These are 2 good documents for aspiring citrus growers in south Georgia.

Citrus Fruits for Southern and Coastal Georgia
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubs/PDF/B804.pdf

Field Evaluation of Cold Hardy Citrus in Coastal Georgia

http://www.walterreeves.com/uploads/pdf/coldcitrus.pdf

I saw a lemon tree at a good friend's farm in the Thomasville, GA area of SW Georgia a couple of years ago. He had it planted on the south side of his tractor building --- lemons were nearly as large a grapefruits and quite tasty.

I am in the Vidalia, GA area and plan to plant some citrus trees next year. Doing my research now. We are about 80 miles due west of Savannah. There is an orange tree near us that has produced for many years. Think I might be able to root some cuttings from that tree? IF so, recommendations?

Thanks,

Joel

You can root cuttings, there are several post here on how to do that, but you can get production even quicker by planting a nursery grown tree like a satsuma and grafting that orange onto the satsuma. The satsuma is well suited for your area and is more cold hardy.

Thank you Skeeter. I'll see if my cousin wants to help out and give it a try.

A lemon in Thomasville, GA has got to be a Meyer. Meyer can produce fruit near the size of grapefruit.

I would suggest Meyer Lemon be grown either from a rooted cutting, or budded on a hardy rootstock (Poncirus or Swingle).

The local orange should be budded on Poncirus (Trifoliate Orange), or grafted to another citrus, such as Satsuma, (as Skeeter suggests) that is on a Poncirus rootstock. Generally speaking, oranges don't do well on their own roots (though there are exceptions) because they are susceptible to root and foot rot.

There is citrus being grown in Tifton at the UG grounds there as well as by some individuals living there.

Ned