time but I'm sure they would taste even better in December. I usually eat my Owari's around Christmas time. And yes they do get better over time as true with most mandarins.

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I hear/read a few different reviews, some people say it tastes good, others say its average.
I'm pretty sure I grafted/fruited both the Okitsu wase(389) and Miyagawa(612) but it was a while ago and if I liked the taste it would still be on my trees. I didn't find any of my old grafts of either so if I remember correctly, the fruits looked like the photos in citrus variety collection and it was bland, not much sweetness, similar to all those China Satsuma on their list so I got rid of the branches.

My okitsu's are really good tasting and I had everyone sample 5 different varieties of mandarins on Christman day and the okitsu won hands down.

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If the gage of which citrus taste the best, is determined by total wins in citrus taste contests, then it would be Xie Shan.
I have also read that Okitsu has been a winner in the recent past have you read that too ?

This article was from 2014 below

https://www.fruitmentor.com/okitsu-wase-satsuma#:~:text=In%20a%20November%202014%20citrus,also%20noted%20its%20fragrant%20skin.

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sc4001992,

So guess Sumo will be 1+, and Ponkan will be 1-?  Satsuma will be 3+?

I've had my Gold Nuggets in March but they are usually gone by then but I've tasted some of my friends who has a orchard in May and they were delicious. I've heard they hold well into as late as July.

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