The Tropical Fruit Forum

On top of that they are Dekopon. Geez that is lazy.

I agree with Brian.  I re-pot on my schedule.  I will be a little extra careful if the tree is in bloom or flushing growth.   Typically though I try and avoid those periods of time. which for my trees seems to be anytime past march so usually i try for april to june. i have re-potted in Fall with no issues either.  I have never seen a huge set back or lost a tree this way.

We have had 26 inches of rain in the last 60 days.  i really regret not having a rain barrel for when we have to long summer stretches of no water.  Tropical storm Bill is dumping a lot on us now.

I enjoyed his videos of the greenhouses.  They have a nice looking place.  Their pricing is bit high for me though.

how great Citradia.  That is what i hope to try soon.  I want to plant a few inground and see if I can keep them alive. 

I watched Morgan Spurlocks show about Bees.  It was very interesting.  I honestly had no idea that there are companies that take bees to the fields. 

so thinking hypothetically.  If florida had no citrus trees how long would we need to quarantine the state to allow the disease to self eradicate. Say we let California and Texas handle all the loss of citrus production, or at least what they can do while florida produces nothing.  Replant the trees that had to be removed and wait for production to start up again.   5 years? 10 years?  Rinse and repeat for the other producing states.

i imagine a person would have to eat a pretty large amount of them to have that happen. 

im ordering a Dekopan in april for my birthday. Hopefully ill have the same luck with it.

awhile back i stumbled on this youtube video of Aaron do some presentation somewhere.  he talks a lot about the company.
http://youtu.be/eeQZhVrTI_g

heres another neat one i found by them
http://youtu.be/ws9mlkPQDuo

the lime in the big pot is what im working towards. I have the pots just need the trees to grow. Most are in 7 or 10's right now.

Fruitnut
man i must really be missing out on the best then because I thought the Dapple dandy we get here locally are pretty tasty.  I have based a lot of my variety selection off of what the commercial guys grow here and what Oklahoma State university recommends. Starting out I want to give myself the best chance at a harvest then try more unique fruits and newer varities.  OSU says most nectarines dont do as good here as the peaches do.  No idea why thats just what they say. the do recommend a couple varieties.  I love a good nectarine  so I will be trying some just not sure which ones yet.  The selection of trees at the stores right now is not that vast. Plus the way the wholesaler for lowes and homedepot prunes them is atrocious.  Most I have not really heard of before. Of course the only place that gets in DWN trees only gets the boring stuff, LOL. In fact they didnt order any nectarines.  Just superior plum, red haven(which i already have) and reliance peach.   

peaches for me.  Ive only tried one Pluot, Dapple Dandy and it was pretty awesome. 

i hope they figures something out.  Citrus is too important to lose.