The Tropical Fruit Forum

J.P. Samy, you are very welcome to this forum.  Happy to have you as a member.

Venomonee, you will not over water your tree if it is planted in a 5-1-1.  Over watering a 5-1-1 tree would be almost imposable.   I often soak my 5-1-1 in a bucket for an half hour or so. and it is completely fine.  In fact it loves bath time..

roots Don't need that much air UNDER the roots.  Further, doing so DOES raise the perched water table even higher into the rest of the root system.

Gravel in the bottom of a container to improve drainage has LONG AGO  been disproved.  Doing so just raises the perched water table higher into the container.

I agree with SC400 concerning the taste of a Ponkan.   I think Ponkan is a better tasting fruit  then SUMO.  Its only problem for some people is the amount of seeds it contains (4 - 6 seeds per fruit.) Ponkan is a very rich tasting fruit

Most citrus organizations say  Volkameriana as a rootstock is just fair.  Does best when growing on sandy soils.  Scions grafted upon Volk generally produce fruit with 2% less sugar content.

5-1-1

No I only use Jacks.

Flaying Dragon as a cultivar ALWAYS has zigzag stems and AND strongly curved thorns, it is an easy way of selecting predominantly true clonal Flying Dragon seedlings, while discarding those which are obviously and definitely genetically different.  The straight stem and straight thorn seedlings are not Flying Dragon  cultivar.  Only about 50 60 percent of the seedlings planted produce the true Flying Dragon cultivar.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

How often you fertilize outdoor citrus trees depends on the trees age. For a 1 year old  tree, the University of Florida suggest to apply a 6-6-6 fertilizer with 6 applications per year. 2 year old tree 5 times per year. For older trees 3 times per  year.

Kulasa, then is it not coming from the leaf, but rather from what you are calling the nob.

I and many others use the 5-1-1 medium for citrus.  5-1-1 is 5 parts pine bark fines (pieces at 1\4") plus 1 part peat moss, and 1 part perlite.  If you do not want to cut your pieces into the proper size, you can go to any larger pet supply store and purchase a bag of Repti Bark.  Also add dolomite as the calcium source.   Soak the wood chips over night before blending the potting mixture. This formula gives equal parts of solid particles, air, and water when the medium is completely saturated.  This mixture also eliminates the perched water table in the container..

I once grew the Bizzarria , but eventually replaced it with a grapefruit.  As Bizzarria is not eatable.  I originally got the tree from Lazz.