The Tropical Fruit Forum

Absolutely the fruits of any citrus variety become better with the age of the tree. Each year the fruit will improve.  Generally a 5 year old tree produces high quality fruit.  I remember Dr. Malcolm Manners writing on the old forum, the very best fruit he ever ate was from a 25 year old grapefruit tree growing on the grounds of Florida Southern University. 

Greg, it depends on the size/age of your trees.  When you water , water well  don't give the a sprinkle. For newly planted young tree I would water every 3 days until the root system develops.  One year old tree one time a week during thot summer months.

Go to Madison Nursery web site.  Madison Nursery has a great selection and quality trees.  They can ship direct to you.

if you  live in Florida it dosen't matter if your close or far away from a citrus grove  The  ACP is located every where in Florida, even up into Georgia. As for mealy bug, aphids, thrips scale etc.  they are abundant in every state in the USA.

t is a Manganese deficiency. A very common deficiency in citrus.  As Madison suggested, just fertilize the tree with a fertilizer that contains manganese and your tree should be fine

I use Ultra Pure horticultural oil.  It is the best of the many Horticultural Oils on the market. it comes in a 2.5 gallon container.. However there are many other  brands of HO on the market.

I have never heard of the spray that you used.  For thrips I use Horticultural oil sprays.  Kills thrips, mealy bugs, aphids, scale, and , mites.

PYGEE, your US942 post is excellent, and surely helpful.  Thanks for such helpful information. What do you know about US942 acceptability to tristazia  virus. 

In the first two pictures the trees look quite health.  The third photo certainly looks like citrus canker.   You can easily  find a lot of information and pictures on the web.

The tree is a cross between an Australian Desert Lime and a Shekwasha.

 I see you live in Garden Grove.  I been to Garden Grove many times as my  uncle lived in that town.  Does Garden Grove let you collect some quantity of rain water? Here in Colorado many of the commercial greenhouses use phosphoric acid to adjust their pH levels  Does not take much to attain a pH of approx. 6.5.

Zink and manganese normally is already a part of the formulation of a good fertilizer.  If they are not in the fertilizer you use, you can use zinc sulfate and manganese sulfate as either a foliage spray or ground applied.

Dr. Bob, I have purchased trees from Madison Nursery, but I have not purchased bud wood from them.  Welcome to the forum.