Yes, a pain is right!!! I didn't even notice but almost all my trees are affected! Only weird thing is that i am not getting the squiggly lines and you cant see the lines from the bottom of the leaves. It's just a straight thick line on the top leaves and nothing underneath. Yesterday i sprayed with Ultra Fine.. This is a pesticidal oil that Millet recommended way back before it was discontinued that I was able to get my hand on.

HOPE IT WORKS!!!

yesterday i also put my page into the ground! I hope it survives our cold winters...

I was surprised to learn that you can actually order from the CCPP in California. You need a phitosanitary certificate but you can purchase them even with the quarantine.

I also found an Arizona Agriculture commission that has a Xie Shan in Yuma. I may just get my hands on some after searching for about 6 years!

The graft officially broke off! How weird is that?? After being healthy for several years it just breaks without trauma!!

The rootstock is very healthy.... can I graft something else to it or is it too thick. I would LOVE to graft Xie Shan which I've been chasing for 6 years. Can I get a bud into AZ or is that also illegal?

Into the dirt it went... The roots on the plant were excellent! Those Air Root Pruning Container do such a great job!!

So when i covered the plant with shade cloth, I noticed that there is some give to the graft!!! I guess that is the problem with the tree right? it doesn't look broken or anything but the graft is not solid like in other trees. Should i put tape on it or just let fate take it's course? I don't want to use up the spot on the hillside for an unhealthy tree.

Thanks,

UPDATE: Good news is that leaves are no longer falling and the rootstock grew a shoot meaning the roots are well. The bad news is that I'm still getting twig die-back and absolutely no new growth of foliage on the graft.

Weather is warming up here and the lows are in the high 40s and as of Sunday, they will be in the low 50s. Should i put the Nagami in the ground in it's weak state or wait to see if it gets stronger in the pot? It obviously doesn't like something in the pot and I wouldn't stress it at all since it is in a air root container and the root would come out intact.

Please advise.

wow, that is AFTER 2/3 of the fruit had been picked out! NICE!!

22 was the coldest we got this year.. if i were to lose leaves then so be it, i just don't want the graft to die! I'll hope for the best.

laaz, do you know how close together i can plant a grapefruit and a naval. I would think that in my area, my grapefruit won't get huge like it would in other climates.

I'm gonna do it!!!! 

Tree is very short but has very woody stems since it is 5 years old. I'll do my best to protect it from frost as long as it doesn't grow too big. I need more than approx 5 pieces of fruit per year..

Ruby Red grapefruit, Washington Naval, unknown clementine seedling and my nagami kumquat (if it survives) are going into dirt.

Thanks to all for your suggestions!! I hope they make it!!!

Afternoon,

I recently moved into what should be a forever home and haven't re-built my greenhouse, so I want to put some of my pots in the ground! Since i have had them for 5 years and am quite attached to them, i wanted to get the expertise of people on this forum to make sure I can and should plant them in the ground.

I live between zone 8A/8B even though it's officially listed as a zone 8B. Half of the house is planted on sandy type soil with very fast draining soil which i think would be great for my trees.

I have 3 that I'm officially putting in the ground:

Washington Navel (C-35 rootstock)
Nagami kumquat (if it survives the winter - twigs still dying back)
unknown cutie that i grew from seed. Still not flowering and since they are hybrid, not sure what type of fruit I'll get.

I have two that are staying in pots for sure:

Mexican lime
Meyer Lemon

Unsure:

Ruby Red Grapefruit (like fruit when it's been on tree long time and we get cold nights in October so I'm concerned I'll have to harvest early and fruit will be really sour)
Page Mandarin
Gold nugget mandarin
Old Spice
Sanguinelle blood orange
cara cara

Thanks for replies guys. The reason i was shading the leaves is because if I had WLD and the roots are dormant, they won't send enough moisture to the leaves to protect them from the sun/heat. I'm sure Millet can explain that better.

Citradia, that is exactly what is happening to mine as well. I'll keep an eye out to see if it breaks dormancy later than the rest.

Millet, that was my intent by allowing full sun to hit pot while shading the leaves. The medium i use is your old recommendation of cedar chips and dirt. There is no way the dirt is too compact, but it might be too wet. I will check it out.

SO I CAN PLANT MY RUBY GRAPE FRUIT IN THE GROUND?

I live in zone 8 and have had a Ruby Red in a container for about 5 years now. It spends the winter inside of a green house but i recently moved so i have to move him inside the garage at nights.

I've never like grape fruit but I bought tree for my wife because she absolutely loves them!! I keep fruit on the tree for a really long time so it loses its tartness and they are absolutely delicious!!!! I would love to put it in the ground and get more than 5 pieces of grape fruit per year.

hello,

Haven't checked in for a while now and I've got a lot to catch up on!! Millet, hope you are doing great!!!!

So you changed growing mediums on me again ey  I've gone from CHC in the 1st forum where I met you and am still using cedar peat and dirt. My trees are doing good and survived the collapse of yet another greenhouse this winter! I'm going on 3 now and I converted it to a shade house this summer which so far is working great!!!

I'm curious to hear why the change from cedar peat to miracle grow/perlite.

Best,

Roberto

Thanks for the video Iceman!! It's comical to see how you rough-handle those roots and I give them the white glove treatment, separating each root individually as to not damage any of them, yet your tree is so much healthier and nicer than mine!

Very instructional video and much appreciated.