Just picked some and juiced, they are very good, perhaps a bit tart, so by the end of the month they should be even better. The one in the middle was from the south side of the tree where they do not color up on the outside nearly as much. The inside is still pretty red but slightly lighter.

You have some nice pigmentation on your Moro's.  I am in a cool night microclimate but maybe it is not cold enough.  The tree is planted along a fence by the driveway so it is in a rather protected area.

I picked another fruit yesterday and tried it today.  We have had a couple of weeks of below normal temperatures and even one night down to 30F.  There seems to be some more pigmentation in this fruit and the fruits flavor and sweetness has improved.  Maybe in April the flavor will be even better.  Citrus fruits here tend to hang on the tree for quite a while.  I still have some Owari Satsuma on the tree but the quality has been decreasing.  The naval oranges will hold onto the tree at least until June, and sometimes a few will last even longer. 

Here is a picture of the fruit:

Thanks for the replies guys.  I went ahead and picked one fruit a couple of days ago.  We have had a very mild winter so far so the coloring was not as nice as it could have been.  As for flavor it was not very sweet.  I will try picking another in a month or so and for now will eat the satsumas while they last and the navel oranges.

Picture of fruit:


Mark what kind of temperatures did your trees see?  Hopefully you will have some sprouts from above your rootstock.

I'm trying to figure out when would be the best time to pick Moro Blood orange fruit.  The tree has never produced much and the quality was not very good on the previous fruits.  I think I may have picked them at the wrong time.  I only have about 20 fruit and don't want to waste them picking them too early or too late.  I am in Santa Barbara, CA.  I have an unknown navel orange that is nice and sweet now.

Thanks,

Dylan

Thanks.  I am hoping that the tree will hold its leaves and fruits to maturity.  This year has been really bad with Persea mites.  The Hass tree has dropped half of its fruits and leaves this year due to the mites.

Hopefully next year some of your other trees will begin to bloom and you will get larger fruit sets on your trees.

I should come up with a name for my new tree if it produces good fruit.  So far I call it Reed Seedling.

Quote from: Dylan SB on September 10, 2017, 11:45:53 PM

Here are a couple of pics from my tree grown from seed planted in December 2012.  I topped it a couple of times as it began leaning after some wind.  I think this is a seedling of Reed.

Dylan your tree is awesome! I love it's deep green thick and dense crown.
And such amount of fruits it's really  amazing! 

Congratulations!  It's nice to know that you were able to get a good sized and tasting from your seed grown tree.  My seed grown tree off of a Reed set a heavy set of fruit this year for the first time, and if the wind and cold are not too harsh this winter I will be able to taste my new variety next summer.

I purchased 3 CA Keitts today at Whole Foods in Santa Barbara.