I was just wondering what is the usual time of a Navel orange bloom?

Know one knows Joe?, Millet?, Ned?, anyone?

Mine blooms all year round- just here and there but the main bloom torrent is on Spring time.

My variegated navels are budding up now. My inground navels are pushing new growth like crazy.

Derek, a lot depends on where the Navel orange tree is located. The Navel Oranges in my greenhouse are grown in tropical conditions year around. The tree had a small bloom about 3 weeks ago, however the big bloom will be in February or early March. The given HARVEST time for Navel Oranges in Florida normally begins in October and runs through the middle of January; therefore, to ascertain the blooming period (at least in Florida) count back eight months and we find the major bloom is in February/March - Millet

thanks guys maybe i'll get some blooms but i doubt it and probably have to wait until next year.

Derek, is your Navel Orange tree a seedling, or a grafted tree? If grafted, how tall is the tree and how old is the it? _ Millet

It is my only grafted and just 2" shy of 4 feet from the soil and i bought it at the end of Augest. Also there are some wierd spots on it and i took some pics it think it may be burn because of my light be to close or a deficiency.

HEre are the pics. of my navel

Yellow spots


Yellow spots


wierd leaf


and a spot were leaves just keep falling off, it is near the bottome and the branches turn brown after the leaf falling and usually the petiole stays with the branch.


thanks for any help

What I see is pretty normal. Perhaps the tree might bloom this spring, with the next flush. Have you given the tree any of the required chilling hours to differentiate the buds from vegetative buds to floral buds? - Millet

The soil temperature is around 65F and and the air temps is a little warmer I think, is that cool enough?

For a really good bloom on your Navel Orange, the tree should receive a total of 850 hours of AIR temperatures <68F (<20C) during the winter months. The quantity of the bloom declines as the chill hours decline until a point is reached where the tree produces no bloom or a very small bloom. - Millet

i am going to put a thermometer and check it but if it is to high then there isn't much i can do but it should be cold enough.