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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Where is Joe Real?
« on: January 09, 2017, 03:29:59 PM »
The last I heard, Joe no longer has that tree, as he moved away from that property.  Exactly what he is doing now, I have not heard.  Perhaps Laaz know something more.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: fertilizer need and leaf drop
« on: January 09, 2017, 03:26:28 PM »
People on various forms say repotting should only be done in the spring.  Personally I have repotted in just about every months of the year with no problems at all, you can do as you feel best for your tree. The 5-1-1 mix is pretty straight forward. It is a blend of 5  parts small sized bark, 1 part peat and 1 part perlite. I don't use it, but it seems to be a good enough mix, especially for smaller sized trees.  For large trees in bigger containers, I don't know if it could give the tree enough anchorage to hold up a tree in fruit.  Looking at the limequat's leaves I would say it could possibly be from under fertilizing, or it is possible that they are just getting to be old leaves ready to be discarded.  A citrus tree does not waste anything.  When a leaf becomes to old to perform it duties, the tree removes the nitrogen from the leaf for use elsewhere in the tree, then discards it.   That's why old leaves begin to turn yellow before it is discarded.  Citrus leaves have a life span of just a little under 2 years (about 22 months). I can't say for sure as I have never used Foliage Pro, but 1/4 tsp/gallon does not seem to be enough nutrition for citrus variety. 

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: January 1, 2017
« on: January 08, 2017, 10:52:35 PM »
Radoslav, thank you for the Versaille post it was quite interesting.  I have been to Versaille and have seen their citrus collection - fabulous.  The mix that I used in the large container is 3 parts Miracle Grow Garden Soil/slow release fertilizer, and 1 part Para Grade-perlite.  Presently the tree is inside the greenhouse, and has some extra heat applied to the container.  Today the temperature of the medium was 64-F (20-C).  I realize that with such a large container one must be especially careful with watering, not letting the lower portion dry out,and the avoidance of water channeling.  I noticed in your link that at Versaille,  the watering is done SLOWLY over several hours (thanks for that tip).  Any other tip from anyone would be appreciated.  The plant that was originally in this container was a Canary Island date Palm.  The palm was in that container for several years.  When I took the palm out of the container I noticed dry pockets in the lower portion of the container.  The presence of the dry pockets that I found does give me a little concern for this tree.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: fertilizer need and leaf drop
« on: January 08, 2017, 10:28:12 PM »
Does CRF stand for controlled release fertilizer?

I would add, that citrus are heavy feeders, requiring more nutrition than most plants.  1/4-tsp per gallon of a 9-3-6 fertilizer does not seem enough for citrus. To answer your concern about the yellowing of the limequat leaves as shown in the picture, first let me ask how old is this tree?   

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: harvest time, or wait?
« on: January 06, 2017, 05:46:02 PM »
I pick mine when they have completely turned orange, they are always ripe and delicious.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Need advise on 4....
« on: January 06, 2017, 05:42:17 PM »
I don't know if Juanita and Ponkan are the same tree or not.  The Juanita  tangerine tree I had grew pretty much straight up in a vertical manner.  i no longer have the Juanita tree.  I do  presently have a Ponkan tree (in-ground) and it's growth is also vertical and the fruit also have a neck. 

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Citrus General Discussion / The Sunkist Story
« on: January 06, 2017, 05:25:43 PM »
WWW.Sunkist.Com

Click on "Experience our story" then scroll down and see the four videos about Sunkist family growers.  Some Sunkist growers now 5th generation.  What a great life.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: After 4 long years...
« on: January 05, 2017, 11:03:22 AM »
I have two Shiranui/Dekopon trees, one is planted in the ground and the second is a container tree.  I picked a fruit off the container plant for a taste test, it was not yet ready.   The in ground tree is larger than twice the size of the container tree and the in ground tree's fruit are larger. I'll wait until the end of the month then see how they are.

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Citrus General Discussion / Where Has All The Oranges Gone
« on: January 04, 2017, 11:17:42 AM »
Once upon a time, 1994, to be precise, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service counted 48,221 acres of citrus acreage in Martin County Florida, most of it in oranges. Now the USDA estimates there's about 2,700 acres left, and most of that — maybe all of it — will go out of production this year leaving 0 aces in 2018 because of Citrus Greening. .

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A citrus tree infected with Citrus Greening (HLB)  was found in Cerritos, CA.,  has tested positive for HLB. Cerritos is just outside of the current HLB quarantine that covers the San Gabriel and Hacienda Heights areas of Los Angeles County.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: After 4 long years...
« on: January 03, 2017, 09:53:15 PM »
I take back my comment (in fact I removed it) .  That certainly does not look like a shiranui  (Dekopon).  I agree with LaCasa it look like a Navel orange. You should telephone them and tell them you did not receive what you ordered.

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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: The best tasting orange for coolder climate?
« on: January 03, 2017, 09:14:20 PM »
US 119 is a cross of [(Poncirus trifoliata x Citrus paradisi) x Citrus sinensis].  The tree has all three types of citrus leaves, mono and bi, but with trifoliate leaves dominating. The fruit does have a sweet taste to it but with an unpleasant lingering bitter Trifoliate aftertaste. Sun chu Shu I know nothing about.  The Morton citrange is a very juicy fruit and is if flavored much like an orange.  It is sweet but with strong lingering Trifoliate  aftertaste. The juice cannot be diluted to obtain a satisfactory flavor.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Help with very sick trees
« on: January 03, 2017, 03:57:30 PM »
When you have a soil salt problem, the drier the the soil around the root zone becomes the higher the salt concentration becomes.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Help with very sick trees
« on: January 03, 2017, 12:07:41 PM »
Linda, if your irrigating your trees with municipal water, you can call your water company and they will tell you the pH , bicarbonates, and  total alkalinity (as CaCO3) content of your water. Total alkalinity should be  <100 for irrigating citrus.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Help with very sick trees
« on: January 02, 2017, 11:18:30 PM »
The leaf curl on the young leaves was caused by insects.  This happened when the leaves were young and tender.  It's too late to correct it now.  Spraying the young leaves until they harden up with horticultural oil avoids the problem. A lot of your leaf burn looks to be from high soluble salts, You need to water deep to flush away the salts.  You should get your water tested also for bicarbonates.  If you water has high carbonates or bicarbonates, which it probably does,  each watering adds to your trees problems.  My well water had that problem and caused the same foliage problems.  I have sense switched to rain water. The second picture is an iron deficiency, probably caused by the high pH of the Arizona soil.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Red Finger Lime
« on: January 02, 2017, 05:34:42 PM »
Well when the tree fruits, we will see what we see.. If it turns out to be a finger lime, then great.  If it turns out to be a blood lime then also great. I'll let everyone know.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Cold weather means better citrus
« on: January 02, 2017, 05:30:19 PM »
LaCasaVerde, coloring of citrus fruit and maturity of citrus fruit are two different things.  Citrus fruits really don't color up, what actually occurs is that  the green chlorophyll pigmentation is dying out due to the cool autumn weather.  As the chlorophyll fades out the yellow/orange pigments once hidden can now show through.  In the tropics it is not cool enough to kill off the chlorophyll pigmentation so they stay greenish  but are mature.

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if you like lemons, a lemon on swingle or citrange, would grown rapidly.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: January 1, 2017
« on: January 01, 2017, 08:24:13 PM »
Luak, as wrote above, our farm has a fork lift.  It will be easy moving the tree outdoors during the summer and back into the greenhouse during the winter with the fork lift.  Also on days where hail is likely, I'll just use the fork lift to put the tree inside the barn for the day. While transplanting the NZL, I accidentally  broke off a couple small branches, so I am rooting them.  The New Zealand Lemonade is a lemon hybrid , so I suspect it will root easily, but not sure. Actual  lemons are easy to root -- we'll see.

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Citrus General Discussion / January 1, 2017
« on: January 01, 2017, 01:53:38 PM »
On the first day of the year I usually plant something.  This day I re-planted something.  I re-planted a New Zealand Lemonade tree from a 15 gallon air root pruning container into a 3.5' W X 3.5'L X 4'H heavy duty plastic container  which looks like a terracotta container.  This should let the NZL tree grow to almost full size.  The tree will spend the summers outside and winters in the greenhouse.  I have a fork lift so it should be easy to move it in and out. Happy New Year.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Your most priced citrus fruit?
« on: December 30, 2016, 10:49:19 PM »
My Xie Shan also had a big crop this year.  I should have thinned the crop by about 50%.  As a result I had a lot of small size fruit.  Citrus fruit draw all of their required energy supplies to grow into mature full size fruit from just the three closest leaves to the fruit,  not from the  entire tree in general. Therefore, if you thin the fruit down to one fruit per each set of three or four leaves, the tree will produce the largest crop of full size fruit possible.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Your most priced citrus fruit?
« on: December 29, 2016, 08:35:17 PM »
luak, just today I picked a lot of lemons, and juiced them.  Froze the juice in ice cube trays, and stored the cubes in the freezer.  My wife uses  them as needed throughout the year.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Off-season Valencia Oranges
« on: December 29, 2016, 08:32:06 PM »
Valencia oranges are notorious for regreening.  This is caused by leaving the fruit hanging on the tree for an extended time and warm temperatures.  The color of the peel on regreening Valencia oranges has nothing to do with the maturity of the fruit.  You can find a lot about this phenomenon by typing "Valencia regreening" on the Internet.

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