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Millet Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Fri 30 Mar, 2012 5:37 pm |
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I have decided to grow mostly only in ground citrus trees, and get rid of most of my container trees. I have come to this decision because in ground trees produces a much larger quantity of fruit per tree, and at a fraction of the labor.
The citrus varieties growing in the ground inside my greenhouse are:
Page Mandarin..................Genoa Lemon
Xie Shan Satsuma............ Bearss Lime
Cara Cara Orange............ Marisol Clementine
Saint Teresa Lemon.......... Ponkan Mandarin
Star Ruby Grapefruit..........Nova Mandarin
Kimbrough Satsuma...........Wonderful Pomegranate
The container trees that I've gotten rid of so far are:
Duncan Grape Fruit ..........................................Key Lime
Meyagawa Satsuma..........................................Meyer Lemon
Meiwa Kumquat................................................Miho Satsuma
Minneola Tangelo..............................................Procimquat
Sweet Lemon....................................................Sunburst Tangerine
Panzerella Lemon..............................................Panzerella Orange
Unknown Satsuma.............................................Page Mandarin
Also kept larger citrus trees that are growing in very big containers:
Yuzu............................................Sanguinele Blood Orange
Chandler Pummelo........................Nagami Kumquat
Moro Blood Orange........................Kimbrough Satsuma
Fina Sodea Clementine..................Bittersweet Orange
Still trying to decide on other container trees as to which to get rid of. These remaining trees are the more difficult choices yet to make, but to make life more simple many will have to go. - Millet |
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citrange Site Admin
Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 590 Location: UK - 15 miles west of London
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Posted: Fri 30 Mar, 2012 6:08 pm |
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A hard decision.
Sadly, most of us will recognise a life-cycle in non-commercial citrus growing.
The initial interest turns into a passion to collect more and more varieties, but eventually this becomes too much.
I haven't yet deliberately discarded any citrus plants, but I don't replace any losses and I've (almost) stopped collecting any new varieties. Every year I heave over a hundred pots in and out of the greenhouse. I can't keep that up for ever!
Millet, isn't there anyone nearby who could take over your unwanted plants? I do feel a bit sorry for them.
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5663 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Fri 30 Mar, 2012 6:29 pm |
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And you didn't save me a budstick or two of Panzarella lemon. _________________ Wal-Mart a great place to buy cheap plastic crap ! http://walmartwatch.com/ ...
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Millet Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Fri 30 Mar, 2012 7:14 pm |
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Lazz I just tossed the Panzarella Lemon onto the compost pile a day and a half ago. I will go out and cut you a couple bud sticks, they will still certainly be alive. I will ship them to you UPS 2nd day air on Monday.
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5663 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Fri 30 Mar, 2012 7:24 pm |
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Thanks Millet _________________ Wal-Mart a great place to buy cheap plastic crap ! http://walmartwatch.com/ ...
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Mark_T Citruholic
Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 757 Location: Gilbert,AZ
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Posted: Fri 30 Mar, 2012 11:42 pm |
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How many total container trees do you have Millet? |
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Millet Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 1:09 am |
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Laaz, your lucky. One of our farm employees, was digging into the compost pile to get himself some potting mix to plant his tomato seeds. In doing so he buried the Panzerella Giant Lemon, and also the Panzerella Giant Orange. Therefore, both were still quite fresh. I cut budwood of both varieties and will send them UPS 2nd Day Air on Monday. You should get them on Wednesday.
MarkT, I had about 50 or so container citrus trees of all different varieties. In the greenhouse I also have a cactus collection, an Orchid collection, and 40+- Pineapples plants in 5-gallon ARP containers. Then the usual misc. stuff, flowers, tomatoes, etc.
We also grow 100 +- grape vines outside (wine & table) and 10 wine varieties inside the greenhouse, types that won't survive Colorado winters (Cabernet Sauviignon, Chardonnay and etc.) - Millet (296 BO-) |
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5663 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 1:42 am |
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Millet I have the Panzerella Orange here in the ground. It is about 8 ft tall now & is in full bloom. _________________ Wal-Mart a great place to buy cheap plastic crap ! http://walmartwatch.com/ ...
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Millet Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 2:26 am |
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OK I'll just sent the Lemon. - Millet |
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harveyc Citruholic
Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 372 Location: Sacramento Delta USDA Zone 9
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 2:35 am |
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Millet wrote: |
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The citrus varieties growing in the ground inside my greenhouse are:
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...........Wonderful Pomegranate
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Interesting name for a citrus! Trying to ride the coat tails of popularity from Lynda Resnick's marketing efforts?
I'm curious, does this produce pretty good fruit for you? As you know, I have a lot of varieties of pomegranates. Wonderful doesn't always get ripe enough for me here. I had done some multi-grafted pomegranates but some grafts had delayed graft failures so I don't know if grafting is a good ideal as there might be some compatibility issues. My favorites are probably Parfianka and Desertnyi. _________________ Harvey |
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Millet Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 11:49 am |
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Hi Harvey, Yes, I get a lot of ripe fruit from my Wonderful Pomegranate. Being inside a year around warm greenhouse, it has plenty of time to ripen up. We eat the fruit fresh and my wife freezes a lot of the fruit, which we eat throughout the winter months. Pomegranate freezes very well. - Millet (295 BO-) |
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MarcV Moderator
Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 1486 Location: Schoten (Antwerp), Belgium
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 12:26 pm |
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Millet wrote: | I have decided to grow mostly only in ground citrus trees, and get rid of most of my container trees. |
Simple solution : plant all your container citrus in ground! Problem solved! _________________ - Marc
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5663 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 1:04 pm |
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Marc, Millet is just outside Denver CO. His trees planted in the ground are inside a greenhouse. His climate is very much like yours. _________________ Wal-Mart a great place to buy cheap plastic crap ! http://walmartwatch.com/ ...
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MarcV Moderator
Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 1486 Location: Schoten (Antwerp), Belgium
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bastrees Citruholic
Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 232 Location: Southeastern PA
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Posted: Tue 03 Apr, 2012 6:50 pm |
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Millet, I laugh when you nonchalantly say that you are discarding more citrus than I even own! I wish I could have taken advantage of that meiwa! A Meiwa a Moro and a Xie Shan Satsuma are on my birthday list for this year - will be looking for them as soon as taxes are finished. Do you have any more room for an in ground tree or two?
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