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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Anyone successfully growing grapefruit in zone 7,8, or 9?

« on: January 11, 2025, 04:41:12 PM »

Quote from: countryboy1981 on January 10, 2025, 01:02:12 PM

I am growing grapefruit in ground in 8b which was just reclassified as 9a (even though its not true with hitting 16 degrees last winter and 18 the year before). Last year the ruby red was killed to where I banked the soil line, this one was cutting grown. The two seed grown duncan grapefruit trees I have in the ground sustained a decent amount of bark damage but recovered most of the way by this winter; they have been in ground since 2015 and have seen 16 degrees before but did not have 80 degrees prior those times.

Do you protect them in the winter? I’m in zone 8b. Thinking of planting a grapefruit tree.

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Citrus General Discussion / WLD prevention

« on: November 30, 2024, 11:49:53 PM »

I really want to bring my lemon tree in for the rest of the winter. I read Millets 2014 post but still unsure how to prevent WLD. My mother in law waited until in snowed and then brought her Meyer lemon in and she lost very few leaves but she waters it very little and even though it’s south west windows I think the blinds are forgotten to be opened for long periods and her tree is doing great. Any suggestions?

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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Commercial Meyer lemon plantation in zone 7

« on: November 30, 2024, 06:37:26 PM »

I see them too. Those are amazing.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: New Zealand lemonade tree

« on: November 02, 2024, 10:37:55 PM »

Nice tree! If I had room I would get one. I might just graft some onto another lemon I have.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Plant in ground now 8b?

« on: November 02, 2024, 08:56:46 PM »

Quote from: sheaper on October 23, 2024, 10:18:51 AM

Top 5 as of now. New contenders next year will be Bingo and Orri hopefully

1. Shiranui
2. Cali Honey mandarin
3. Yosemite Gold
4. W. Murcott
5. Fukushu or New Zealand Lemonade

Shiranui is the best citrus I have ever tasted. I cant wait to get fruit off all my trees.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Plant in ground now 8b?

« on: November 02, 2024, 07:43:35 PM »

Quote from: poncirsguy on October 23, 2024, 01:16:06 PM

My 6b In ground plantings of Meiwa kumquat trees, 2 seedling and 1 on PT/FD.

My Miewa that is on x639 that I planted in ground during the spring looks so good. I keep 2 fruit on it. I’m soooo excited to try it. Thank you for sharing your pictures.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Is this leaf miner?

« on: October 22, 2024, 08:49:11 PM »

I have been fertilizing regularly with jacks but and epsom salts. But I decided to add osmocote plus too because I have to water my trees so frequently. So maybe that will fix my problem.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Is this leaf miner?

« on: October 22, 2024, 10:12:52 AM »

Ok thank you. I didn’t think it was but I don’t know what else it is. 😕

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Citrus General Discussion / Is this leaf miner?

« on: October 21, 2024, 03:34:20 PM »

I have all these squiggly lines on my newer leaves and they are starting to curl. But there isn’t anything on the back of the leaves. Is this leaf miner damage or something else? It’s on almost all of my trees.

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Citrus General Discussion / Is this a Meyer lemon?

« on: October 21, 2024, 03:31:29 PM »

This was labeled as a Meyer from a big box store when I bought it earlier this spring. But my old Meyer lemon tree produced lemons that were round like a ball and this one has a little of a neck. What do you think? The other variety they were selling was Eureka.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Plant in ground now 8b?

« on: October 21, 2024, 12:13:10 AM »

It looks like it will be easier for me to just buy a couple 1.5 oz frost clothes and layer them.
That’s a great collection. Which are your top 5 favorites?

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Plant in ground now 8b?

« on: October 05, 2024, 03:38:14 AM »

Sheaper-
I love your setup. Thank you for sharing. I’m planning on something similar. Mine will be on the south east side of my house. Where did you get your frost cloth?so far I have kumquat, owar, naval, minneola, Kishu, Shiranui and Meyer lemon. What do you have planted?

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Plant in ground now 8b?

« on: October 01, 2024, 06:30:48 PM »

I forgot to add to the last post that is why I’m hoping it will work. 🤞

I will bring the really little lemons in the house.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Plant in ground now 8b?

« on: October 01, 2024, 05:22:22 PM »

Quote from: Millet on October 01, 2024, 05:03:32 PM

The larger the tree the better it is able to protect it self. However, the smaller the tree the easier it is to give the tree protection against an unusual harsh cold spell. If it was me I would give it a try. However, have protection ready. See if you can still find the larger old fashion Christmas lights. They put out a lot of heat. This planting would make a excellent long term educational topic for this forum, as you print your growing challenges and successes. The best to you and your trees.

Thanks millet. I always appreciate your input. I will do follow up posts. I’m part of the US Citrus Lovers Facebook page that I believe Hershell started. There are some people in zone 8 a/b that have done the same and theirs have done well. Some use a couple layers of frost cloth and those hot c9 Christmas lights and others add barrels of water next to them along with the lights and frost cloth. One guy in zone 7 uses 4 layers of 1.5 oz frost cloth, the lights, a plastic tarp and reptile heat tape. He says he only uses the reptile heat tape when it gets below zero. And the plastic tarp on really cold nights. He says it usually stays above 40 underneath the cloth.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Plant in ground now 8b?

« on: October 01, 2024, 04:49:24 PM »

Quote from: Millet on October 01, 2024, 04:32:51 PM

I wish you and your trees all the luck. In zone 8b you have a good chance unless there is one of those terrible extra bad cold fronts

Millet do you think the concern is the age of the tree, planting in the fall or planting in 8b in general?

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Citrus General Discussion / Plant in ground now 8b?

« on: October 01, 2024, 01:57:15 PM »

I live in zone 8b. I bought 1 gallon trees from Madison’s this spring.i also have some 5 and 15 gallon older trees. Can I plant them in ground now? Haven’t had space to plant them till now. My logic is I don’t want to bring 8 trees in and out all winter. And I want their root system to settle before spring. I will protect them with C9 lights and 2 layers of frost cloth. This has been the hottest fall I can remember so my guess is it will be a mild winter also. Any thoughts?

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Satsuma espalier on south wall in CA--any issue?

« on: September 09, 2024, 10:00:23 AM »

Quote from: sheaper on August 22, 2024, 11:34:14 PM

I have lots of species including multiple satsumas on the south wall of my house here in zone 8b South Carolina. It gets close to 100 degrees many days during our summer and much colder than you get during winter and mine are doing great.

I am curious how you are doing the espalier. I have a local landscaping business owner trying to do this with Kishu at his house. Do you have any pictures?

Here’s what I have.

Do you protect them in the winter? How far apart are they spaced?

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Red Finger Lime

« on: June 23, 2024, 05:45:40 PM »

Quote from: Millet on January 02, 2017, 05:34:42 PM

Well when the tree fruits, we will see what we see.. If it turns out to be a finger lime, then great. If it turns out to be a blood lime then also great. I'll let everyone know.

Millet,
Im curious what lime ended up growing and how did it taste?

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