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At those winter temperatures your citrus should do very well.  I do not foresee a problem.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Meyers lemon tree
« on: August 19, 2024, 06:24:30 PM »
I am not so sure that your Meyer lemon is a grafted tree.  It could be, but the vast amount of Meyer lemon trees today are rooted cuttings.

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Welcome to the forum.  We are happy to have you as a member. There is a difference for fertilizing a plant that is growing in a container , and one growing in the ground. Plants growing in the ground do fairly well  when using organic fertilizers.  That is because the soil has plenty micro organism to break  down organic fertilizers into usable elements that the roots can use and absorb.  However. in container culture this is not so, because there is not enough organism to break your fertilizer elements into usable elements that the tree can absorb..  Your container trees will do much better using a commercial fertilizer.   Your previous growing method is much of the reason that some of your seedlings died.  I wish you and your tree well.   For kumquats, varieties, only Nagami  does not come true.

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Some bag mixes work well enough (Miracle Grown Garden Soil) for a while, but often after a year problems began. In my opinion the 5-1-1 medium so far has shown the best long term results.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Sugar Belle Flush and Pruning Advice
« on: July 24, 2024, 04:04:37 PM »
At  the present stage of growth I would leave the tree alone.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: leave issue on meyer lemon
« on: July 22, 2024, 01:30:13 PM »
The symptoms of a nitrogen deficiency in citrus are yellow/orange veins with  some green out on the far sides of the leaf. Organic fertilizers do OK when used in the soil, but not so well in container culture.  This is because container soil does not have enough organisms to break down the organic fertilizer into a form for the tree to use.

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Botanical pilot,  nice helpful post.  It surely  will help those members that want to learn.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Flat braches on mandarin
« on: July 17, 2024, 10:19:19 AM »
Looks like normal growth for a young tree.  As Kumin wrote, with good care the tree should grow out just fine.

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Looks like a good year from all your efforts. Congratulations.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Is this greening, or something else?
« on: July 13, 2024, 02:07:53 PM »
 I don't see any greening.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: For larger Citrus Fruit
« on: July 11, 2024, 12:50:41 PM »
Urea fertilizers that  are high in biuret can cause leaf burn.  if your urea does not show a biuret content you could spray a small portion of leaves and see if there is any  leaf burning affect.  If not then the biuret content in the product will be OK.

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Congratulations

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: For larger Citrus Fruit
« on: July 10, 2024, 06:30:17 PM »
Vnomonee, Yes low biuret Urea does a good job helping a tree to retain fruit.  However, research has found to accomplish fruit retention low biuret urea has to be sprayed in march or April.  This is because once the opportunity to increase flower number has passed, later applications of low biuret  urea will increase the retention of abscising reproductive organs (fruit).

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: For larger Citrus Fruit
« on: July 09, 2024, 10:07:05 PM »
Because it is a fertilizer, it will work to some ability but I don't know of any research on that.

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Citrus General Discussion / For larger Citrus Fruit
« on: July 09, 2024, 05:10:27 PM »
This week is the time to foliar spray your citrus trees with low biuret urea.  Doing so will produce larger sized fruit.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Grapefruit, Orange Leaf Pics
« on: July 06, 2024, 11:56:55 AM »
I agree with jdfergason diagnosis .  When digging a hole to plant a citrus tree in, ONLY fill the hole with the dirt dug from the digging. Also I agree that the soil pH and the excessive sun/heat is causing much of the problem.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Bearrs lime bullseye under leaf
« on: June 29, 2024, 01:33:35 PM »
Yes, it is white fly, crush they with your fingers.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Yet another soil thread
« on: June 26, 2024, 05:41:37 PM »
Large over sized containers stay wet much longer and plants frequently get root rot.

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Looking again it does look like a magnesium deficiency  However it certainly is just a lite case.  Spray the tree with Epsom salts and drench the soil with 4 ounces of Epsom salts per gallon.   Apply in the early morning.

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Definitely not a manganese deficiency.  A manganese deficient leave shows green veins with green boarders to the sides of the veins, on otherwise yellow leaves.  If anything it looks starting to be deficient of nitrogen.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: What ails this citrus tree?
« on: June 25, 2024, 11:42:55 AM »
Big improvement.   Good job caring for the tree.

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The damage to the tree is from the root system. A container tree growing in a black container in full direct sun will raise in temperature to over 120+++++ quickly.  The roots quickly become cooked.  You should paint the container white to reflect the sun's rays. Or put some shade protection in front of the container.  Using a thermometer in the container soil will tell you what the root zone temperature is .

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Early bloom?
« on: June 13, 2024, 02:53:19 PM »
Today, water stress to induce flowering is commonly done on a large scale every year on lemons to obtain a large crop. However, the lemon trees are fully grown mature trees.  Weather this is the cause on a small immature seedling is quite another manner.

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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Hard winter
« on: June 12, 2024, 06:31:49 PM »
Walt, your post is quite interesting.  I learned more information concerning PT.   I wish you the best.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Early bloom?
« on: June 12, 2024, 06:21:38 PM »
The normal length of time for a Naval orange to flower is 7 to 10 years from planting the seed.  On rare occasions an early bloom will appear, then followed by a long period of no blooms.   Almost always an early bloom on a seedling will not produce a fruit that last for an extended period.   What is written is the normal, but time will tell with your seedling tree. It will be interesting for this board if you will post from time to time your tree's developments.  Welcome to the forum, we are glad to have you as a member.

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