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Citrus General Discussion / Easter Sunday
« on: April 20, 2014, 12:51:07 PM »
Happy Easter to all. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Valentine Pumelo
« on: April 19, 2014, 10:43:46 PM »
Darkman, you won't regret purchasing a Valentine Pummelo. Great for breakfast. Just be sure to let the fruit hang on the tree for a month or 6 weeks after the fruit turns yellow so it will attain the great taste. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Nippon Orangequat
« on: April 19, 2014, 10:39:42 PM »
Darkman, a Xie Shan Satsuma is about the top of the top when it comes to taste. However, most all varieties of Satsumas and mandarins do not produce their best tasting fruit until the trees are about 5+ years old. I tell you this because I don't want you to be disappointed when you taste your trees first crop. However, I bet you will still rate the first crop as positive. Be sure to let me know what you think when you taste the first fruit that your trees produce. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Winter lessons learned!!!
« on: April 19, 2014, 10:22:22 PM »
Darkman, a little piece of good news is that the Xie Shan I doing well. Hope to see you again at Citrus Expo 2014- Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Valentine Pumelo
« on: April 19, 2014, 01:53:22 PM »
Harvey, I don't recall what root stock my Valentine is growing on. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Kishu Mandarin
« on: April 19, 2014, 09:56:20 AM »
My guess is that Kona's tree is a Clementine. Many of the fruit on my Clementine tree have a small neck and are about the same size as the one commonly sold in the store. Kishu are way to small to have a neck. Personally I gave up on Kishu, as the fruit is much to small to bother with. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Harris Citrus FL
« on: April 19, 2014, 09:38:21 AM »
I would not say I have never received an actual bad tree from Harris, but the ones that I have received were just OK. Most look like they were grown to close to each other. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Valentine Pumelo
« on: April 18, 2014, 11:04:49 PM »
Not long ago the University of California's Citrus Clonal Protection Program (CCPP) released the Valentine Pummelo to the public. If I correctly remember, I think I got them from Harris Citrus. Last Spring both trees fruited for the first time, and we ate the fruit for breakfast last January and into February. On the advise of Housherquilt, I let them hang on the tree for a couple months after I believed they were mature to sweeten up. The fruit is about the size of a soft ball with sweet dark red flesh. If you love pummelos I urge you to purchase a Valentine tree, they are really, really, REALLY a great tree.. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: New Edition of California Citrus Production Manual from UC ANR
« on: April 18, 2014, 04:54:11 PM »
Thanks Patty, I just ordered the two book combination special. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Container growing citrus in 100% wood chips
« on: April 18, 2014, 04:53:13 PM »
I've also grown a lot of citrus tree in Coconut husk chips. Worked well - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Finger limes in pots
« on: April 18, 2014, 04:35:56 PM »
Starling, if you are a fan of Lemonade, you should purchase a citrus variety called the New Zealand Lemonade tree. The fruit eaten out of hand from the tree, taste like lemonade, thus the name. It is a vigorous variety, and produces fruit all year around, with its heaviest crop in the spring - Millet .
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Nippon Orangequat
« on: April 18, 2014, 04:15:14 PM »
brain. Call Harris and ask for Ruth, she is the owners daughter,. Ruth will probably answer the telephone, then ask her about Xie Shan (pronounced she-shan). Some times not all of their trees are listed. The chance of you getting a Xie Shan might be pretty good. If not she can tell you when they will be in stock again. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Nippon Orangequat
« on: April 18, 2014, 10:11:16 AM »
This years Citrus Expo, spent the day with Dr. Powell (The man in the video) at Petals From The Past nursery. Dr. Powell had many plates of various citrus set up on a long table for taste testing. After testing all the varieties, you voted for the best of the best. Xie Shan won the contest. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: any Socal Nurseries selling 2 in 1 Cara cara and Washington Navel?
« on: April 18, 2014, 10:02:17 AM »
Clay Mango, note that a citrus tree only flowers and produces fruit on its newest growth. When you prune a citrus tree, you are cutting off the new growth. Therefore, a citrus tree cannot bloom and fruit. The only method to prune, and still get fruit, is called hedging. In Hedging, only one side of the tree is pruned, leaving the other side to fruit. The following year the other side of the tree is pruned. - Millet
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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Wanted: Gold Nugget Mandarin
« on: April 17, 2014, 11:59:23 PM »
Thanks Scott, I will let you know, as I ordered one from Logees because they were the only source. I also put my name on the waiting list at Four Winds Growers. After I get the Logees tree, if it is a runt, I will order one from Bayfloral. Again thanks for the tip, it is much appreciated. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Container growing citrus in 100% wood chips
« on: April 17, 2014, 11:49:33 PM »
Some time ago I purchased two Page Mandarins from Four Winds Growers. I purchased them expressly for testing. Both trees are planted in Root Maker's 5-gallon Air Root Pruning Containers. One is in Miracle Grow Soil (Not potting mix), and the other is planted in 100% cedar mulch. I chose cedar because it is a wood that decays very very slowly. Both trees look excellent. I plan to run the experiment for at lease 2 years. I have long had most of my 50+ citrus trees planted in a 50/50 blend of cedar mulch and peat moss- Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Digging up my unknown Orange tree..Any sugggestions for a good top tier citrus?
« on: April 17, 2014, 10:32:35 AM »
Clay Mango, you ask about Washington Navel. Washington Navels are a very good tasting sweet fruit. Interestingly, the Cara Cara pink Navel comes from a Washington Navel tree One day in 1976, a poor citrus farmer in Venezuela was harvesting his fruit, and noticed to his surprise that a single branch on one of his Washington Navel trees was producing pink "Washington Navel" fruits. It was a bud sport growing upon the branch of that Washington Navel tree. All Cara Cara citrus trees the world over come from that one tree. So in reality the Cara Cara is a pink Washington Navel, however the taste is different. Today that poor Venezuela citrus farmer is a rich Venezuela citrus farmer. - Millet
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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: caution
« on: April 16, 2014, 11:12:55 PM »
Yes thank you, I was only addressing receiving citrus trees. Many citrus areas now are under quarantine, and therefore are forbidden to ship any part of a citrus tree to any location. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: 5-citrus tree
« on: April 16, 2014, 10:42:55 PM »
Joe Real of Davis California has a a citrus tree in his back yard with 105 different citrus varieties grafted onto one tree. I think his tree holds the all time record, maybe even in the world. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Digging up my unknown Orange tree..Any sugggestions for a good top tier citrus?
« on: April 16, 2014, 10:38:37 PM »
I would suggest two varieties. 1) Cara Cara Navel. The fruit has pink flesh, and is named after a large South American bird of prey called the Cara Cara, because of a pink/red patch on the birds head. . It is a favorite of a wide range of consumers... 2) Xie Shan (pronounced She Shan). MANY MANY citrus growers think this is one of the very best tasting satsuma mandarins. It won the taste contest at this years Citrus Expo in Alabama. . It matures early (October in California). I also dido what has been said of the Gold Nugget mandarin. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Borer in my Grapefruit tree
« on: April 16, 2014, 10:20:52 PM »
Darkman, I have never heard of this type of a problem with citrus. My suggestion is to contact your county extension agent. He should be familiar with insect problem in his county. - Millet
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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Wanted: Gold Nugget Mandarin
« on: April 16, 2014, 04:51:00 PM »
Redster yes, citrus suppliers police themselves. After tasting Gold Nugget, I wanted to buy a Gold Nugget tree, to add to my collection. Harris Citrus in Florida does not offer them, Four winds Growers in California is out of stock on both their 1-year old and 3-year old trees. Logees does currently has them in stock, but only in a small 4" container size. Four Winds sells their 1-year old tree for $25.00, and their 3-year old trees at $43.00. Logees wants $29.95 for a Gold Nugget tree in a tiny 4" pot. - Millet
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Citrus General Discussion / Viedo Of Grower Day At Lindove Citrus Research Center
« on: April 16, 2014, 04:19:19 PM »4624
Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: caution
« on: April 16, 2014, 10:33:39 AM »
Citrus can be ship to most all of the states, with the exception of Florida, Texas, Arizona, California which are citrus growing states. - Millet
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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Wanted: Gold Nugget Mandarin
« on: April 15, 2014, 11:04:02 PM »
Because you are in Texas, a citrus growing state, no company outside of the state of Texas can ship a citrus tree into your state. You will have to find an in state supplier to obtain your tree. Just three days ago I tasted my first Gold Nugget Mandarin , and I must say it was exceptional, really exceptional. - Millet
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