Citrus Growers Forum

JoeReal · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 5:11 pm

bencelest wrote:

Very impressive!!
I am impressed.
But oh! Those hard works you did!

You're welcome Benny! Your name is etched in one of those aluminum labels from the budwoods that you donated to me!

JoeReal · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 5:13 pm

Patty_in_wisc wrote:

Joe, I was drooling so I ate those that you left out for us.
You are amazing! I remember when that tree was a 30 in 1.
My oh my, that is just stunning. Can I get your autograph? What I would give to see that tree in person...I don't know, but I'd love to see it.

By All MEans! And Thanks Patty! Whenever you and your hubby are in the area. Bring some bottles of wine with you, we will have a BBQ, fruit and wine tasting... And of course lots of photos by the tree. It has fruits year round.

JoeReal · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 5:17 pm

Laaz wrote:

Great job Joe ! What a variety of citrus.

Thanks Laaz! In some ways, you are part of that tree for starting this site. I only wish I could add those exotic Australian collections of yours. Perhaps one of these days, you can send a seed or two from your collection. Too bad, there is a legal chasm exchanging buwoods. I can only send but not receive... Laughing

JoeReal · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 5:20 pm

Millet wrote:

Joe, when it comes to grafting/budding your the man. Just incredible. - Millet

Thanks Millet! It is an honor coming from you. Many words of wisdom and interesting intellectual discussions with you have inspired me to go on and try various experiments on that tree! You also helped a lot financing some of my operations on that tree, truly, such favor that cannot be repaid.

JoeReal · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 5:22 pm

SusanB wrote:

What Patty said....
That is so completely amazing and awesome, unbelievable!
Congratulations on all your hard work coming to fruit- ition. Very Happy

Do you have a photo of your Australian White Lime? I've never heard or seen that...

Thanks SusanB!

Australian White Lime is the ordinary Australian finger lime that came from UCR CCPP budwood distribution program. I just named it as white lime in my notes, in anticipation of legally getting hold of other colored finger limes in the future to be grafted on that tree.

mrtexas · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 6:05 pm

But you have an 81x chance of getting tristezia from a graft and killing the whole tree as well as 81 fruit.

I wish I could grow as pretty of fruit. Grackles and leaf footed bugs disfigure nearly all my fruit and spoil some of it. No leaf miners there either?

JoeReal · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 6:26 pm

That would be 104x chance to be correct. Now subtract those that are resistant types. Anyway, all of my sources has been tristeza-free, such as those mostly certified by Federal and State Agriculture, carefully selected sources who also practice great care and are often paranoid of contamination. And that is why I think I selected the base roots and the primary scaffold limbs to be tristeza resistant, to lessen the chances of killing the whole tree. Already, I am excited to build another one, and I am starting on a mandarin type base. It is the process of building the tree that is rewarding rather than the tree itself.

I do have some water rust, but that soon will be corrected with copper sulfate and the organic concoction called AZ41 made from aloe vera, limonene and melalauca oil.

I have leaf miners too, but then again, I have never sprayed insecticides on this tree and very seldom on other trees in my yard and so have a nice build up of insect predators. I do spray organic oils, such as those from AZ41plus when the ladybugs are hibernating.

Some cultivars like the tangors, they tend to have scars on the skin more readily than others, as a result from the banging or whipping on the branches and each other brought about by the dessicating strong north winds that occassionally hit us.

I have plenty of friendly spiders and praying mantis that patrol the tree during the warm or hot days of the growing season.

JoeReal · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 7:22 pm

MeyerLemon wrote:

Unbelievable! Congratulations Very Happy

Thanks MeyerLemon!

I have no fruit pics of Meyer Lemons on that tree, because I used them all up when I ran out of lemons from my other trees. Now my other trees have lemons, and I only have flowers of Meyer lemons on that tree.

bastrees · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 7:32 pm

Joe, Words do not adequately describe this tree! Thank you for sharing the photos. This tree, if in my neighborhood (let alone my yard), would be a daily attraction for me. Your love of grafting and citrus is very evident. Amazing! Barbara

eyeckr · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 7:36 pm

Hard work + skill + persistence = amazing tree! Nice job Joe! I'm gonna be in your area next fall so I hope to be able to see the tree in person. Who knows, it may even be a 150 in 1 tree by then!!

KW4 · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 8:10 pm

Joe- that is amazing!
Did I miss it- what is the original tree?

Kyle

Patty_in_wisc · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 11:35 pm

What ever happened to the "guerilla grafting" on the city owned tree in front of your house? I tried to find the post, but these pages only go back to 11. Is it growing 2 kinds of fruits now?
I thought that was hilarious.

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Patty
I drink wine to make other people more interesting Wink

Dylan · Posted: Fri 21 Nov, 2008 11:38 pm

Joe, that is an amazing tree you have there. I am curious to what the age and the size of the tree is?

Dylan

Granrey · Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Location: Edmonton, AB

Wow, you have made a reality the drawn pic of this forum

karpes · Posted: Sat 22 Nov, 2008 11:09 am

Awesome! I have never seen anything like that and I bet Guinness hasnt either. You should call Guinness World records.
How do you keep track of the location of each variety?
Karl