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RyanL
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| Posted: Mon 23 Jul, 2012 4:52 pm |
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| igor.fogarasi wrote: | Does anything compare to exhilarating fragrance of citrus in full bloom? So now, just sit back, relax and enjoy watching your citrus perking up.  Igor |
Agreed! My Nippon is blooming right now and it reminds me of spring. I love the fragrance, Citrus are worth growing for just the flowers, the fruit is a bonus  |
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MarcV
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| Posted: Mon 23 Jul, 2012 5:26 pm |
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Absolutely! But I love the bonus also!
Living outside the citrus belt, it's just fun to show off homegrown citrus fruit!
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MarcV
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grad85
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| Posted: Sat 04 Aug, 2012 10:12 am |
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Mine is growing like crazy these day,s
Lots of young fruit,last pic fruit from last year.
How is your graft doing ?
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MarcV
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| Posted: Sat 04 Aug, 2012 3:10 pm |
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Nice tree you have! Are you sure that's no cucumber?
Unfortunately it's not flowers that are growing on my plant, but "just" new growth. That's fine too of course, it means that the plant is doing great! 
About the graft: the two pieces (rootstock and scion) did fix together, but the scion died nevertheless...  So the graft failed...
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MarcV
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| Posted: Sun 05 Aug, 2012 8:33 am |
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Finger lime buds are turning into new growth...
Failed graft attempt:
I took off the second star ruby grapefruit yesterday to peel and eat it! ...
Color looks OK!
Taste was like grapefruit but not spectacular...
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Laaz
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Sun 05 Aug, 2012 9:06 am |
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Grapefruit need a lot of heat to really sweeten up.
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igor.fogarasi
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| Posted: Sun 05 Aug, 2012 9:41 am |
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| Laaz wrote: | | Grapefruit need a lot of heat to really sweeten up. |
Agreed with Laaz. As for your finger lime - so pity those buds turned out to be a regular flush... |
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MarcV
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| Posted: Sun 05 Aug, 2012 12:24 pm |
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Indeed, grapefruit is not the best citrus to grow here. The leaves don't look exceptionally healthy either. And the leaves of the grapefruit that I grew from seed look the same. Must be the climate...
Oranges grow much better here. I should concentrate on that kind of citrus (but that's what I'm doing already ).
I'm sure mandarins would do fine here also. Do you think a minneola tangelo would grow well here?
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MarcV
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| Posted: Sun 07 Oct, 2012 1:12 pm |
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Some pictures of the few fruits I have...
Chinotto:
Blood clementine starting to turn red!
Bergamot:
Salustiana oranges:
Valencia late orange:
Feminello lemon:
Flying dragon with fall colors:
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Laaz
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| Posted: Sun 07 Oct, 2012 1:34 pm |
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Marc if you top that main branch it will force flushes below.
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Laaz
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| Posted: Sun 07 Oct, 2012 1:46 pm |
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If it is at the top of that branch it's going to be very lopsided.
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MarcV
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| Posted: Sun 07 Oct, 2012 1:49 pm |
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No, it was over almost the whole length of the branch. I will make a picture of it later. The plant looks quite nice at the moment!
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hoosierquilt
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| Posted: Sun 07 Oct, 2012 5:10 pm |
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Nice photos, Marc. If you can find an Oroblanco or Melogold pummelo hybrid, you should get nice sweet, grapefruit-tasting fruit. My Rio Red grapefruits were good, but not spectacular. Hoping in 2 to 3 years they will be better. But, we are in "Oroblanco" territory here so close to the coast, and the Oroblanco and it's sister, the Melogold (which is actually a better fruit), are exceptionally good.
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