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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Its Now Time To Foliar Feed For Best Crop Of Fruit
« on: January 15, 2022, 02:16:23 PM »
Millet, second spray on Mother’s Day? Third spray, Father Day? This adjustable sprayer is perfect for over/under spraying, very fine mist. I spray more than 3 times for my citrus but also for my other trees. Bought a bag, which is more than enough for all my trees for the next 3 years that’s why I store it in a sealed container.




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Citrus General Discussion / Re: How do you rate your Gold Series mandarins.
« on: January 11, 2022, 06:31:21 PM »
You guys from California have a big advantage over my operation in Arkansas zone 7. So, if my citrus fruits taste excellent to me, it might not tops in comparison to yours. My Xie Shan, shiranui and my others they are all tops tome. A lot of fun growing citrus in Arkansas at my place.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: How do you rate your Gold Series mandarins.
« on: January 11, 2022, 04:26:01 PM »
If you like super sweets, Gold Nugget is your choice. I am very happy with all three. Tahoe the least but still good to grow. A huge variety is not my thing, because I grow so many different fruits. My quota for citrus is at max.

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Citrus General Discussion / How do you rate your Gold Series mandarins.
« on: January 11, 2022, 03:28:13 PM »
This year I will rate my Gold Series mandarins again.It will be the third year they fruited. Have to wait till February to find out. Last year they tasted very, very good. Btw, I converted my Page to Lee Nova, a tad better but also much bigger, great tasting and very juicy, another winner for me.

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Citrus General Discussion / Is this a Santa Teresa lemon?
« on: January 11, 2022, 03:08:10 PM »
Got this tree growing for a few years now, do believe sionwood came from Millet. Got several pieces a few years back. Last year got this fruit, hoping it’s a right one I have been looking for.




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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Urea Spray
« on: December 20, 2021, 09:18:41 PM »
Millet, at least you can control temps in your greenhouse, I can . My growroom is part of the house heating system, set at 65 in that room. Lights are on between 7am and 7pm. Urea might work, I use it but don’t know if it works for me. Most of my citrus and avocado and Jaboticaba are heavy blooming now. Most of my citrus have a lot of fruits on them.






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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Urea Spray
« on: December 16, 2021, 03:29:43 PM »
Going back to the Stone Age or maybe the Far Far Far East. I don’t even let my dog p…..and p…..p in my garden.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Flamingo Red Pummelo..Seedless ??
« on: November 26, 2021, 01:26:37 PM »
Having Valentines and ThongDee pomelo’s, adding a new variety would be interesting. Finding sionwood would be more difficult.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pruning potted citrus to make them more compact.
« on: November 22, 2021, 07:59:01 PM »
I don’t need larger trees because we give away a lot. Just like to stay busy, 15 gl containers are max.
Media has to be as light as possible. 12 gl containers would be better yet. Has to be squat containers!!
Rootstock I use are mostly mandarin, no dwarfs, except the Meyer lemon. A little wider now.
I do have a few 6 footers.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Graft in winter?
« on: November 22, 2021, 09:33:40 AM »
My growroom temps are warm enough, 65* to 68*. If you have a fancy variety you might want to go the extra mile and use a heat pad to be sure. If someone sends me a choice variety, I would go whatever it needs.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Graft in winter?
« on: November 21, 2021, 05:40:11 PM »
 I do year around grafting. Grafting last week , a Santa Teresa piece of budwood.



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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pruning potted citrus to make them more compact.
« on: November 21, 2021, 08:13:03 AM »
Grow this Meyer lemon that’s 5 years old, not more than 3 feet tall, not including container. Very productive. Have pomelo’s that’s either 3 or 4 feet tall. I like minni tree’s.








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Citrus General Discussion / Re: when to pick Chandler pummelo?
« on: November 16, 2021, 11:52:11 AM »
No greenhouse but a Greenroom/ X workshop. Temps for winter storage, around 65*, from November till March.
Red dots are trees I am growing in the room.











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Citrus General Discussion / Re: when to pick Chandler pummelo?
« on: November 15, 2021, 03:01:39 PM »
Quote from: Millet on November 15, 2021, 12:01:47 PM
have had a few small  immature Chandler Pummelo fall off so far this season.  They have been laying on he ground for several weeks.  I cut one open to see if they still mature when off he tree.
Lot depends when flowering start. Are your trees growing in a greenhouse, colder zone, lots of cold days?







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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Should we be bare rooting trees?
« on: October 22, 2021, 08:11:15 AM »
I go along what Laaz wrote. If you do it often enough,you can almost up/repot year around. Got about 50 tree’s in containers. All good looking.
Btw, I woke up from a long sleep to find out that the form is also in a deep sleep. Winter is the season for lot’s of citrus articles.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Should we be bare rooting trees?
« on: October 21, 2021, 02:04:43 PM »
Just show you how I do my tree’s.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Bonnie Childess
« on: March 30, 2021, 07:07:09 AM »
Millet, thanks for the message. Know him very well from the old forum. Asked him about the knife he used , showed me the knife and brand, got one. A real down to earth man. God will take care of him.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Largest Fruit - Mandarin/Tangerine (maybe Guinness record)
« on: March 29, 2021, 06:39:52 AM »
Above picture is incorrect, wrong, it’s not a Shasta. This is the correct variety, Yosemite Gold.




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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Largest Fruit - Mandarin/Tangerine (maybe Guinness record)
« on: March 27, 2021, 09:50:07 PM »
Some of my Shasta were very large. One of my Shasta tree only carry 4 fruits, very good tasting. Thong Dee pomelo is right next.




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Citrus General Discussion / Re: mulch refresh day
« on: March 20, 2021, 05:21:42 PM »
Tree’s from the garage are mostly figs, the ones out of the growroom are mandarins and Pomelo’s and naval oranges.Also a few Jaboticaba,s in the mix.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: mulch refresh day
« on: March 14, 2021, 07:20:00 AM »
Brian, looking at all those small tree’s, are you preparing for a addition? Depending on the forecast April 15 is the due date for me, for them to go outside. They will get a lot bigger soon.
Your set up is all done professional, very nice.






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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Sugar Belle Orangs
« on: January 02, 2021, 06:51:32 AM »
I like Lee Nova better, plus bigger.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pomelos
« on: December 04, 2020, 06:40:44 AM »
Having 6 tree’s now, Valentine and Thong Dee are all I need. They are both keepers Thong Dee has the edge in taste for me. Valentines has a decent amount of seeds at my place.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Q And A: Why Does Grapefruit Affect Statins (Cholesterol Lowering Drugs)?
« on: December 04, 2020, 06:29:09 AM »
Does Pomelo’s have the same effect as grapefruit? Seems to be much milder than grapefruit.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Thanksgiving
« on: November 27, 2020, 12:29:10 PM »
Quote from: luak on November 27, 2020, 12:22:48 PM
Quote from: Pandan on November 26, 2020, 08:43:50 PM
Happy thanksgiving!! Hope everyone is getting 2nds and 3rds of their favorite dishes

Beautiful view btw Laaz

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